Elektron today introduced the Digitone, a polyphonic digital synthesizer that features what they call ‘a powerful yet user-friendly take on FM synthesis’.… Read More Elektron Digitone Designed To Make FM Synthesis User-Friendly
How well do software versions of digital instruments match the originals?… Read More Hardware vs Software – Yamaha DX7 vs Arturia DX7 V vs DEXED VST
The MOSTRO is a small FM synth, with 4-voice polyphony, LFO and sub-oscillator, delay and glide. … Read More Outer Space Sounds MOSTRO FM Synth (Sneak Preview)
Developer Bram Bos let us know about a new FM synth he’s released for iOS, Phasemaker. Phasemaker is the first 6-Operator FM Synth for iOS, building on the legacy of the FM synths that helped define the sound of the 80s. It’s also the first FM Audio Unit instrument (AUv3), so it works in leading mobile DAWs, including Auria, Cubasis, Modstep… Read More Phasemaker – A New 6-Operator FM Synth For iOS
This video, via muzykujkropkacom, pits the new Yamaha Reface DX mini synth, head-to-head against a vintage Yamaha DX-7.
Primal Audio let us know that they’ve updated FM4, their four-operator FM synthesizer for iPad. They also introduced a free version, FM4 Lite, that lets you try the app out, but has a few of the more advanced features, like MIDI and Audiobus, disabled. . Here’s what’s new in FM 4 1.1:
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FM synthesizers have a reputation for being powerful, but painful to patch. Primal Audio today released FM4, a new FM synthesizer for iPad they say reinvents FM synthesis, making it more accessible and intuitive.
Developer Mark Carlotto has updated xMod, an FM synthesizer for iPad, adding AudioBus support, CoreMIDI, background audio and more. Here’s what’s new in xMod 1.3: Better sound quality and effects! Audiobus compatible Core MIDI compatible – Sends AND receives MIDI including program (sound patch) information Now runs in background mode Fixed file management – can… Read More xMod Adds AudioBus, CoreMIDI & Background Audio
Propellerhead has introduced PX7 FM Synthesizer, a new six-operator FM synth in Propellerhead’s Rack Extension format, based on the classic Yamaha DX7. The PX7 FM Synthesizer is patch-compatible with the classic it’s based on. Patches from the original are included with PX7, and Propellerhead has an online patch converter that takes Yamaha DX7 patches and… Read More PX7 Brings Classic Yamaha DX7 Sound To Propellerhead Reason
