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No name · Post by **No name** » Sat May 28, 2005 2:19 am

I want to try and learn FM synthesis tonight, and since I haven't bothered with FM synths I don't know which ones are the best. I do know of FM7 but I don't have that money to blow. Does anyone have any suggestions on which FM synth to try? Free or at a low price please. Thank you!

smart · Post by **smart** » Sat May 28, 2005 2:55 am

Image-Line's DX10 is a good place to start for only $19.

http://www.kvraudio.com/get/41.html

experimental.crow · Post by **experimental.crow** » Sat May 28, 2005 3:08 am

the 'toxic' demo may interest you ...

shamann · Post by **shamann** » Sat May 28, 2005 3:15 am

Maybe check out Foorius, Oxe FM, Ganymed and Vivaldi. All are free, except Foorius which is donationware (but one heck of a synth).

Beyond that, my best recommendation would be to build a simple one in Synthedit from scratch, then you'll know exactly how everything works. Read through the stuff on FM in the help file, too.

VitaminD · Post by **VitaminD** » Sat May 28, 2005 3:21 am

sytrus also.. I think that covers them all..

Hernan · Post by **Hernan** » Sat May 28, 2005 3:22 am

Vivaldi MX
MDA DX10

You may also want to use smexoscope to look at
the shapes of the waveforms as you fiddle with the
controls. It helped me quite a bit.

L

papatomany · Post by **papatomany** » Sat May 28, 2005 3:23 am

Guess it depends on what you call a "low price". If you're like me, there's free, then there's too high.

ej and Toxic are great, but not cheap for my change purse. So, that leaves free: I'd suggest OXE because it not only sounds good but also has a pretty standard interface; so it'd be good for learning on. Vivaldi MX sounds good too, but is a little less intuitive interface-wise.

FM7's where it's at, though.

VitaminD · Post by **VitaminD** » Sat May 28, 2005 3:27 am

yeah MDA DX10 like lorenzo said..

http://www.kvraudio.com/get/209.html

No name · Post by **No name** » Sat May 28, 2005 3:33 am

Too bad I can't be where FM-7 is

So MDA DX10 it is. Thanks everyone.

No name · Post by **No name** » Sat May 28, 2005 3:34 am

Uh oh, it seems their website is down. I'm patient though. Am I in for a rough ride trying to learn FM?

See it is for reasons like this that I so wish I could program synths. I would be turning them out every week. You know, it is a dream of mine

shamann · Post by **shamann** » Sat May 28, 2005 3:57 am

mda.smartelectronix.com

Up and running

shamann · Post by **shamann** » Sat May 28, 2005 3:59 am

Right, forgot about Pluginspot for the synths:

http://www.pluginspot.com/documents/32.html

Spe3D · Post by **Spe3D** » Sat May 28, 2005 4:02 am

Check this

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=89300

Best regards,

Spe3d

:O)

Moe Shinola · Post by **Moe Shinola** » Sat May 28, 2005 4:42 am

Is'nt The Lizard(Krakli I think) an FM synth? It does the most wonderful sounding basses!

Moe Shinola · Post by **Moe Shinola** » Sat May 28, 2005 4:46 am

Also, UNO FM sounds great too, and comes with really good presets. They're doing a patchbank competition this month for it on www.patcharena.com, so some more great sounds should be forthcoming.

Your choice in FM synths?