street priceDX7 II FD (FD stands for Floppy Drive). The version is equal to the DX7 II D with the addition of a floppy disk drive. The instrument offered 1MB of memory space which is identical to 40 RAM cartridges delivering thousands of voices and making fractional scaling, SysEx data available.
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Country of origin / production: Japan
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| Usage area | |
|---|---|
| Performance Synthesizer | |
| Usage Design/ Form Factor | |
| With Keys | |
| Archetype | |
| Digital (D) | |
| Polyphony | |
| Voices | 16 |
| Multi Timbral Capacity | 2 part(s) |
| Split/Layer | Single, dual, split |
| Tone Generator / Sound Synthesis | |
| Synthesis Method | Frequency Modulation (FM) |
| Oscillator Type | DCO (Digitally Controlled Oscillator) |
| Oscillator Type | Digital |
| FM Operators | 6 |
| Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator) | Sine |
| Programs/ Voices/ Timbres | |
| User-defined Single Voice | 64 |
| User-defined Multitimbral | 32 |
| Envelope Generator (EG) | |
| ADSR | |
| Modulation | |
| LFO: LFO Count | 1 |
| Arpegiator/ Portamento | |
| Portamento | |
| MIDI in/ out | |
| IN | |
| OUT | |
| THRU | |
| Keys | |
| Type | Synth Action |
| Velocity Sensitivity | |
| Initial Touch | |
| Aftertouch | |
| Size | 5 |
| Number of Keys | 61 |
| Display | |
| Display type | LCD |
| Built-in controllers | |
| Pitch Bend Wheel | |
| Modulation Wheel | |
| Slider/ Drawbar | 3 |
| External controllers | |
| Breath Controller | |
| Sustain foot pedal | |
| Expression foot pedal | |
| Audio out | |
| Mono | |
| Analogue: 1/4" (6.35mm) | 2 |
| Analogue: 1/4" (6.35mm) headphones preamplified | 1 |
| Computer Interfaces | |
| FDD | |
| Expandability | |
| Preset Memory Slot/ Wave Expansion Board | 1 |
| Power | |
| Voltage | 220V |
| Voltage | 240V |
| Voltage | 110V |
| Voltage | 50-60Hz |
| Power Supply | Built-in, internal |
| Power consumption | 40 W |
| Dimensions | |
| Height | 85.8 mm |
| Width | 999 mm |
| Depth | 333.7 mm |
| Weight | 11.2 kg |
| Case/ body | |
| Metal | |
| Color | |
| Black | |
| Production start | 1987 |
| Production end | 1989 |
| Production ended | |
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