hardware FM synths are so cheap.

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Hi Nigel

 

Yeah, Ive recently got into FM.  I don’t think I could go for any of the DX/TX stuff as that is a little too hard-core for me.  Rather, I went for a Midibox SammichFM (based on the old SoundBlaster chip) which has a really nice and usable interface:

 

http://www.midibox.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=sammichfm

 

Plus, it has a fab randomizer which seems to produce a gem 1 in 3 attempts..

 

> http://ixox.fr/preenfm2/

 

Yep, this is on my wish list also  :)  Even last night I foolishly missed out on one being sold in Analogue Heaven because I was deliberating over the cost..

 

Good stuff..

 

Paul

London

www.punkdisco.co.uk

 

From: Nigel Kersten [mailto:nigel at explanatorygap.net] 
Sent: 30 May 2015 22:15
To: Music-bar
Subject: hardware FM synths are so cheap.

 

So I've been mucking around doing goofy synthwave with a friend, and really enjoying FM8 as a softsynth, so thought I'd look around for a classic Yamaha.

 

TX81Z. Rackmount version of the DX11 basically. US $80. 

http://www.vintagesynth.com/yamaha/tx81z.php

 

There are so many of these around right now, and if you step outside the constraints of "I must have a DX7", they're incredibly cheap, and the rackmount boxes like the TX81Z are built like tanks.

 

I only just picked this up, so I've only really poked at the presets, but they're amazing value for money.

 

If I could solder worth a damn I'd probably put one of these together:

 

http://ixox.fr/preenfm2/

 

 

 

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