Based on our record, Synth1 should be more popular than Oxe FM Synth. It has been mentiond 13 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
If you haven't used it before but are willing to give it a try on your machine and let me know if it works, I'd really appreciate it. It's free and lightweight, and a nice little synth. It can be downloaded here if anyone's willing to give that a quick try for me https://daichilab.sakura.ne.jp/softsynth/index.html. Source: 9 months ago
Have you tried the free VST called Synth1? you'll probably find these sounds in there, or something that sounds close to this- because the sounds above are pretty straightforward - you can get Synth1 from here - https://daichilab.sakura.ne.jp/softsynth/index.html. Source: 11 months ago
Synth1 is the OG free VA synth and can make some great Synthwave tones: https://daichilab.sakura.ne.jp/softsynth/index.html. Source: about 1 year ago
Synth1 (Nord Lead 2 style synth) + Synth1 Librarian + Presets. Source: over 1 year ago
Just to be clear SynthV1 and Sythn1 are not the same thing :>. Source: over 1 year ago
I recently made a video series on this, using the Sonicware Liven XFM. If you skip the first few episodes you'll find the rest of the series (starting at the FM panel overview) demonstrates the basics of FM sound design in a fairly approachable manner (meaning focused more on sound than mathematics), even if you are using another synth. I personally quite like OxeFM as a software FM engine as the matrix view of... Source: almost 2 years ago
The main reason to use Dexed is it being DX7 compatible, and a DX7 librarian; overall I think there are far better options out there. No longer in active development, but I find OxeFM has a far more intuitive interface (taking a matrix approach to modulations vs algorithms). Source: almost 2 years ago
It seems like what you want is to learn FM synthesis, rather than dexed. If you want to experiment with FM synthesis in general, I find Dexed's UI to be quite painful. Consider trying out OxeFM. It's fairly only now but so is FM synthesis. It has a matrix of knobs to route your modulations which (for me) is far easier to comprehend than a little diagram of an algorithm and an array of operator controls. Source: almost 2 years ago
Oxe FM is a nice free one to check out. Source: over 2 years ago
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