Bazille as 8 operator FM

[fakemaxwell]

Reading in the manual that Bazille can be used as an 8 operator FM with the self resonating filters. With the regular oscillators you patch, for instance, output of OSC2 into the Phase Modulation knob of OSC1. Where do you patch the filters to get the next filter in line to modulate the same way?

[fakemaxwell]

Ah, maybe I'm approaching this wrong. Guessing it's feeding Filter1 into OSC1 PM knob, right?

[pdxindy]

I would say thinking of Bazille as 8 operators is kinda meaningless. 2 Bazille Osc's can do far more than 2 regular sine operators modulating each other.

If you want two sources to modulate one parameter, you use a multiple.

[surreal]

Is there amy template to set this up with?

[Catharsis Cat]

I would say thinking of Bazille as 8 operators is kinda meaningless. 2 Bazille Osc's can do far more than 2 regular sine operators modulating each other.

If you want two sources to modulate one parameter, you use a multiple.

Going to second this. Spectralize the map generators and set them as the base oscillator shape and you can emulate more complex FM arrangements with just 2 operators. The Phase Distortion let's you do some sound shaping with just one oscillator as well.

It's better to think of Bazille FM capabilities less like a straight up DX7 and more like some amalgamation of multiple FM/PD synths like the DX, CZ, VZ and Synclavier. You don't nessecarily need a ton of operators.

[fakemaxwell]

Thanks for the opinions on my improper use of Bazille! Unfortunately, I am following the direction of the manual-

Try everything, experiment!

And what I would most like to experiment with is using Bazille as a 6-8 operator FM synth, as alluded to in the aforementioned manual. I'm aware this is not necessarily the most efficient method of doing things.

[jme-audio]

Guessing it's feeding Filter1 into OSC1 PM knob, right?

Yes, exactly. You can use the filters to modulate the oscillators.
For this you have to setup the filters to maximum resonance, so that each one produces a sine wave. Adjust the Follow parameter of the filters, so that the sine waves follow the played MIDI notes. Then connect the output to either PD or FM, just as you prefer.
I have not installed audio software on this laptop here, so cannot test at this moment, but maybe it is necessary to feed the filters with a little bit of noise first to create a higher and more stable amplitude. You can modulate the filter frequency as well using Cutoff parameter, though I am not so sure about the result in this case.