Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> Does anybody know how to do FM synthesis?
> 
> I mean, I understand the math and so on and so forth. What I can't get 
> round is that even with a seemingly "infinite" range of possibilities to 
> play with, every single sound I make sounds virtually identical. It's 
> just not very sonically interesting. No matter how you wire up the 
> operators, all you get is a sound that you can adjust from harsh hissing 
> to pure sine tones.
> 
> Does anybody know how to do this stuff properly?

Isn't that essentially all you can get out of an FM synth? Tinny bleeps 
and blurps, with a buzz here and there. I remember having an FM synth 
card when I was younger. I got the patch editor for it. I realized why 
there were no new sounds. None actually exist. IIRC, you've essentially 
got 2 waveforms, a full sine and a half, sine (almost like a sawtooth 
but, sine curve until the sharp transition)

It sucked.

Good luck :D

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