FM lab trial?

[xeroxx]

So frankly I can say i know too much about Halion . more than I gathered today.

I bought 2 FM synths , the Arturia DX7V , and NI FM8.

What Im after is NOT how many presets a thing got (its nice if all other stuff works though).

So in both these 2 VSTs i basicly just did they init tone and wanted to try out how they perfom on the typical FM sweep . 1 or perhaps 2 operators feeding into the 1st with a attack or a decay . then adjusting the other 2s output levels feeding into the feeding into the 1st. wanting that super-metallic angel grinder sound .DX7V when going into the higher harmonics ( i e the output on whatever osc feeds into the 1st is too great ) just looses its entire tone and colapses into a non tonal noise . FM 8 while it does not go into a nontonal noise abruptly is not pulling through all the way.

Doing this on the reface dx is more or less a no brainer .

So i saw this video on FM lab . thought i give it a go . not for the preset but to evalute its engine on this problem alot of software fm synth seems to have regarding this issue.

So I understand that FM Lab obviously is not a standanlone app & vst as i first thought.

So grabbed halion . then used the steinberg downloader and it fetched the FM lab.

Tried opening it but i got nothing. Kinda expected halion to let me trial FM Lab for 10-20 minutes or so (no patch saving) .

But im not so sure I wanna buy the thing if I cant test out how the synthengine handles the sound.

Perhaps im missing something and it can be trialed?

Why would I spend €500+ on HALion just to maybe find out if FM Lab’s engine handles FM sweeps properly?

[Rene_L]

Have you tried Dexed? It’s free and compatible with any .syxex file you can find?

https://www.kvraudio.com/product/dexed-by-digital-suburban

I have HALion FM Lab and for my needs it does the job and with HALion you are not just limited to FM Lab.

[T-Cup]

Plogue’s OPS7 is insanely close to the original DX7. It’s like Dexed in that it acts as an editor too. I have tested some patches side by side.

That said I love FM lab and it sounds excellent. I use it for advanced FM fun.

I wanted to ask a question though but didn’t want to create a new topic for it. On FM lab where are the AMD/PMD editor/details? It’s probably me and I’ve not seen how FM Lab deals with this. I thought I would ask though.

Edit: I think they’re done via the matrix and LFOs instead of the traditional dedicated parameter settings.

[Jan_Riesener]

@xeroxx