Since then, i always wanted a Yamaha FM-synthesis hardware to fiddle with..
So, for the last 3 months i was up looking to find one (DX7 i or ii, or a TX7, or even a DX200), at ebay...
Finally, i got lucky and recently bought a TX7 at fairly good price !
I found out that the display was not lit
(back then nor the DX mki had a backlit display...)Well, i could not leave it alone , so i decided to replace the stock display with a module with a led backlight (black on green so that it is a pair with my SY85 green display).. All went well, and i powered the LED backlight from a +5Volt connector that says "test" at the adjacent PCB.
Now i can use the TX7 in my dark studio, too ! And it is a beautifull match with my SY85 !!
For you, boys and girls, who want to do this , also, (those who still have the stock display, anyway), ii did a photoshoot of the process and made a guide .
I just wanted to share this with you, and i hope it'll be helpful for TX7 owners.
You can read the guide here : https://synthnitz.blogspot.com/2019/08/ ... guide.html
You can also download it as a .pdf , for your convenience.
vintagesynth forums continue helping me find so much information, so this guide is one token of my appreciation .
Here is the final result :
