Yamaha TX81Z Synthesizer Patches by GSE

Two patch banks of original sounds by G-Storm Electro for Yamaha TX81Z Synthesizer.

MOST IMPORTANT

Be sure to back up your own sounds prior to loading these patches. This is a bulk load that will automatically overwrite all 32 patches in bank "I"

CAVEATS

While these patches are offered for free, feel free to donate $10 or name your price. Please don't try to sell them that's bad karma. I do not assume responsibility for lost patches, nor misbehaving synth/computer issues.

REQUIREMENTS

- TX81Z FM TONE GENERATOR.

- COMPUTER OR OTHER DEVICE, IPAD, SMART PHONE, WHATEVER.

- MIDI INTERFACE AND CABLE FOR TRANSMITTING DATA.

- MIDI UTILITY PROGRAM SUCH AS MIDI-OX FOR WIN PC, ITS FREE AND WORKS GREAT.

HOW TO LOAD THE PATCHES

1) AGAIN MAKE SURE TO BACKUP YOUR OWN SOUNDS BEFORE PROCEEDING.

2.) ON THE TX81Z MENUS MAKE THESE SETTINGS FIRST:

- UTILITY > MEM_PROTECT. SET IT TO 'OFF'.

- UTILITY > MIDI_CONTROL > BASIC_RCV.CH. SET IT TO CHANNEL 1.

- UTILITY > MIDI_CONTROL > EXCLUSIVE. SET IT TO 'ON'.

3.) HOOK UP MIDI CABLE FROM COMPUTER MIDI INTERFACE MIDI-OUT, TO TX81Z MIDI-IN. DO NOT INCLUDE ANY OTHER DEVICES IN THE CHAIN, THE SYSEX DATA MAY HAVE CONSEQUENCES TO OTHER DEVICES.

4.) ON COMPUTER OPEN MIDI UTILITY PROGRAM, LOAD THE SYSEX (*.SYX) FILE,

THEN TRANSMIT THE SYSEX DATA OVER MIDI OUT. IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE RECOGNIZED BY THE TX81Z AND OVERWRITE ALL 32 PATCHES IN THE USER BANK 'I'.

IF YOU ENCOUNTER ISSUES

- DON'T BE ALARMED IF THE DATA TRANSMIT SEEMS TO HAPPEN TOO FAST, IT TAKES ABOUT 2 SECONDS. THE TX81Z WILL AUTOMATICALLY UPDATE THE CURRENTLY LOADED PATCH NAME TO CONFIRM IT WORKED. THE TX81Z WILL NOTIFY YOU THAT IT IS 'RECEIVING' DURING THAT SHORT DURATION.

- ENSURE THAT THE MIDI UTILITY PROGRAM IS CONFIGURED TO TRANSMIT DATA ON CHANNEL 1. MAKE SURE SYSEX DATA FILTERS ARE NOT ENABLED IN THE PROGRAM.

- ENSURE THE MIDI INTERFACE IS PROPERLY SET UP. DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL THE LATEST DRIVERS FOR YOUR DEVICE, AND REBOOT YOUR COMPUTER AFTER DOING SO.

- MANY MIDI INTERFACES HAVE MORE THAN ONE SET OF OUTPUT PORTS. IF THE CORRECT ONE IS NOT CHOSEN THE DATA WILL BE GOING TO THE WRONG PLACE.

- ENSURE THE COMPUTER MIDI OUT IS GOING TO THE TX81Z MIDI IN...SEEMS SIMPLE BUT EVEN I HAVE GOTTEN THIS WRONG MANY A TIME.

BANK 1

I01 | DIRTY SECRET - HAUNTING WIND INSTRUMENT, PITCH INTERVAL.

I02 | RHODES - DELICATE ELECTRIC PIANO TONES.

I03 | 81Z STATE - OLD SCHOOL ACID HOUSE BASS, 808 STATE

I04 | WOWOCASTER - SOUNDS LIKE A FAKE STRAT, HELD BASS NOTES SWELL AND GROWL.

I05 | FILTHY FM - RAUNCHY, DIRTY, CRUNCHY LEAD.

I06 | HARDER FM - OLD SCHOOL HARDCORE RAVE.

I07 | DRKMACHNINE - BROODING SCI-FI HORRORSHOW.

I08 | ATTACKBASS - QUICK ATTACK TRANSIENT.

I09 | WHURLYEP - ELECTRIC PIANO, QUEEN, SUPERTRAMP.

I10 | AURORABLUE - GORGEOUS ATMOSPHERIC PAD.

I11 | PADDED EDGE - DIGITAL, EDGE-Y PAD.

I12 | SMAKMYBASS - PRODIGY FAT OF THE LAND BASS OUTRAGEOUSNESS.

I13 | DARKNIGHTS - SMOOTH FILTERED SAWTOOTH WITH SWELL.

I14 | SAWTOPIA - SMOOTH SAWTOOTH PAD WITH ORGAN SWELL.

I15 RITUAL - DARK TRIBAL BASS. ADD HUGE REVERB TO THIS ONE.

I16 | FORTRESS - SUPER DARK CELLO WITH VIBRATO

I17 | CYMBIOSIS - SYNTH PAD WITH CYMBAL HARMONICS.

I18 | HEAVYW8 - SUPER FAT BASS. START YOUR OWN EARTHQUAKE.

I19 | (NOT USED)

I20 | BASSDRUM - 808 KICK

I21 | SNARE - 80S EPROM WITH LOTS OF SNAPPY

I22 | TABLA - 80S EPROM ETHNIC DRUM

I23 | CLOSED_HAT - FAST NOTES ARE MORE CLANGOROUS

I24 | OPEN_HAT - SYNTHESIZED HAT

I25 | TRANSISTOR - HOT PAD INSPIRED BY THE NOVACHORD, TRANSISTOR HUM

I26 | WOWABASS - IT LITERALLY SAYS WOW.

I27 | SAW BASS - BREAD AND BUTTER BASS

I28 | SYNC BASS - THE WAY FM CAN BASS

I29 (NOT USED)

I30 (NOT USED)

I31 (NOT USED)

***BANK 2***

I01 | HARMONIX - ELECTRIC PIANO + GLITCHY PAD

I02 | $UMMER COLA - DREAMY PAD

I03| SOFT STAB - BREATHY REED STAB

I04 | VAPORWARE - CHORAL PAD

I05 | RUINATION - DARK SOUNDTRACK

I06 | DEEP ROCK - HEAVY ORGAN

I07 | MUTED ANTS - MUTATED GUITAR MUTES, SOUNDS GREAT W/ DELAY

I08 | ORGANIX - ORGAN PAD

I09 | BOTTLES - POP BOTTLES

I10 | MONICA - FAKE HARMONICA PAD

I11 | BANGZWAP! - NOISE STAB

I12 | RING+FUZZ - RING MOD TONES W/ DISTORTION

I13 | SHINY DAZE - SHINY PAD

I14 | SAWS ALL - SAWTOOTH SYNTH

I15 | DREAM4DAYS - DREAMY PAD W/ NOISE

I16 | VINYL TONE - BELL TONE + VINYL CRACKLE STATIC NOISE

I17 | PERKY - SYNTHWAVE LEAD/PAD

I18 | POTS'N'PANS - COOKWARE PERCUSSION

I19 | LOVE SCENE - SOUNDTRACK PAD

I20 | BOOMY KICK

I21 | SNARE3

I22 | CLOSED_HAT3

I23 | OPEN_HAT3 - SYNTHESIZED HAT

I24 | CLEAN STRAT - CLEAN CHORUS JC120 VIBE INDIE SYNTHWAVE

I25 | ICEWAVE - CHILLY BROODING SOUNDSCAPE

I26 | CHORUSSYN - SWIRLY CHORUS SYNTH

I27 | WARM POLY - BIG OL' FAT ANALOG POLY

I28 | RETROFIT - 80S SYNTH

I29 | POLES - SMOOTH METALIC TONES

I30 (BLANK PATCH)

I31 (BLANK PATCH)