Johnbee58 Posted September 7, 2019 Author Share Posted September 7, 2019 All great suggestions. Thanks! I was playing around with Iris 2 the other day and I found a couple of presets that might be usable. The problem is I'm really not a synth person but I'd like to learn more about programming. My singing voice is failing me more with every project but I still need to create music. Last year I paid $200.00 usd to buy Arturia's DX7 V and wanted to learn FM programming. There was a really good site on that, but the guy stopped posting new vids. 😀JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmcleod Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 These two articles were the breakthrough for me in FM programming: Great article on how to approach programming an FM patch by focusing on each element of the sound:http://synthzone.com/midi/yamaha/dx7/prgrmdx7.pdf This page explores how to use modulator frequency ratios to create square wave, sawtooth etc: https://mgregory22.me/tx81z/fm_overview.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francois van der Merwe Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Also note Autogun synth, its free and it have an amazing amount of presets. https://www.image-line.com/plugins/Synths/Autogun/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnbee58 Posted September 7, 2019 Author Share Posted September 7, 2019 Mark and Francois-Very valuable info. Thanks!! 🙂❤️JB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Arwood Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 KVRaudio.com Just look for the free instrument tab on top. You have to get an account before you can download files. The account is free too. There are 63 pages and 20 free synths per page! That should keep you busy for a couple of days 🙂 Look at the ratings - that should save you a few days! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mettelus Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 This was mentioned briefly earlier, but do not underestimate FX chains on things you already own. The original z3ta+ has two dlls (one can be used as an audio FX), amp sim chains, ProChannel FX chains, et. al. If running through a synth, cutoff and resonance parameters will do a lot to a sound, even without diving into the guts of the rest. A starting sound may be fairly generic, but you can often tailor it to something rather useful with the proper FX chain behind it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mánibranðr Studios Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Oh yeah, Tunefish v3 and v4 are also pretty good. There is also TAL-U-NO 62 and TAL Noisemaker and because it hasn't been mentioned before Full Bucket Software is full of free synth VSTis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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