...for me it was also a letdown at first that NI dropped the randomisation feature. However, now I think it makes sense. If you want to modify your sound slightly to create variations you can do that via the Easy Edit page (it was like this right from the start). If you want to randomise a sound you can use the XY pad for that if you load different sounds into its squares. There you could do more "targeted" randomisations. If you're happy with a result, click normalise timbres and save it as a new sound. And if you don't like that approach you can have both versions installed and use FM7 and its randomisation as a scratch pad and import these sounds into FM8 later on. Or you could use FM7 with Guitar Rig, as FM8 borrows heavily from it (I think both plug-ins have the same lead developer).zxant wrote:
My favourite is FM7, hands down!
It has more the 'look and feel' of a DX7 (alas I never owned one) AND it has also the excellent randomization feature which is great to instantly create new sounds ... . (my favourites are the 'endless' sounds that constantly evolve and change.) .
And that is what FM8 doesn't have
Anyway, FM8 is a great synth, you can get wonderful sounds out of it. The only thing that annoys me is that it can produce some weird timbre shifts from time to time even though (in my view) the preset settings should produce a sound that shouldn't. I don't know it this is by design or a mistake. FM8 is supposed to emulate a digital synth so I expect it to create identical sounds at every key strike when I want it to.