Looking for a cpu friendly (for core2duo laptop) FM synth, preferably one with a nice GUI from a pro company.
Anny suggestions?
CPU friendly pro-level FM synth
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- KVRian
- 910 posts since 21 Aug, 2011
+1. Are there even any alternatives to this?ezelkow1 wrote:fm8
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- KVRer
- 28 posts since 28 Jun, 2011 from Toronto
It gets No love here...but all tubeohm products should!!
Check out t-fm.
If you are in Canada there is a review coming up in the following weeks in thisweek
BL
Check out t-fm.
If you are in Canada there is a review coming up in the following weeks in thisweek
BL
some people are just dicks, and think the worst of everyone.
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- KVRist
- 61 posts since 4 May, 2009
+1ezelkow1 wrote:fm8
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- KVRian
- 1111 posts since 1 Jul, 2008
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- KVRAF
- 3608 posts since 8 Dec, 2008 from Global Cowboy
There's always Toxic Biohazard...
It's a great FM synth...
Maxx should be delivering the x64 version soon...
Not everybody feels the love for NI
It's a great FM synth...
Maxx should be delivering the x64 version soon...
Not everybody feels the love for NI
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- KVRAF
- 3878 posts since 28 Jun, 2009 from Wherever I lay my hat
An overlooked little gem. Oops, there it is in my folder! Hello, Toxic, sorry I haven't been over in a while... yeah, I've been seeing FM8 on and off, you know how it is. Well, see ya sometime.... no, I'LL call YOU. Bye.digitalboytn wrote:There's always Toxic Biohazard...
It's a great FM synth...
Maxx should be delivering the x64 version soon...
Not everybody feels the love for NI
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- KVRAF
- 3540 posts since 1 Oct, 2006 from Um! Where is this?
+1 for Sytrus and Toxic Biohazard.
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- KVRist
- 354 posts since 17 Sep, 2005
If you're interested in freeware there are two synths that I'd recommend:
De la Mancha's FMMF http://www.delamancha.co.uk/FMMF.htm which is a 4 Op, algorithm based synth that has superb envelopes.
Then there is also FEM2 http://wd81p901z.homepage.t-online.de/news.htm which is a 6 Op, matrix based synth that has it's own character.
Recently Odo's stuff has become available again and there are a number of superb FM synths in the collection. Site is here: http://theodosynthsarchive.wordpress.com/
On the payware front LinPlug's Octopus is a killer synth with 8 Ops, a matrix and multi-stage envelopes that is worth a look.
TubeOhm's T-FM is also very good - it's 6 Op algo synth that follows somewhat the architecture of Yamaha's famous DX7.
Rob Papen's BLUE is worth a look too. It's another 6 Op, algo synth but comes with it's own particular character.
One that often gets forgotten in DiscoDSP's Phantom. It's a 4 Op, algo synth that can also read SysEx data from the Yamaha DX27, DX21,DX100 and TX81Z. Sounds good too.
For me Rhino and Sytrus are too fiddly but can sound good if you have the patience to deal with their interfaces.
Edit to mention that all of these synths are fairly CPU friendly. I'm on an oldish Core2 laptop and have no trouble with any of these synths.
Finally, and this is a bit of self promotion, some articles on FM synthesis that I wrote for Wusik Sound Magazine:
http://issuu.com/wusik/docs/wsmsept2011/4
http://issuu.com/wusik/docs/wsm_october_2011/62
http://issuu.com/wusik/docs/wsmfeb2012/5
Part 4 is due this month. In the articles, apart from covering theory, I've had the chance to look at a number of the synths mentioned. There are two more articles to come that will include a bunch more.
De la Mancha's FMMF http://www.delamancha.co.uk/FMMF.htm which is a 4 Op, algorithm based synth that has superb envelopes.
Then there is also FEM2 http://wd81p901z.homepage.t-online.de/news.htm which is a 6 Op, matrix based synth that has it's own character.
Recently Odo's stuff has become available again and there are a number of superb FM synths in the collection. Site is here: http://theodosynthsarchive.wordpress.com/
On the payware front LinPlug's Octopus is a killer synth with 8 Ops, a matrix and multi-stage envelopes that is worth a look.
TubeOhm's T-FM is also very good - it's 6 Op algo synth that follows somewhat the architecture of Yamaha's famous DX7.
Rob Papen's BLUE is worth a look too. It's another 6 Op, algo synth but comes with it's own particular character.
One that often gets forgotten in DiscoDSP's Phantom. It's a 4 Op, algo synth that can also read SysEx data from the Yamaha DX27, DX21,DX100 and TX81Z. Sounds good too.
For me Rhino and Sytrus are too fiddly but can sound good if you have the patience to deal with their interfaces.
Edit to mention that all of these synths are fairly CPU friendly. I'm on an oldish Core2 laptop and have no trouble with any of these synths.
Finally, and this is a bit of self promotion, some articles on FM synthesis that I wrote for Wusik Sound Magazine:
http://issuu.com/wusik/docs/wsmsept2011/4
http://issuu.com/wusik/docs/wsm_october_2011/62
http://issuu.com/wusik/docs/wsmfeb2012/5
Part 4 is due this month. In the articles, apart from covering theory, I've had the chance to look at a number of the synths mentioned. There are two more articles to come that will include a bunch more.
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- u-he
- 30192 posts since 8 Aug, 2002 from Berlin
Bazille - due to her modular approach and PD stuffLiero wrote:Can't think of an FM synth right now that isn't CPU friendly...
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- KVRAF
- 10260 posts since 19 Feb, 2004 from Paris
NI FM8, Sytrus, Rhino, and I'll add the little FM synth form Disco DSP, very affordable and fun to use.
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