Plogue has made a chip-perfect emulation of the Yamaha FM synth line

Transport yourself to 1983. Sure, analog emulation is all the rage. But leave it to Plogue to do bit-for-bit digital recreation – with a precise reproduction of the Yamaha 6-operator FM synth range, including the legendary DX7.

NI Massive X synth sees first features, interface revealed

Native Instruments’ Massive synth defined a generation of soft synths and left a whole genre or two in its wake. But its sequel remains mysterious. Now the company is revealing some of what we can expect.

Peter Kirn - March 14, 2019

KQ Dixie could be the closest you’ll get to a DX7 on your iOS device

KQ Dixie could be the closest you’ll get to a real Yamaha DX7 on your iOS device, and what’s more it’ll actually control a DX7 is you connect one over MIDI

Ashley Elsdon - January 16, 2018

AudioKit Pro brings us FM Player, a free iPad Synth, and now ROM Player, Open Source Instrument Code

Ashley Elsdon - December 11, 2017

Yamaha may have the best workstation synth, now quietly improved

Peter Kirn - February 10, 2017

Go full retrowave with a magical FM synth library for Ableton

Peter Kirn - October 10, 2016

Listen to John Chowning tell how he invented FM synthesis

Peter Kirn - June 14, 2016

KORG volca FM is here – and does some unexpected tricks

Peter Kirn - March 10, 2016

Hands on with KORG’s new volca FM

Peter Kirn - January 22, 2016

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