> 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.

 From what I know (or at least think I know), to obtain interesting sounds,
you should add thinks like ADSR enveloppe, ring modulation, various filters
(tone, flanging...).

Look at a Yamaha DX7 specifications to see what they added.

(even then, it's overall very boring and apart 3 or 4 disctinctive sounds,
  there's not much to get from FM synthesis)

Fabien.

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