Very nice. Great use of the M8 fm synth.

Very nice. Great use of the M8 fm synth.

I'm a sucker for the FM, realy like these patches you cooked up. Sounds like a somewhat chilled out SOR3 track.

I'm a sucker for the FM, realy like these patches you cooked up. Sounds like a somewhat chilled out SOR3 track.

Thanks for checking it out FM is my favorite kind of synthesis and the M8's engine has an interesting flavor of it. It's a bit on the darker sider to my ears. For pure FM patching, I think the standard to match is Hizmi. He'd be the one I'd want to imitate for this one.

[quote=BarristerPlong]Very nice. Great use of the M8 fm synth.[/quote] [quote=rayjkayj]I'm a sucker for the FM, realy like these patches you cooked up. Sounds like a somewhat chilled out SOR3 track.[/quote] Thanks for checking it out :) FM is my favorite kind of synthesis and the M8's engine has an interesting flavor of it. It's a bit on the darker sider to my ears. For pure FM patching, I think the standard to match is Hizmi. He'd be the one I'd want to imitate for this one.

FM is awesome and yes you're showcasing some awesome sounds that just fill the stereo field soooo nicely.  Groove gets going right away and your description pace fits the feel of the track.  Those delayed snares with the sinister synth line sound awesome.  The more I hear the M8 from others on here the more I'm impressed with it.  I've never been good with trackers but damn I appreciate the output and flow it creates.  Nice work!

FM is awesome and yes you're showcasing some awesome sounds that just fill the stereo field soooo nicely. Groove gets going right away and your description pace fits the feel of the track. Those delayed snares with the sinister synth line sound awesome. The more I hear the M8 from others on here the more I'm impressed with it. I've never been good with trackers but damn I appreciate the output and flow it creates. Nice work!

So many standout elements here! The swells and bass line both are so effective. The shaker sound at :49 adds such a nice feel. I don't know what to call it, but the only sound left at the end is a great one.

So many standout elements here! The swells and bass line both are so effective. The shaker sound at :49 adds such a nice feel. I don't know what to call it, but the only sound left at the end is a great one.

This track sounds super solid, quite literaly. I've never been any good with FM synths, so this to me sounds like a magical showcase of powerful techno.

And really, let's forget about synthesys techniques: This sounds like a dark evening at Tresor's vault. Metallic and powerful.

This track sounds super solid, quite literaly. I've never been any good with FM synths, so this to me sounds like a magical showcase of powerful techno. And really, let's forget about synthesys techniques: This sounds like a dark evening at Tresor's vault. Metallic and powerful.

Thank you! The M8 is great and has a particular flavor of FM. I'd say it's a bit darker sounding then others I have used. I was an M8 early adopter and at first thought it was decent instrument... after the FM engine came out it became an excellent instrument for me. From then on it was my go to device. I use Ableton for production far less these days.

Trackers take a bit time to get used to especially if you come from the DAW world but once you wrap your head around it things become second nature. I started with LSDJ and it took me about a week of constant use to really get started. A month to be fluid. It was a lot guess work back then. It was before tutorials and videos were widely available on the topic. Hell youtube wasn't even a thing really. These days I think it might be a shorter process to learn. Fluidity always takes practice though.

Thank you for the nice comment. Lol when everything is synthesized it can be hard to identify things I am not sure how I would describe it myself. It wasn't really meant to immitate a sound moreso be its own thing... I guess we can call it a percussive FM sound

Thank you. FM is great! I think it has a bit of an unjustified reputation of being complicated. It doesn't have to be. I learned how to use it through trial and error when learning to make music for the Sound Blaster 16 sound card and the sound chip for the Sega Genesis.

If you start with a simple 2 operators FM it makes things easier. Add volume from the modulator into the carrier and you get more harmonics, Tune the ratio to get different types of harmonics. Less modulation volume and lower ratios makes the the sound more pleasant. Adding more things become extreme fast. Less is more in FM. The rest is just knowing how to use envelopes to change the volumes as time goes on. Once you understand those relationships then you can start adding additional operators in additional configurations for more advanced stuff.

If you do things part by part, you'll be able to figure it out in no time.

[quote=Tone Matrix]FM is awesome and yes you're showcasing some awesome sounds that just fill the stereo field soooo nicely. Groove gets going right away and your description pace fits the feel of the track. Those delayed snares with the sinister synth line sound awesome. The more I hear the M8 from others on here the more I'm impressed with it. I've never been good with trackers but damn I appreciate the output and flow it creates. Nice work![/quote] Thank you! The M8 is great and has a particular flavor of FM. I'd say it's a bit darker sounding then others I have used. I was an M8 early adopter and at first thought it was decent instrument... after the FM engine came out it became an excellent instrument for me. From then on it was my go to device. I use Ableton for production far less these days. Trackers take a bit time to get used to especially if you come from the DAW world but once you wrap your head around it things become second nature. I started with LSDJ and it took me about a week of constant use to really get started. A month to be fluid. It was a lot guess work back then. It was before tutorials and videos were widely available on the topic. Hell youtube wasn't even a thing really. These days I think it might be a shorter process to learn. Fluidity always takes practice though. [quote=Cursory]So many standout elements here! The swells and bass line both are so effective. The shaker sound at :49 adds such a nice feel. I don't know what to call it, but the only sound left at the end is a great one. [/quote] Thank you for the nice comment. Lol when everything is synthesized it can be hard to identify things :) I am not sure how I would describe it myself. It wasn't really meant to immitate a sound moreso be its own thing... I guess we can call it a percussive FM sound :P [quote=laguna]This track sounds super solid, quite literaly. I've never been any good with FM synths, so this to me sounds like a magical showcase of powerful techno. And really, let's forget about synthesys techniques: This sounds like a dark evening at Tresor's vault. Metallic and powerful.[/quote] Thank you. FM is great! I think it has a bit of an unjustified reputation of being complicated. It doesn't have to be. I learned how to use it through trial and error when learning to make music for the Sound Blaster 16 sound card and the sound chip for the Sega Genesis. If you start with a simple 2 operators FM it makes things easier. Add volume from the modulator into the carrier and you get more harmonics, Tune the ratio to get different types of harmonics. Less modulation volume and lower ratios makes the the sound more pleasant. Adding more things become extreme fast. Less is more in FM. The rest is just knowing how to use envelopes to change the volumes as time goes on. Once you understand those relationships then you can start adding additional operators in additional configurations for more advanced stuff. If you do things part by part, you'll be able to figure it out in no time.