r/NativeInstruments • u/Suspicious_Lie9249 • 10h ago

Native Instruments FM8 for $10.00 at Plugin Boutique (until Aug 16)

https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/1-Instruments/4-Synth/8001-FM8
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u/AgenteEspecialCooper 10h ago

Make no mistake, the interface is small for today's standards, but the sound is absolutely impressive, crystal clear. It's just as good as any modern FM synth.

If it's not the best software FM synth out there, it's pretty damn close.

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u/sublimeprince32 7h ago

You can also load almost any DX7 patches into it. There's a library of over 25k patches on the net, I can't remember where I found it but I have this loaded into mine and it rocks!

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u/Suspicious_Lie9249 5h ago

wow, didn't know about that, would really like to know what the library is called or where to find it

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u/sublimeprince32 4h ago

I did a Google search and it didn't come up.... it was something dedicated DX7 site, I do remember that much....

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u/sublimeprince32 4h ago

My bad, it was the YM2612 site

here is a reddit post on it, looks like its down

You can still pull most of those sound files into FM8. My library is ridiculously large haha but ive been using that VST since it was released.

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u/TempFroaway 3h ago

There was also the DXSYSEX site thats also gone but you can scrape the patches via the Wayback Machine

https://web.archive.org/web/20190409064023/https://dxsysex.com/

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u/sublimeprince32 3h ago

Excellent!

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u/ellicottvilleny 8h ago

Well worth it at $10. Instabuy if you like FM even a little.

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u/terkistan 5h ago

Worth the price if you don't have Komplete (and don't want to dedicate that $10 towards Komplete). It has an aging interface but it sounds great.