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Originally posted by atxbigballer1 Try a Yamaha dx7 manual! www.maths.abdn.ac.uk/~bensondj/dx7/manuals/dx7-man.pdf

I heard there is only one guy in the world who is able to actually program a DX7 properly.
Dont remember his name though.

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A couple patches made today on FM7:

http://jbj.raceriv.com/sounds/Catchup.mp3
http://jbj.raceriv.com/sounds/Howler.mp3

Lately I've also been trying to make percussion sounds with FM synthesis...

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Originally posted by Zombie0729 FM synthesis is basically the most powerful form of synthesis ever and FM8 is proof.

Second to Additive synthesis.

YOUTUBE

Fuck sine waves, it's all about saws and squares. haha

FM 8 is lovely, I use it mainly for basses, because basses really benefit from the ability to shape the oscillators wave form really well. I find it sounds a bit harsh for leads though, pads can go either way...

If anyone has any good links about it, then please post them up, my knowledge of FM is one of the things I'd really like to improve...

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Originally posted by kitphillips FM 8 is lovely, I use it mainly for basses, because basses really benefit from the ability to shape the oscillators wave form really well. I find it sounds a bit harsh for leads though, pads can go either way... If anyone has any good links about it, then please post them up, my knowledge of FM is one of the things I'd really like to improve...

Definitely basses, but I'd say it thrives in percussive type sounds.

For genres like Minimal, Tech-House, it can be essential.

Check this out, all FM8, except bassdrums, clap and hi-hats.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/5634103017f29a7a/


Starts out as Tech-house, then morphs into Hardcore. haha Don't ask why I did that, but I just did. Felt like going Hardcore. Quickest 1 minute to hell.

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Originally posted by BOOBOOSD YOUTUBE Fuck sine waves, it's all about saws and squares. haha

you probably don't have a clue that saws and squares are built with sines.

FM Synthesis is probably the greatest thing that happened in the 80's music technology, alongside with midi.

So much to say, it's probably my weapon of choice today, but forget about rounded lows, fm sounds harsh.

I use operator, and I like it much more than fm8.

L.

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Originally posted by thecYrus you probably don't have a clue that saws and squares are built with sines.

Ever heard of being sarcastic?!?!?!? Why do you think I went "haha" I was just kidding. Did you even see my following posts? You probably think I was knocking FM synthesis, but I wasn't. Sarcasm buddy.

I KNOW, saws & squares are built from sines. Every sound is derived from a sine wave, it's the basic foundation.

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Originally posted by BOOBOOSD Every sound is derived from a sine wave, it's the basic foundation.

only in subtractive synthesis as far as i know.

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Originally posted by palm only in subtractive synthesis as far as i know.

No...

Any sound rich in overtones (like a saw wave) can be thought of as the combination of a bunch of sine waves of different frequencies. The "note" you play denotes the frequency of the loudest and deepest sine wave (fundamental frequency); the overtones (whole or fractional multiples of fundamental frequency) are quieter and often hard to distinguish individually, but they give the sound its "character" or "timbre."

Combining sine waves of different frequencies together is the principle behind additive synthesis.

Subtractive synthesis takes a sound that's already rich in harmonics (like square or saw) and takes some of those harmonics away by filtering them out.