174 Results for "fm"

NAMM 2020: Nord Wave 2 4-Part Performance Synthesizer

Nord is introducing the Nord Wave 2 - a powerful 4-part performance synthesizer combining Virtual Analog synthesis, Samples, FM and Wavetable and have covered it with controls.

Yamaha YC61 Stage Keyboard packs everything on the front panel

Yamaha is aiming to "reinvent" the stage keyboard with the YC61 designed for gigging musicians who want realtime control of pianos and a whole lot of organ.

Look Mum No Computer pulls the FM guts out of a Sega Megadrive

Sam Battle from Look Mum No Computer has pulled the FM engine out of a Sega Megadrive and turned it into a fabulously accessible FM synthesizer with analogue control

Best Eurorack Modules 2019: Top 5 Modular Synths and Effects

Eurorack modular continues to generate interesting pathways into sound and synthesis and is becoming more accessible all the time. Here's our choice of modules that stood out this year.

Rainy Day Electronics Cirrus FM Touch Synth is very cool and far too exclusive

Otem Rellik has been selling his boutique synths under the lovely name of Rain Day Electronics. His latest invention is the Cirrus FM Touch Synth but he only made 4 and they've all gone already.

FLASH: The synth built into a MIDI plug

On one end is a MIDI plug, on the other is a jack socket. Somewhere in between is FLASH - a teeny-tiny fully working 16-voice FM synthesizer. 

UVI goes infinite with Falcon 2 Hybrid Synthesizer

Falcon 2 decides that having every kind of synthesis and sampling is not nearly enough and removes all boundaries to let you play with infinite sonic possibilities. Sounds like fun!

Cosmotronic Dimensions: a multi dimensional cosmic choir complex oscillator

Cosmostronic were showing Dimensions at Synthfest over the weekend. They are calling it a multi-dimensional cosmic choir which is the best description of an oscillator I've heard in ages.

Ellistronics release a souped-up version of their Ellitone Multi-Synth

The rustic charm of badly cut wood has been replaced by a sleek looking black enclosure as Ellitone strives to bring the awesome sound of the 6 synthesis engine Multi-Synth to a wider audience

Glassy – spectral modelled electric pianos and pads from the classy 90s

Sampleson has shifted its spectral modelling gaze onto the electric pianos of the 1990s and offers up the aptly named Glassy combining classic DX and Roland digital sounds with a snuggly pad generator

RYM2612 FM Synthesizer based on the Sega Mega Drive console now available as VSTi

RYM2612 pulls out the classic FM synthesizer from the Sega Mega Drive (AKA Sega Genesis) and stuffs it into an easy to use GUI that's available on VST, AU and AAX for the first time.

Kodamo unveils the 300-voice Essence FM synthesizer

Kodamo has unveiled a prototype of the Essence FM synthesizer at SynthFest France. It's a 6-operator FM synth with 300 voices of polyphony, waveform drawing, MPE support, and many other good ideas. 

Humble Audio Quad Operator FM Synthesizer made easy for Eurorack

The Quad Operator pulls out the essential elements of FM synthesis and lays it out on a matrix grid of modulation. Playing with operators has never been so intuitive or rewarding.

Superbooth 2019: Elektron Digitone Keys – is it some kind of dream?

The leak turned out to be a reality and we are now faced with coming to terms with a very strange looking synthesizer based upon the awesome Digitone. Is the Digitone Keys a dream or a nightmare?

Polyphenon 2 the advanced polyphonic hybrid synthesizer gets more advanced

Polyphenom 2 ups the ante on its predecessor with 200 wavetables, harmonic randomisation, a new filter and lots and lots of luscious sounds and textures.

Superbooth 2019: The Division Department 01/IV analog drum synthesizer

The 01/IV makes its debut at Superbooth with 4 channels of analogue drum synthesis that can cross-modulate. There's no sequencer, USB or CV connections so you'll need to get MIDI into it from somewhere.

Superbooth 2019: SoundForce introduce their Juno inspired DCO for Eurorack

It's an unusual configuration for a Eurorack oscillator but SoundForce has gone all in on the sliders with their DCO Digitally Controller Oscillator based upon the architecture of the Juno-60/106.

AIR teams up with Akai Pro and Alesis to give us Drum Synth 500 synthesized drums

Drum Synth 500 is 8 channels of synthesized and sampled drums in a comprehensive single window software synthesizer with bags of saturation, effects and tweaking.

Stereo Dipole Quad Multi-Mode VCF is more filter than you can handle

The Stereo Dipole from SSF offers four resonant peaks through two filter sections of multi-mode harmonic tampering in series, parallel or everything all at once.

Nanoloop: Gamepad style sequencer/synthesizer zaps onto Kickstarter

Nanoloop has escaped from the GameBoy and iOS to evolve into its own hardware. With a casual gamepad interface and 4x4 matrix sequencer it's a very cool 4 channel device to play with your thumbs

Synclavier brings its DSP synthesis engine to iOS and releases a knob

Synclavier is using NAMM 2019 to launch a reworking of their digital synthesis engine onto iOS plus they've got a hardware knob to help you play with parameters.

DUNE 3: the Differential Unison Engine software synthesizer gets an upgrade

More voices and oscillators in unison than you could possibly use, doubling up on filters and arpeggiators and a complete wavetable editor make this one decent upgrade.

Sugar Bytes Aparillo textual and complex FM synthesizer hits the iPad

Aparillo is all about unfolding the life of sound through the manipulation of sine waves, synthesis, harmonics and modulation. Or you can just move stuff about to produce some fabulous soundscapes.

Flow Motion FM Synth combines FM and subtractive synthesis in a very cool GUI

Waves have a go at making FM synthesis free flowing and easy with Flow Motion FM Synth and bolt in some analog style filtering for good measure. Does it sound as fabulous as it looks?