Native's FM7 Revives Classic FM Synth Sounds
March 11, 2001NATIVE INSTRUMENTS revives the legendary sounds of FM synthesis with the FM7.
The FM7 takes the legendary sound of FM synthesis to a new level -- not only does
the FM7 read the complete sound library from the classic FM synths, but it goes
far beyond emulation. It adds distortion and filter operators, extensive modulation
capabilities, a comprehensive effects section, audio input and much more to the
traditional FM architecture. The user interface of the FM7 makes it comfortable
and easy to explore the fascinating new possibilities of FM-Native style.
"The FM7 is extremely exciting for us because the recent advances in native
processing open up new possibilities for little-explored dimensions of FM synthesis,"
explains Michael Kurz, the lead developer of the FM7 at Native Instruments.
Product Information: FM7
The vivid and powerful sounds of FM were celebrated by musicians and listeners
worldwide since the early eighties. Many producers still value the special aesthetics
of this sound, as the uniquely vibrant FM textures perfectly complement analog
and digital sample-playback synthesis.
The FM7 can read all programs from the original DX7, DX7-II, DX11, TX81Z, DX21,
DX27, DX100, TX802 and reproduce the sounds of these machines with spectacular
realism.
Classic sounds can be transformed into something completely new with the FM7.
For example, each of the operators of the FM7 offers many waveforms besides sine.
Additionally, a distortion operator with noise and an analog filter operator complement
the waveform operators and increase the sonic range of the FM7 far beyond classic
FM synthesis. Unlike the classics, FM routing can be set freely. The effect section
of the FM7 offers high quality stereo chorus, flanging and delay effects., Programming
and operating the classic FM synthesizers has never been easy. But the advanced
graphical editors of the FM7 offer an intuitive environment to explore FM synthesis.
Now the world of FM synthesis can be easily accessed and the enormous sound potential
of frequency modulation can be rediscovered, but with a modern twist.
The FM7 runs on Macintosh or Windows, either as stand-alone with MME, Direct
Sound, Sound Manager and ASIO or as a plug-in with a VST, DirectConnect or DXi
compatible host program.
The FM7 will be released in May 2001.
Feature Overview: FM7
• FM synthesizer with extended sound architecture
• Reads and faithfully reproduces sound programs of the FM classics
• Full matrix frequency modulation with 8 operators, no fixed algorithms
• 6 operators with many waveforms plus distortion and analog filter operator
• Sophisticated graphical editors with many convenient edit functions
• Flexible graphical envelopes with unlimited number of stages and looping
• Stereo effects section with chorus, flanger delay, can be used for external
audio signals
• Runs either as stand-alone or as a plug-in on MacOS and Windows
• Optimized for Pentium III and G4 processors
• Supports VST 2.0, DXi, DirectConnect, MAS, ASIO
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
Windows 98, Pentium III450 MHz, 64 MB RAM, 16-bit sound card Mac 0 S 8.6 or
higher, G4 400MHz, 64 MB RAM
For more information, visit their web site at www.native-instruments.de. | 
