FM8 Power Review Part 1/2 HQ

[mrsarun]

I remember FM7! :)

[8454515484]

Thank you, thank you, for giving an FM8 tutorial that's not centered on that mindless dubstep nonsense.

[mrsarun]

@8454515484 Mindless ?

Every other genre already have their own patch for FM :)

A synth means you have to make your own sounds and play with the tools that you are given!

[Dannyhirsch001]

I have Both Massive and fm8... For my honest opinion i use massive way more than i do FM8 but I do use Fm8 ALOT!!! there both worth it but massive is a bit more fun

[rchrdnsh]

Can you make your videos in 720p please? 480p doesn't cut it anymore.

[McQuads87]

sir i must contest, your track whippersnap is the shit!!!

[tylerisalreadydead]

I was origonally going to buy Massive, but I think I like FM8 more now. Everyone uses massive, I want to be origonal.

[thepluginguru]

@tylerisalreadydead - FM8 has maybe more raw power due to the form of synthesis in FM8. Quite a few reputable artists use FM8..... it has quite a reputation with some guys.

[spoonman44]

@tylerisalreadydead you found an original way to spell original. thats a good start!

[Lbpbest1]

@tylerisalreadydead skrillex uses FM8 :D

[DirtyFilthyDubstep]

I want this. That bass slap sound is sexy

[rosscairns95]

this is the best review and tutorial i've ever seen for any software synth! thanks alot :)

[OnisuTV]

Awesome sounds & a wonderful video!

[gomarcphil]

FM8 detunes by ratio. What if I want to detune by 5 semitones. how would i go about doing that?

[Moemors]

How can i watch this in hd when its not in hd?

[thepluginguru]

Respond to this video...  unfortunately, these first videos were not done in HD. Better quality audio version is at my website.... sorry.

[Moemors]

@thepluginguru nevermind the video is good without hd, and the plug is great

[shapesoflight]

You are amazing! Even when you are just toying around your riffs are too great!

[TheElectrish]

Nice work, Skippy

[leparditas]

thats the best synth for synthetic drums ?

[thepluginguru]

@leparditas - Not the best since it's only 1 sound at a time, but it's very powerful.... I suggest looking at uTonic by Sonic Charge..... spend a few minuets in the Patternarium on their site and you'll be impressed.

[mimoocho]

I've bought all of the Guru's power packs and they are fabulous. All ready to go stuff for a few dollars...and let's face it ,Skip's one of the best in the business so show some respect ! Onya guru. When you doing an Omnisphere power pack?

[thepluginguru]

@mimoocho - Thank you for the kind words! Much appreciated. Absynth 5 power pack is soon to come out.... Omnisphere will be after that!

[VikingBlud]

NEED expert help....

When I automate something in the Easy/Morph panel and save the project it's like I hit "apply" and the automation restart at the point it was when I saved the project.

It's annoying to have to put all the parameters at the "0" value before I save my project every single time.

[Darkforrest408]

this video helped me out a lot. I came across it a year ago on another website.

[PeterTheSAGAFan]

Hey Pluginguru, is the FM Bass the same as your BAS-Power Pop patch? the structure looks the same. Thank you

[TheAPAnderson]

awesome review, thanks :)

[connor2444]

Yes. Don't get me wrong, guys like you are awesome! I learned how to program because their are people like you providing sounds to examine and learn from. I'm just saying what I learned from playing around with other peoples sounds.

[connor2444]

WHY BUY PATCHES OTHER PEOPLE MADE WHEN YOU CAN JUST MAKE YOUR OWN AWESOME SOUNDS AND BE ORIGINAL...

[thepluginguru]

@connor2444 - if you can make record ready patches ready to slap on an album, go for it. I provide these tutorials to help y'all get there. Download my free demo bank of patches, if you want more, buy the whole pack. If not, then make your own patches, music and be happy..... :D

[tokyojoe01]

@connor2444 I agree with you but the reality is that most people who "own" this synth have no idea about how to program it. Luckily i have a background in programming patches so I'll pass on the sounds offered but I appreciate the videos for the tutorial aspect.

[Starfire854]

$30 hehe 

[thepluginguru]

@Starfire854 - these patches are a steal for $30. When I do voicing work for film composer and album projects, I bill $100 an hour for my work. This Power Pack took well over 200 hours to make.... you do the math.

[lachlunn]

ive been led to beleive that this programme has the Les Mis keyboard patches, is that correct?

[thepluginguru]

@lachlunn - I have no idea what patches these are... I have not created any patches with that name and I don't know of any in the factory patches with that name. You can download the free demo from the FM8 website to check for yourself.

[thepluginguru]

Sonny - Thank you so much for the web-check! All Links fixed and I hope you enjoy the free patches....... and then want more :D

[sonnybrown]

Your videos so far have been the most helpful with FM8 I've found. Thank you very much! Btw, your website has broken links. On your main page if you go to FM8 power pack, and click on the image, it goes to a "page does not exist" page. I have yet to go through your free programs, but I have a feeling they are very good.

[Den00Funk]

can i use an Akai lpk25 mini keyboard USB to control fm8?

[thepluginguru]

@Den00Funk - you should be able to use any USB controller into your computer to control FM8.... so yes, the mini-keys are very so so since they lack velocity sensitivity, but they will play notes ok.

[juicyjuicejosh]

I <3 You

Those big ass brass/orchestral you had going on was Frickin Boss...

Im checkin your channel for some of your music and If I hears none.. Im gonna complain to you about it!

[TheAutumnExpresso]

AWSOME I should check this program out.

[Barefoot67]

thank god for Native Instruments!! They're geniuses!

[eldiondiaz]

hi there! i am just confuse...i have guitar rig4 and using m-audio black box as my audio interface. i plug my guitar into the guitar input of my interface to hear the output and to use the guitar rig4, actually its working just fine. now my question is...can i also use fm8 and use m-audio black box as my audio interface with the guitar as my input?

[thepluginguru]

@eldiondiaz - should be no problem - you can download & try FM8 for free..... See for yourself that it works like a dream.... ;D

[thepluginguru]

@eldiondiaz - without a guitar to MIDI converter you will only be able to use FM8 as an effect box - which is nice, but probably not what you want. You need a way to tell FM8 what notes you want it to play which requires a Gtr to MIDI converter.

[CMIKE9783]

Greets Mr. Lem,

Your sounds always sound so crisp and fat! Does your music go through a compressor/reverb unit? Do you remember ; when the music begins at 4:57 is that fm8 sounds only?

[thepluginguru]

@CMIKE9783 Yes, all the sounds you hear are from FM8. You can buy those sounds from my website for 30.00 - this is for 80 patches. I promise you they are all kick butt patches :D

Thanks for the note.

- John

[thepluginguru]

@CMIKE9783 Yes, all the sounds you hear are from FM8. You can buy those sounds from my website for 30.00 - this is for 80 patches. I promise you they are  all kick butt patches :D

Thanks for the note.

- John

[JahLoveOnline]

great review. I subed.

Can you check out the featured video on my page. I just want any suggestions on the mix you could give because you look like you know what your talkin about.

[thepluginguru]

It's not bad - you need a killer sub bass pounding in there or something else in the bottom, imo. Also, for verses, take the claps out and have just the snare - it would make it feel a lot less repetitive.

Keep Doin what your doing and find a cute girl to sing a hook on these tracks !!

[JahLoveOnline]

@thepluginguru, thanks man! I'll redo the track with your advise.

props

[sonicboyPT]

check out my songs / vids on my profile , i do most my synth stuff with fm8.

[thepluginguru]

Good stuff !! I liked Tornado a lot. You should try to work on getting the kick to stick out of the mix more.... it's a little too blended, imo.

[sonicboyPT]

thanks a lot for the tip.. I suck at mixing and mastering :|

[DrunkMonk101]

some of those synths sound like actual instruments

[NoChikenStrips]

thank you for the review! i've had good luck with absynth and this looks like what i need.

[Bhodisatvas]

where would you get hold of the track played at around 1.30-1.45? I know he made all the tracks himself but cant find any links to music on his site..just packs/tutorials. He should release some tracks if he hasn't already.

[sonicboyPT]

this is my fav software synth, the bass sounds are hudge :D

[thepluginguru]

I accidentally removed a comment from someone that said that FM8 does more than basses and that is very very true. The Rhythm BPM sequence type of patches and chords are also really cool..... it actually does a tone of things really well and with the effects and filters of FM8, it only gets better.

Sorry for deleting your post !!

[davidgtco]

nice i love it

[lesserepiphanies]

You're getting tremendous sounds, and your presentation is really good. This is the best FM8 video I have yet seen.

Cheers,

e.

[thepluginguru]

Thank you !!

[nexusdb]

lol. yeah, he's a dandy, alright. but that doesn't seem to affect his brilliant synth programming skills.

[JTBentertainment]

Great Vid.

[RcDriver77]

Is the Fm8 something for a beginner?

(Me) lol

[thepluginguru]

It's a pretty complex synthesizer, but the interface is very clear for the most part. That's why I chose it for my first plug-in. There are a few things that make using FM8 better and easier that I point out in these two tutorials.

[WishingBones]

what plugins can you recomand me for

drum and bass and hip hop ?

i need good ones

right now i use hypersonic 2 , massive

[tuleo554]

Massive is awesome good choice bro, get Kontakt 3 aswell

[WishingBones]

thank you

i will get it and omnisphere soon

[tuleo554]

as u know hip hop is all about the sampling, and beleive me sampling is all about Kontakt! You could spend days just getting to grips with Kontakt but its very easy to get started, shit I sound like an NI promo guy here!

[WishingBones]

i got it but i dont understand how to use it :D

it asks to scan all my pc should i let him

cause it will take like 4 hours or more

or there is a better way to do it

[tuleo554]

it wants to scan your PC to create a database of where alll ur samples (audio files )are, you dont have to let it if you knoew which folders you have your samples in (you should keep them all in the same place) although it does let u quick search for them with the database, so its up to you really. Here's a tutorial on Kontakt 3 that should let you know what's what

/watch?v=nI9j5s6Uad4

[WishingBones]

yeah it found like million things

the problem half of the i cant use

[syntaxical]

Great stuff, when can we expect the second part?

[thepluginguru]

Thanks !!

2nd Review will go live on Tuesday March 10th.

[jmgears]

Is Fm8 supposed to take the place of MASSIVE or...?

[ninteh]

massive is more a bass synth, imo

[tuleo554]

Massive is THE bass synth

[thepluginguru]

@tuleo554 - Not sure I totally agree with you - I made some killer basses for the Massive Power Pack but honestly, it's tough to beat 6 oscillators and the type of EQ that FM8 has to work with. Massive is great as well, but for pure sub basses, the low end is tighter with FM8. These all pale when compared to a MiniMoog so go figure.... : >

[fstball4110]

ya ya keep telling everyone ;)

[YowwaN]

@tuleo554 V-station aswell! :)

[kbyer]

@tuleo554 Wrong, this is, if you know what your doing. Skrillex & Nosia batter this synth instead of massive which everybody else uses. Get your head around this and your music will stand out!

[sourberrymusic]

it almost sounds like physical modelling. Really big and rich sounds. Wow! Where's the second vid, I can't wait to see it. You're awesome!

[fischek]

excellent - fun and informative

[thepluginguru]

I just deleted a comment by accident - I thought I was hitting reply and I hit remove !! SORRY !!

[Thalassa77]

Very good review, I'll be waiting the second part. I've posted this video on switchedonsynthesizer.blogspot . com

[thepluginguru]

Thanks, Thalassa. Audio quality is not great even in youtube's high quality mode. I apologize for the loss in audio quality.... the patches and FM8 sound even better than they do in this review.