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george · Post by **george** » Sat Dec 15, 2012 9:52 am

Discovery Pro can do some unique FM stuff. Check it:

KevWestBeats · Post by **KevWestBeats** » Sat Dec 15, 2012 10:49 am

Mister Natural wrote:
KevWestBeats wrote:. . . I own Operator and I am demoing PX7. For me Operator wins here if you don't mind the gui . . . If this is your only synth I would get Operator.
BINGO

this is a very powerful synth with unmatched write-your-own program-ability

it's built for those of you who don't want to emulate FM sounds from the 1990s

peace

funny enough that is exactly what I use it for lol

Ingonator · Post by **Ingonator** » Sat Dec 15, 2012 11:12 am

*moved to other thread*

Examigan · Post by **Examigan** » Sat Dec 15, 2012 8:35 pm

PatchAdamz wrote:There are many good ones, Fm8, Octopus, but one of my favorite DX type electric piano is from ZEBRA.

Here it is:
https://soundcloud.com/vintage-synth-pa ... r-1-by-vsp

I made one with Saurus that sounds nice, I will post it tomorrow.

dexterbella · Post by **dexterbella** » Sat Dec 15, 2012 9:15 pm

My previous experience with FM is mostly Rhino and Sytrus (FM8 always seemed way too expensive to me) and they're both sort of hybrids with fx and filters and all sorts of other stuff going on. With Sytrus in particular there seemed to be so many dance/trance/acid presets that could be achieved easier with subtractive synthesis that I couldn't see the point.
I tried PX7 without having very high hopes for it and surprised myself when I had a eureka moment. The GUI makes more sense to me than other FM synths that I've used and, most importantly, I was hearing FM without the filters, fx and hybrid bells and whistles. I've suddenly developed a real interest in a form of synthesis that had previously left me cold and it's largely due to the fact that PX7 doesn't do what so many other FM synths do.
Sure, for a lot of people PX7 will be too basic and not full-featured enough but, for me, it's just about perfect.

Examigan · Post by **Examigan** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 12:13 am

Examigan wrote:
PatchAdamz wrote:There are many good ones, Fm8, Octopus, but one of my favorite DX type electric piano is from ZEBRA.

Here it is:
https://soundcloud.com/vintage-synth-pa ... r-1-by-vsp
I made one with Saurus that sounds nice, I will post it tomorrow.

After hearing that Zebra preset again, It sounds like 2 separate sounds at once.

pdxindy · Post by **pdxindy** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 12:42 am

Examigan wrote:
Examigan wrote:
PatchAdamz wrote:There are many good ones, Fm8, Octopus, but one of my favorite DX type electric piano is from ZEBRA.

Here it is:
https://soundcloud.com/vintage-synth-pa ... r-1-by-vsp
I made one with Saurus that sounds nice, I will post it tomorrow.
After hearing that Zebra preset again, It sounds like 2 separate sounds at once.

It is easy enough to layer 2 sounds in Zebra...

an eample:
http://draigathar.org/sounds/Solardrop.wav

Lotuzia · Post by **Lotuzia** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 11:54 am

pdxindy wrote:....... While the usual FM synth so easily dissolves into a fizzy noisy sound .....

As you asked for it, some fizzy noisy sounds from our Gloss Spells FM8 soundbanks

:

Chakadelic, fizzy noisy Funky and happy tune

Fizzy noisy keys

Oh and there's now a fizzy free 64 presets bonus bank coming with both Gloss Spells and Legendary collection, here's one of the demo :

Fizzy Noisy Gloss Spells free add on bonus

Fizzy Noisy Spells Page

LtZ

Ingonator · Post by **Ingonator** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 12:00 pm

Just created some waveforms based on FM8 for use in Rayblaster (currentlly working on an update):

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... &start=885

@Lotuzia:
At that thread i posted about a strange problem in FM8 with getting different waveforms (flipping between two mostly) when hitting a key on a keyboard controller several times.

Ingo

pdxindy · Post by **pdxindy** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 5:04 pm

Lotuzia wrote:
pdxindy wrote:....... While the usual FM synth so easily dissolves into a fizzy noisy sound .....

As you asked for it

Actually, I did NOT ask you to post yet another post pushing your soundbanks on people...

odo · Post by **odo** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 5:20 pm

try doublesix or purple from odo

soundnaut · Post by **soundnaut** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 5:21 pm

Toxic Biohazard sounds better than fm8 imo.

GruvSyco · Post by **GruvSyco** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 10:09 pm

odo wrote:
try doublesix or purple from odo

this.

Only wish they were Mac capable. Same with FMMF or whatever it's called. Another nice FM synth.

digitalboytn · Post by **digitalboytn** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 10:19 pm

soundnaut wrote:Toxic Biohazard sounds better than fm8 imo.

I love Toxic Biohazard but it has a different sound from FM8...

I have Komplete and FM8 is the only synth I really use from that pack...

It's ability to load Yamaha sysex files is priceless...

FM8 layers really well and it doesn't take up a lot of "space" in the mix...

The best solution is to get both Toxic Biohazard and FM8

izonin · Post by **izonin** » Wed Dec 19, 2012 8:23 am

I prefer the Reaktor ones over FM7/8. The sound is juicier, like the hardware, minus the 12-bit noise. That noise can be cool though, if you want more character.

Best FM synth?