Jamie Hunter
Member
No, I wish! I have all the soft synths apart from the logic one but I don't have any hardware anymore. Everything in the box nowadays.
FM synths
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doctoremmet
Senior Member
So that was some sort of wishlist you posted?
Jamie Hunter
Member
Kind of, the OP originally asked what were good synths for FM so I listed all the one's I knew about. I did have a DX7 years ago unfortunately it stopped working so it's now just an expensive shelf!
doctoremmet
Senior Member
Ah gotcha!
doctoremmet
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Bee_Abney
How long have I been out?
It looks like a good price point. I've seen $399 and £425.SEQTRAK - Overzicht - Yamaha - Nederland / België / Luxemburg
Unleash your creativity anywhere with SEQTRAK, the ultimate music creation station. Lightning-fast workflow allows you to capture ideas quickly, then create original music using its two versatile sound engines. When you’re ready, connect with fans using its powerful performance features and...
doctoremmet
Senior Member
HELlo dear internet.
I come to you with the Question.
What is the best FM Synthesizer? Allow me to state my conditions:
1. The best sound. Absolutely the most pristine, artifact-free audio-rate FM that the digital domain did ever proliferate.
2. Some good envelope controls and LFOs. A lot of them, preferably.
3. More of everything else. The more of everything else the better. Waveforms, synthesis types, number of oscillators and types of oscillator interactions like sync, oscillator effects, PWM.
4. Also, the best sound. It must sound absolutely like the best thing ever. Not like Phase Plant the best thing ever, but like the untold, pause-before-you-utter-it-and-listen-to-the-silence-afterward best thing ever. The best sound.
5. Feedback.
6. The sound must be th
I come to you with the Question.
What is the best FM Synthesizer? Allow me to state my conditions:
1. The best sound. Absolutely the most pristine, artifact-free audio-rate FM that the digital domain did ever proliferate.
2. Some good envelope controls and LFOs. A lot of them, preferably.
3. More of everything else. The more of everything else the better. Waveforms, synthesis types, number of oscillators and types of oscillator interactions like sync, oscillator effects, PWM.
4. Also, the best sound. It must sound absolutely like the best thing ever. Not like Phase Plant the best thing ever, but like the untold, pause-before-you-utter-it-and-listen-to-the-silence-afterward best thing ever. The best sound.
5. Feedback.
6. The sound must be th
richmwhitfield
Active Member
The one you will obviously have to build yourself to satisfy your needs 
I don't know any synth that has that th sound
I don't know any synth that has that th sound
Bee_Abney
How long have I been out?
You need a consonant filter for that. It's not strictly FM, so the purists won't put them in their synths.The one you will obviously have to build yourself to satisfy your needs
Bee_Abney
How long have I been out?
Give Halion a go. It's pretty nice sounding.
rhizomusicosmos
Active Member
Ah, yes, the dental fricative filter. There have been endless forum wars over whether voiced or unvoiced is superior.
Bee_Abney
How long have I been out?
And in hardware, anyone interested in an eighty-voice polyphonic OpSix?
www.korg.com
opsix module - ALTERED FM SYNTHESIZER | KORG (U.K.)
A new modular model that revolutionizes the music production environment.
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Marcus Millfield
Senior Member
I find the Digitone Keys a weirdly attractive synth. It feels wrong but good, you know. Kinda like sitting in a bathtub full of baked beans. You'd never do it, know it's weird nad frowned upon but wildly fascinating at the same time.Will press for Elektron - Digitone ...... once feeling a bit capable with Elektron workflow and salient use of 'terms'.
kgdrum
“Making a mess & calling it Art is where it’s at!”
baked beans?
Marcus,
Could you please share with us other things you find wildly fascinating?
This somewhat demented inquiring mind would certainly like to know………..…..
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Marcus Millfield
Senior Member
I don't think @Bee_Abney heart can take anymore of my fascinations.
Back on topic: I'll never get the hang of the complexity of FM synths.
doctoremmet
Senior Member
That, and pick a synth that has a good beginner friendly UI (e.g. avoid fm indexes operated UI's).
I know the operator index is part of FM, but you can go around that
You know, these types of indexes:
that results (with those indexes based synths) in spaghetti like this:
(fm8 screenshot: a mess to read)
