DX7 Voice Data Sheet

[Banana71]

Hi,

I've developed a small Python program to convert a DX7 voice from a .syx file into a Voice Data Sheet. This is useful if you want to share a patch in plain text on a site like Reddit, where you can't upload files directly.

The tool is called dx7sheet.py and it's pretty easy to use.

How to Use:

Put the dx7sheet.py script and your .syx bank files in the same folder.

Run the script from your terminal (python dx7sheet.py). On Windows, you can also just double-click the included start.bat file.

The tool will show you a list of all .syx files it found. Just type the number of the bank you want to open.

Next, you'll see a list of the 32 voices in that bank. Type the number of the patch you want to convert.

That's it! The data sheet will be printed to the screen and also saved as a .txt file in a new "Sheet" folder.

Example Output
The output is a clean text file that's easy to copy and paste anywhere:

PS F:\dx7tools\dx7sheet> python dx7sheet.py
--- DX7 Voice Data Sheet Generator ---
Available SysEx files:
-----------------------------------
  01: ROM1A.syx
  02: Soundplantage.syx
-----------------------------------
Which file to load? (1-2): 1

Loading file 'ROM1A.syx'...
Bank 'ROM1A.syx' loaded. 32 voices found.
--------------------------------------------------
  01: BRASS   1     02: BRASS   2
  03: BRASS   3     04: STRINGS 1
  05: STRINGS 2     06: STRINGS 3
  07: ORCHESTRA     08: PIANO   1
  09: PIANO   2     10: PIANO   3
  11: E.PIANO 1     12: GUITAR  1
  13: GUITAR  2     14: SYN-LEAD 1
  15: BASS    1     16: BASS    2
  17: E.ORGAN 1     18: PIPES   1
  19: HARPSICH 1    20: CLAV    1
  21: VIBE    1     22: MARIMBA
  23: KOTO          24: FLUTE   1
  25: ORCH-CHIME    26: TUB BELLS
  27: STEEL DRUM    28: TIMPANI
  29: REFS WHISL    30: VOICE   1
  31: TRAIN         32: TAKE OFF
--------------------------------------------------
Which patch to convert to a data sheet? (1-32): 11

--- Data sheet generated successfully! ---

==============================================================
                     DX7 VOICE DATA SHEET
==============================================================
Bank: ROM1A.syx                 Voice #11: E.PIANO 1
==============================================================
ALGORITHM: 5   FEEDBACK: 0   OSC SYNC: OFF   TRANSPOSE: C3
--------------------------------------------------------------
PARAM         OP1     OP2     OP3     OP4     OP5     OP6
--------------------------------------------------------------
EG RATE 1     96      95      95      95      95      95
EG RATE 2     25      50      20      29      20      29
EG RATE 3     25      35      20      20      20      20
EG RATE 4     67      78      50      50      50      50
EG LEVEL 1    99      99      99      99      99      99
EG LEVEL 2    75      75      95      95      95      95
EG LEVEL 3    0       0       0       0       0       0
EG LEVEL 4    0       0       0       0       0       0
--------------------------------------------------------------
                     KEYBOARD LVL SCALING
--------------------------------------------------------------
BREAK POINT   A-1     A-1     A-1     A-1     A-1     D3
LEFT DEPTH    0       0       0       0       0       0
RIGHT DEPTH   0       0       0       0       0       19
LEFT CURVE    -LIN    -LIN    -LIN    -LIN    -LIN    -LIN
RIGHT CURVE   -LIN    -LIN    -LIN    -LIN    -LIN    -LIN
--------------------------------------------------------------
                          OSCILLATOR
--------------------------------------------------------------
OSC MODE      RATIO   RATIO   RATIO   RATIO   RATIO   RATIO
TUNE          +3      +0      +0      +0      -7      +7
COARSE        1.00    14.00   1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
FINE          1.00    14.00   1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
--------------------------------------------------------------

RATE SCALING  3       3       3       3       3       3
VEL SENS      2       7       2       6       0       6
AMP MOD SENS  0       0       0       0       0       0
OUT LEVEL     99      58      99      89      99      79

==============================================================
                        LFO & PITCH EG
==============================================================
LFO WAVE: SINE       SPEED: 34  DELAY: 33  SYNC: OFF
PMD: 0   AMD: 0   P MOD SENS: 3
--------------------------------------------------------------
PITCH EG RATE : R1=94  R2=67  R3=95  R4=60
PITCH EG LEVEL: L1=50  L2=50  L3=50  L4=50
==============================================================

Saved as: 'Sheet\E.PIANO 1.txt'

The script is released under the MIT License, so feel free to use or change it however you like.

You can grab the script and find more info on my GitHub page:

github.com/Banana71/DX7Sheet

Hope it's helpful for some of you!

[Kirtai]

Very cool. Makes it a lot easier to see what's in a patch.
is there any way to run it non-interactively?

[Banana71]

is there any way to run it non-interactively?

Where there's a will, there's a way :-)

A second, non-interactive version, "dx7sheet_32.py", is now online. The ROM (.syx) to be converted should be located in the same directory as the script. The program is called directly in the terminal as follows: "python dx7sheet_32.py ROM.syx"
All 32 patches will be converted and saved as a text file in the "Sheet" subdirectory.

This simplifies and speeds up the conversion of entire ROMs, but is not as easy to run as the start.bat

github.com/Banana71/DX7Sheet

Peter

[Kirtai]

Thank you :)