f. 'em - a new FM synth from Tracktion

[Examigan]

and here is another thread: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=565955

[martinjuenke]

Its in the Traction Forum

viewtopic.php?p=8124134

Oh well, in the center of KVR....

[martinjuenke]

107,40$ ... yes, that's cheap!
Possible discount 7$ shown, but how?
Alright, don't know what's going on here, will sleep now and dream about it.
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PS: Can this thing do things what Phase Plant can not do?

[cyrb]

So uh, this is a ROMpler, not a pure FM synth. It relies heavily on multiple GBs of multisamples.

No thanks, that's a crutch I don't need.

Perhaps if they did wavetable stuff like Serum/Vital instead, which doesn't lean on a huge library of multisamples.

[DrEntropy]

So uh, this is a ROMpler, not a pure FM synth. It relies heavily on multiple GBs of multisamples.

It is not a ROMpler, it is an FM synth. It also has a sample playback oscillator, but that is not the core of the engine.

[DJ Warmonger]

So uh, this is a ROMpler, not a pure FM synth. It relies heavily on multiple GBs of multisamples.
Perhaps if they did wavetable stuff like Serum/Vital instead, which doesn't lean on a huge library of multisamples.

No, it is not a rompler by any means.
Yet, wavetables are missing.

Anyway, since you're here, let me spam you with my short review:

[Examigan]

So uh, this is a ROMpler, not a pure FM synth. It relies heavily on multiple GBs of multisamples.

Multiple GBs?
I checked the sample folder and only see around 579 megs of files.

[zzz00m]

So uh, this is a ROMpler, not a pure FM synth. It relies heavily on multiple GBs of multisamples.

No thanks, that's a crutch I don't need.

Perhaps if they did wavetable stuff like Serum/Vital instead, which doesn't lean on a huge library of multisamples.

Full Specs

• 4 Layers, each with 4 effect slots.
  
  No fix algorithms, feed any wave operator into any other wave operator forward and backward.
  
  Wave operators feature hard sync like in analog synthesizers and offer different waveforms from sine wave over analog waves to the waves found in some classic FM synthesizers.
  
  Two multisample operators. One can frequency-modulate any of the other operators, the other multisample operator can be frequency-modulated by any of the other operators.
  
  Noise operator that can frequency-modulate any other operator.
  
  2 filters with overdrive stage, freely routable in series, parallel or anything in-between.
  
  Each operator has its own pitch and level LFO and its own pitch and level envelope.
  
  2 Flow LFOs with freely editable LFO shapes.
  
  Tempo-synced, loopable envelopes with up to 32 stages.
  
  Keyboard level scaling of each operator.
  
  Modulation matrix with up to 200 entries.
  
  Modifier matrix with up to 32 modification algorithms.
  
  Quick edit panel for quick and easy adjustment of timbre and overall envelope.
  
  Automation of most continuous parameters.

[cyrb]

So uh, this is a ROMpler, not a pure FM synth. It relies heavily on multiple GBs of multisamples.

Multiple GBs?
I checked the sample folder and only see around 579 megs of files.

That's still 550 more MB than Linplug Octopus, which also uses samples.

I never liked the AWM2 stuff that came with the SY77. Opzilla also turned me off because it relied on samples. Imagine if they tried that with an analog synth.

[gaggle of hermits]

if you delete the samples you need not be troubled by them.

[cyrb]

if you delete the samples you need not be troubled by them.

True, but they wouldn't have added two sample oscillators and 500+ MB of factory samples if they thought their synth could hold its own without it.

[gaggle of hermits]

whatever.

[zzz00m]

if you delete the samples you need not be troubled by them.

True, but they wouldn't have added two sample oscillators and 500+ MB of factory samples if they thought their synth could hold its own without it.

The devs were trying to develop an FM synth that not only holds it's own, but can do more with more operators than any existing FM Synth.

For new possibilities, rather than trying to just model an existing FM synth design.

Did you read this: Two multisample operators. One can frequency-modulate any of the other operators, the other multisample operator can be frequency-modulated by any of the other operators.

That multisample part is totally optional, but is a door that you can pass through for sound design if you wish.

But this is KVR, so you are entitled to your opinion. Even if it is completely wrong.

[gentleclockdivider]

So uh, this is a ROMpler, not a pure FM synth. It relies heavily on multiple GBs of multisamples.

No thanks, that's a crutch I don't need.

Perhaps if they did wavetable stuff like Serum/Vital instead, which doesn't lean on a huge library of multisamples.

The synth has been programmed by a former waldorf engineer , dude knows what he's doing
The samples are there for extra's , you can use them as operators ..F-EM is currently the closest in software form that comes close to the tg77/sy77/sy99

[Tj Shredder]

It looks like FM9 NI never bothered to do…