FM Sweep Comparisons

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dioxide
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Post 18 Nov 2023

Yesterday I saw a couple of videos on FM synthesis, so I thought I'd do some comparisons between the FM synths I have to see their strengths and weaknesses. So here is a Song files containing a bunch of FM Sweeps with 1:1 ratio between Operator and Modulator. Yes, a bit boring but every now and then I like to do this kind of shoot out between similar devices to see which ones are the best at certain tasks. Here you'll see that the results are not as close as you might imagine.

Synths tested:

Thor (several methods)
Subtractor
Monotone
Europa
Complex-1
Viking VK-2
SubBoomBass
PX7
FM4
ES400
RYM2612
Algoritm
ReSpire

EDIT: Corrected a mistake with the Spire test.
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dioxide
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Post 18 Nov 2023

And another one here showing single operator feedback for the synths that allow this. There could be errors in this, for example I wasn't sure how to set this up for Complex-1.
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Post 19 Nov 2023

No Zero Hybrid, the absolute FM monster synth RE?
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dioxide
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Post 19 Nov 2023

crimsonwarlock wrote: ↑
19 Nov 2023
 No Zero Hybrid, the absolute FM monster synth RE?
I don't own it.
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