Free download of factory patches

Custom Patch Bank free, not the factory patches

You'll need a sysex loader program like MIDI-OX for Windows or Sysex Librarian for Mac. Both are free downloads.

I hardly consider Serum to be simple, but it sounds really good and besides it has a gruntness control

Thanks to renewed interest in FM and wavetables, thin digital is the new phat analog

If you can find an old computer with a floppy drive that will run MS-DOS, there is this package from Giebler. I have no idea if Giebler is still in business, but their website is still up.

Good luck!

Is it possible to assign parameters to be controlled via a Midi controller? Only using sysex (system exclusive messages), which most controllers do not support. Definitely not using CC messages. There is a hardware modifcation that can be done which does allow CC control (also adds many new festure...

All you need is a MIDI cable. The Graphite only has a MIDI Out, plug the one end of the cable into that and the other end into the MIDI In on the Ultranova.

Rough numbers:

Original Minimoog ~13,000

Yamaha DX7 200,000+

Yamaha DX1 ~140

Is working with softsynths inherently more "frustrating" than working with a hardware machine? It's less fun, but I personally don't find it frustrating . When it comes to really complex synths, I'd rather have software anyway...better interface. But for something like a basic analog monosynth, sur...

First step is to look at the power supply.

If it's making noises, then the output circuitry is receiving (some) power but the supply to other parts of the synth might be faulty.

To me, NIN and Ministry are "industrial rock". Portishead is "trip hop". Not much in common between those genres

What you hear as truly original might sound to someone else as being ina particular genre. If you post links for us to listen to it, that would help.

There's also the Tyros 4 and Tyros 5, not to mention the Genos which replaced the Tyros line.

Nothing "crude" about that chip's enable function. It's required for any device on a shared bus.

Followup to the last two posts: I have never "burned out" because my "music" has always been at home for personal fun. I've never been under any pressure to do anything with it. The only money I have ever made through my "home studio" was writing articles about MIDI technology back in the early 90s ...

When you write "all in one track making" if you mean something like old hardware workstations, the MPC is probably the closest because it does have a traditional MIDI sequencer built in. All grooveboxes are focused on pattern/loop based sequencing. That's why after owning a few of them I've found th...

Well, describe "burnout". I have definitely tweaked my way into sounds that were nothing like what I was trying to achieve, far more often than I'd care to admit ;) Long ago I realized that using more than 2 or 3 instruments was an exercise in futility. Better to really understand how to dial in sou...