In this video, synthesist Cuckoo takes an in-depth look at Primal Audio’s FM4 for iPad.
FM4 is a four operator FM synthesizer for iPad. FM4 is modeled on Yamaha DX synths of the 80s, but with a modern interface and free of some of the limitations of the original synths’ technology.
FM4 is available for US $6.99 in the App Store.
I got the FM 4 rack extension because the dx 7 rack extension I had was too cumbersome. FM 4 sounds pretty good, it’s even got some coil feature to degrade the sound or de stabalize the oscillators. It’s a good buy, my bread and budder FM synth
Love it.
Last updated 2015. No thanks.
TF7 is good.
Your loss, man. This is a gold star app.
The problem with older apps is that most of them will stop working when IOS 11 will be released as Apple decided 32-bit apps won’t work anymore. Which is why I can never update my iPad anymore unless I buy a new one because there are too many awesome 32-bit apps.
The app store is filled with half-baked and abandoned apps. So many apps get started and then abandoned down the line.
Having this clear out isn’t a bad thing.
The best FM synth I’ve heard is FM7 thus far. October 2016 update so hopefully it will get another update some time.
If they still work and are still good and fun to use does it really matter if they are abandoned or not? Apple could just stop making them available in the app store and I would totally agree to that (I keep backups of my apps so I could reinstall them even if they are not in the store anymore). I just find it annoying that they arbitrarily decides to flick a switch that will make all those apps to not work anymore.
This is just like when Apple decided that PowerPC apps wouldn’t work anymore on OSX. They worked perfectly for years until the Lion update, and then they simply stopped working. Meanwhile I can still use abandoned software that was written 20 years ago on Windows.
DXi is one of the first fm synths on the iPad and it’s great.
Nice upgrade from my dead DX-100 (needs more than a battery…). Monotimbral, but has DX-11 style non-sine oscillators, and WAY easier to edit than my ‘100 ever was: analog style faceplate full of knobs. Great fun to play with.
Slave iPad to a cheap rompler board via USB to add FM layered on samples, and pretend you have a Montage 🙂