RE: [AH] DX7 Vs...

From punkdISCO
Sent Sat, Sep 29th 2018, 11:20

Kenny wrote:

> Its just a matter of taking the time to randomly noodle around to make
> something happen. Like bashing buttons in an alien space ship.

For me the essential things a FM must have are:

1) a "random" button as this is how all my FM patches start.
2) a fun and usable interface

Unfortunately, these 2 prerequisites disqualify most Yamaha FM synths..

Like most of you, Ive been through my fair share of FM synths (including =
the FS1R) and have currently settled on:

PreenFM2 - has random functions - wonderful and usable interface.  =
Sounds great
SammichFM - ditto with the PreenFM and thought it would be redundant =
once I got the PreenFM but, it sounds far more gritty so kept it.
Yamaha TG33 - simply and restrictive enough to be fun and musical.  Nice =
and gritty.
Yamaha TG77 - the idea of being able to use AWM waves as FM =
carrier/modulator (cant remember if they can be both) was too sexy to =
ignore but the reality is that without a fun interface, it just remains =
unused.  Probably will sell.

I still don=E2=80=99t thing the ultimate FM synth has been created yet.  =
Ive not used a Digitakt so maybe that is it but, demos have not really =
impressed me.

Cool thread..

Paul
London
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