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AnX · Post by **AnX** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 5:04 pm

I like FM for bass. It does a good 'knock bass' type of sound, really good when layered with traditional bass.

I dont have a soundbank for sale, so i wont spam you with a post that looks like im making a genuine reply.

george · Post by **george** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 5:08 pm

I like FM combined with a classic VA synth ie.- Discovery

recursive one · Post by **recursive one** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 5:11 pm

George wrote:I like FM combined with a classic VA synth ie.- Discovery

+ 1, i was using it for my FM sounds before I've got the Virus (and still do sometimes).

george · Post by **george** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 5:19 pm

recursive one wrote:
George wrote:I like FM combined with a classic VA synth ie.- Discovery
+ 1, i was using it for my FM sounds before I've got the Virus (and still do sometimes).

Lots of psytrance producers love the Nord 2/3 (in hardware) and Discovery (in software) indeed

recursive one · Post by **recursive one** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 5:26 pm

^^ I've recognized some presets from Ronei Leite's FM bank in some bigname psy releases

george · Post by **george** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 5:27 pm

Yup, Ronei is the best

pdxindy · Post by **pdxindy** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 5:55 pm

I love FM... and my goto FM synth is Bazille. Bazille has an unusual toolset among software synths and it has an exceptional sound quality and good workflow. I find all sorts of unique timbres using it.

george · Post by **george** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 6:25 pm

Yep Bazille is amazing.

SODDI · Post by **SODDI** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 6:53 pm

What do you mean FM synthesis? Chowning/Yamaha multi-op - maybe FM 8? Great for "solidity", a bitch to program well and decades of DX7 abuse by Chinese soundtrack artists have rendered its sound almost comical to me. But I still use it for ganky basses and percussion.

Analog-style frequency modulation? Oh, I love that. It can get real out-of-control real fast. That sound puts the electronic in electronic music. The implementation and modulation routings in SynthMaster's FM sections are excellent. However, FM synthesis kind of only works on one oscillator voices (for me) because the desirable sonic weirdness gets blurred out by multiple oscillators and their modulations.

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 7:03 pm

Blue (1 and 2) have been one of my favorite synths for years, but even though it's an FM/hybrid that is one of my go-tos, I don't consider FM synthesis per se to be my go-to. Subtractive is still my go-to, and my approach to sound design with Blue is typically to use basic FM or one of the other synthesis/waveforms to get the fundamental sound, then sculpt it in a subtractive manner. I've never really been able to create a complex sound that I envision using pure FM synthesis.

george · Post by **george** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 7:07 pm

cryophonik wrote:I've never really been able to create a complex sound that I envision using pure FM synthesis.

Heheh Adlib times

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 7:19 pm

George wrote:
cryophonik wrote:I've never really been able to create a complex sound that I envision using pure FM synthesis.
Heheh Adlib times

StudioDave · Post by **StudioDave** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 7:52 pm

layzer wrote:unprocessed FM tends to sound quite thin. i tried to get the OXE dev to make a version of OXE that layered 8 voice channels similar to the way the yamaha TX802 can layer voices. with independant panning, detuning, ect... he never showed much
interest. would have made OXE one fat sounding synth IMHO. oh well.

Hey layzer,

For Linux users the Hexter FM synthesizer can be instantiated multiple times in the ghostess host, yielding a pretty good emulation of the TX802 or TX816. It will also load my original 802 patches correctly, something Dexed can't do yet.

Hexter :

http://dssi.sourceforge.net/hexter.html

ghostess :

http://smbolton.com/linux.html

I wrote a little HOWTO for emulating the 802 :

https://www.linuxmusicians.com/viewtopi ... 19&t=10508

(Linux only, sorry.)

I miss my 802 and my TG77.

Best,

dp

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 8:08 pm

StudioDave wrote:
layzer wrote:unprocessed FM tends to sound quite thin. i tried to get the OXE dev to make a version of OXE that layered 8 voice channels similar to the way the yamaha TX802 can layer voices. with independant panning, detuning, ect... he never showed much
interest. would have made OXE one fat sounding synth IMHO. oh well.
Hey layzer,

For Linux users the Hexter FM synthesizer can be instantiated multiple times in the ghostess host, yielding a pretty good emulation of the TX802 or TX816. It will also load my original 802 patches correctly, something Dexed can't do yet.

I did the exact same thing with Dexter, to come up with samples of TX816 sounds for a sampling project I am currently working on, based exclusively on FM sounds of the DX series. Up to eight instances of Dexter simultaneously

deastman · Post by **deastman** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 8:08 pm

I just don't think of it in terms of my goto synthesis technique. I grab whatever instrument I'm in the mood to play with, and just experiment. I try to mix it up a lot, and work with synth that haven't seen a lot of use in a while. The specific synthesis type is irrelevant.

IS FM synthesis your goto?