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I have been working a lot with the 4opFM from Pluggo. I have been having bad

luck trying to get a good bass out of it. I get a lot of patches that seem

like they should sound nice when they are low, but the response isn't that

good on the low end. And for the life of me i can't get any of those patches

to not have snaps and pops. My question is if there is a definitive guide to

programing with a 4 op. I know the DX7 was great at those nice bass sounds.

But it was 6 op right? Are 4 ops just not up to the task?

Hey yall it's me again.
I have been working a lot with the 4opFM from Pluggo. I have been having bad
luck trying to get a good bass out of it. I get a lot of patches that seem
like they should sound nice when they are low, but the response isn't that
good on the low end. And for the life of me i can't get any of those patches
to not have snaps and pops. My question is if there is a definitive guide to
programing with a 4 op. I know the DX7 was great at those nice bass sounds.
But it was 6 op right? Are 4 ops just not up to the task?

4op-fm

I haven't used the 4opFM patch, but 4op FM synthesis - in general - is something that I really enjoy. (I've mainly worked with a Yamaha DX21 and Native Instruments' FM7.) It's fun and versatile.

The book linked below was written with the DX7 in mind - so a lot of the examples default to 6op instructions - but they offer conversion tables for readers using 4op synths. No matter what, it's really helpful in terms of getting a mental hold on FM synthesis concepts. :)

http://www.spoogeworld.com/music/instruments/yamaha/fm_theory_and_applications.pdf

I haven't used the 4opFM patch, but 4op FM synthesis - in general - is something that I really enjoy. (I've mainly worked with a Yamaha DX21 and Native Instruments' FM7.) It's fun and versatile. 

The book linked below was written with the DX7 in mind - so a lot of the examples default to 6op instructions - but they offer conversion tables for readers using 4op synths. No matter what, it's really helpful in terms of getting a mental hold on FM synthesis concepts.  :)

http://www.spoogeworld.com/music/instruments/yamaha/fm_theory_and_applications.pdf


This is for Pure Data but I found it the other day while looking for algorithms to try...

http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/~seanbrat/220a/final-proj.html

WOW! thanks for that kind sir! just the sort of thing i was looking for :)

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 3:55 AM, softpieces wrote:

> I haven't used the 4opFM patch, but 4op FM synthesis - in general - is

> something that I really enjoy. (I've mainly worked with a Yamaha DX21 and

> Native Instruments' FM7.) It's fun and versatile.

> The book linked below was written with the DX7 in mind - so a lot of the

> examples default to 6op instructions - but they offer conversion tables for

> readers using 4op synths. No matter what, it's really helpful in terms of

> getting a mental hold on FM synthesis concepts. :)

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 3:55 AM, softpieces  wrote:

>
> I haven't used the 4opFM patch, but 4op FM synthesis - in general - is
> something that I really enjoy. (I've mainly worked with a Yamaha DX21 and
> Native Instruments' FM7.) It's fun and versatile.
>
> The book linked below was written with the DX7 in mind - so a lot of the
> examples default to 6op instructions - but they offer conversion tables for
> readers using 4op synths. No matter what, it's really helpful in terms of
> getting a mental hold on FM synthesis concepts.  :)
>
>
> http://www.spoogeworld.com/music/instruments/yamaha/fm_theory_and_applications.pdf
>

Quote: softpieces wrote on Thu, 10 April 2008 03:55

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> The book linked below was written with the DX7 in mind - so a lot of the examples default to 6op instructions - but they offer conversion tables for readers using 4op synths. No matter what, it's really helpful in terms of getting a mental hold on FM synthesis concepts. :)

I made a bunch of examples from this book in Max. They are part of the CNMAT MMJ Depot here:

Quote: softpieces wrote on Thu, 10 April 2008 03:55
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> The book linked below was written with the DX7 in mind - so a lot of the examples default to 6op instructions - but they offer conversion tables for readers using 4op synths. No matter what, it's really helpful in terms of getting a mental hold on FM synthesis concepts.  :)
>
> http://www.spoogeworld.com/music/instruments/yamaha/fm_theory_and_applications.pdf
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I made a bunch of examples from this book in Max.  They are part of the CNMAT MMJ Depot here:

4op-FM