street priceDX7S (S stands for single timbre) is one of the improved versions of DX7 featuring the increased internal patch memory, upgraded implementation of MIDI significantly improving it and enhanced the output sound fidelity. The original model featured 12-bit floating point DAC + 2 bits of analogue companding (equivalent to 14 bits of dynamic range but not signal-to-noise ratio) while DX7S offered full linear 15 bits (a 16-bit DAC with the least significant bit tied off, nonfunctional).
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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) |
| Tone Generator / Sound Synthesis | |
| Synthesis Method | Frequency Modulation (FM) |
| Oscillator Type | DCO (Digitally Controlled Oscillator) |
| 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) | 1 |
| Analogue: 1/4" (6.35mm) headphones preamplified | 1 |
| Expandability | |
| Preset Memory Slot/ Wave Expansion Board | 1 |
| Power | |
| Voltage | 220V |
| Voltage | 240V |
| Voltage | 110V |
| Voltage | 50Hz |
| Power Supply | Built-in, internal |
| Power consumption | 40 W |
| Dimensions | |
| Height | 102 mm |
| Width | 1018 mm |
| Depth | 329 mm |
| Weight | 10.5 kg |
| Case/ body | |
| Metal | |
| Color | |
| Black | |
| Production start | 1986 |
| Production end | 1989 |
| Production ended | |
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