I had an - unexplainable - lust for a Yamaha FS1R for ages... didn't make much sense (especially as I've gradually been moving across to a software only setup).

I just WANTED one.

Especially when I heard the fat, wide, metallic sounds you get from FM synthesis; much preferable - to my ears - to yet another subtractive synth. I held off, though - aware that it would be a waste of money, as I have not the time, patience or tiny fingers required to master such a beast. I continued to read up on FM synthesis, however... spending hours reading everything I could find on the topic.

Then, along came Pluggo 3 and it's 4 Op FM synth. At last I could have a fiddle about, and see how all the theory I had read applied to an instrument. I liked it. A lot - but it was tres limiting : no pitch envelopes, a limited repetoire of algorithms. I wanted more - but what ? The interface of FM7 left me cold (still does). So I tried FMHeaven.

Three words : "Mod. Wheel. Morph."

In conjunction with the programming matrix (which rocks, IMO - you tend to think about what you want the sound to do, rather than blindly flicking through algos), this is the business.

Sounds excellent, runs like a dream in Muzys and makes me grin from ear to ear. Like it.

Very good DX7 emulation !
If you miss your old DX then get this one.

The gui is quit bad and ugly but the sound is good !

Its not an NI FM7 but it costs so much less its really
a bang for the buck.

Finaly you can get rid of those noisy DX7 outputs !
CPU load is quite high but still ok.

Go for it !

See ya

The modulation matrix is quite good. The modulation info is right there in the matrix and it works well, not eye candy but a tool.

The sound is very good, it is not a problem creating sounds(or using the tens of thousands of patches from the internet) which will hold their place in the mix.

This is the low-price way to use all those classic DX patches and a practical way to get some modern FM madness going on. I prefer the sound of FMHeaven to the "competition" for classic FM work of the sparkling, metallic, sweet or nasty kind. True FM has a wonderful ability to create "phyical" sounds as the sidebands can be quite complex.

This is a very good and useful softsynth.

Very nice FM VSTi, but the GUI is poor and needs improvement. Preset switching could be better. Heavy load on the CPU.

The first comprehensive FM vsti really, its STILL holding its own as only now are other companies coming out with good FM vsti's