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Entries tagged as '
Musical Equipment
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Introduction to Reverse-Engineering Vintage Synth Firmware
2024.03.18
A gentle introduction to reverse-engineering vintage synthesiser ROMs using the Ghidra disassembler.
Hacking the Yamaha DX9 To Turn It Into a DX7
2023.04.10
A brief account of hacking the Yamaha DX9's firmware ROM to make its functionality more closely match the DX7.
How the Yamaha FM Synth Cassette Interface Works
2022.09.28
A technical overview of how the cassette interface used in Yamaha's FM synthesisers encodes, and decodes patch data for external storage.
Yamaha DX7 Official Technical Analysis
2022.03.20
A chance discovery on eBay has surfaced some of Yamaha's original technical documentation for the DX7 synthesiser.
Yamaha DX7 Firmware ROM Disassembly
2021.12.25
A brief update regarding the reverse-engineering of the Yamaha DX7's firmware ROM.
Yamaha DX7 Technical Analysis
2021.04.23
An introductory technical analysis of the Yamaha DX7, detailing some of the known information about the synthesiser’s engineering.
Casio CZ-101 Review
2020.09.01
A review of the Casio CZ-101 synthesizer, from the charitable perspective of someone with experience in ugly, digital noise: An industrial musician.