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> VSTi's like sylenth and Massive are direct descendants of the DX7 and take FM modulation to incredible levels Not to be that guy, but neither of those are FM
by w4 12y ago
> VSTi's like sylenth and Massive are direct descendants of the DX7 and take FM modulation to incredible levels
Not to be that guy, but neither of those are FM synthesizers. Sylenth is a basic subtractive synthesizer, and Massive is a wavetable synthesizer.
If you want a modern FM VST, you want to look towards the likes of Native Instruments' FM8 or Ableton's Operator.
- cubano 12y agoThank you for being that guy. My misinformation on the subject was in great need of your help, and I sincerely thank you for the facts. No wonder I had to keep ignoring the nagging feeling that I should double-check my info about those synths.
- sramsay 12y agoThe confusion is somewhat reasonable given that many synthesizers (including straightforwardly subtractive ones) have an FM knob somewhere. It can produce some really great metallic and/or bell-like sounds. A synthesizer in which FM is the main way of making sounds, though, is extremely difficult to work with, since you're basically just modulating sine waves with one another. Even some very famous electronic musicians will admit to not quite understanding how to work with them in a predictable manner. The DX7, certainly, left plenty of musicians totally flummoxed.
- texel 12y agoNot to be that guy, but Massive does FM via the modulation oscillator, though it's only 2 operator FM. Also to continue being that guy, it doesn't actually do FM at all, but Phase Modulation, which is what the DX7 (and later emulations like FM8) also use.