SY-Computing

An Archive for the Yamaha SY-Series Synthesizers

Here is an incomplete list of the computer programs archived at this site for use with the SYs. For a complete listing use the computer-specific links (e.g. click "AMIGA").
AMIGA:
AmiSOX33 is a generic Audio file converter, see AmiSOX33.txt.
DX-Synth is a voice filer for the DX series, see DX-Synth.txt. DX-VoiceSorter adds voice sorting, see DX-VoiceSorter.txt. VoiceFiler seems to be similar, see VoiceFiler.txt.
DX100 probably gives you something for the DX100 ;-).
DXEditor093 is a voice editor for the DX-7(II), see DXEditor093.txt.
JVutils receives patches and performances from JV-80 synths and stores them as MIDI SysEx, see JVutils.txt.
PrintDump view or print out the voice data in a Yamaha 32 voice bulk dump file (of which synth ?), see PrintDump.txt.
TX81Z is an editor/librarian for the TX81Z and DX11, see TX81Z.txt.
YamEx is a voice librarian for all Yamaha 4 operator synthesizers, see YamEx.txt. VcEd seems to be an update: a voice (tone) editor for the Yamaha 4 operator series synthesizers, see VcEd.txt.
Voice680 is a a voice editor for the PSS-680, see Voice680.txt.
Amiga on WWW should have more stuff.
ATARI:
MIDIAN 1.1 (German) is a generic sound and sample librarian and SDS handler with SY-support. MIDIAN 1.2 (German) is without SY support. Get the English documentation (1.1) with MIDIAN-E.
SOX is a sample format converter, currently only available as source code, see also sox10.txt. Please, if you compiled it for the ST, upload the executable.
TONY is an editor/librarian for the TG100.
TG300 is another editor/librarian, see tg300-st.txt.
TAKE-500 is an editor/librarian for the TG500.
QY-10 is also an editor/librarian.
QY-20 is a similar editor/librarian.
RY-30 is yet another editor/librarian.
FX-900 is the last editor/librarian on this list.
Atari on WWW has many good links.
MAC:
MidiExMac is a generic MIDI SysEx handler that does MIDI sample dumps too; check out MidiExMac.txt.
SY77-MAC is a bankloader for the SY/TG77; check out sy77_mac.txt.
PC:
SOX for DOS is a sample format converter. Have a look at sox10.txt. It is also available as source code.
DX2SY is a little MS-DOS program that converts a DX-7 bank dump into a SY77 file.
CONVERT is a sample file format conversion utility running under MS-DOS.
WAVE-2 is a sample utility running under MS-Windows.
WAVE-SE is another sample utility running under MS-Windows.
TG500 is a Windows 3.1 patch editor/librarian for the TG500/SY85; check out tg500.txt. If you want to run it you also need WinSysEx, see wsysex.txt. (For an alternative local version of the file see TG500 and tg500.txt.
TG55-V2C is a Windows 3.1 patch editor/librarian for the SY/TG55; check out tg55-v2c.txt.
SYCONV converts SY77 ALL files to SY/TG77 SysEx; check out syconv.txt.
SYMGR is a Windows 3.1 patch editor/librarian for the SY/TG77.
UNIX and miscellaneous source code:
sy2tg77.c converts SY77 disk files to standard MIDI file (SMF) format for use with the TG77, see sy2tg77.txt
SOX10p11.zip converts diverse sample formats, see sox10.txt
MakeMIDI.c converts the SysEx part of a raw midi data dump to a standard MIDI file (SMF).
FM-Oscillator.c rudimentary source code to implement an FM oscillator.
Voicename.c prints out the voice names of a SY77 SYNTH ALL file (*.Jnn).

Go to SY-List main page or SY Link page.
Please report any errors/suggestions to Herbert Janßen, heja@neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de.