FM synthesis on the Novation PEAK

[@hughthemusicalengineer4365]

So many things to explore, and I never have enough time, so thanks for showing us some of the capabilities.

[@mr_floydst]

Thanks for watching! :)

[@MMCEnsemble]

Nice video. Love this synth and it’s wonderful to see videos on creating classic piano synth sounds

[@mr_floydst]

Thanks for watching! :)

[@LanthanOIde]

That's pretty cool! :D One more idea on the subject: I like to use sinusoid wavetables on the modulator, and morph the waveshape with an envelope. That creates a patch that sounds like it stacks way more operators than it really does. ;-)

[@mr_floydst]

Noted. That's a pretty good idea. :)

[@joshandrsn5936]

thank you mate, this was so easy to follow along and the result is lovely.

[@mr_floydst]

Glad it helped! And thanks for watching.

[@TristanBaldi]

Great video Floyd, thank you!

[@mr_floydst]

Thanks for watching! :)

[@static-audio]

Such a great synth. Good tutorial 👍🏼

[@mr_floydst]

Thanks for watching! It's one of my all time favourite synths.

[@dolvaran]

Gorgeous sound.

[@mr_floydst]

Thanks for watching! :)

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

I have a 1986 little Yamaha which has slidders to modulate the chip and basically classic FM is all it can do.

[@mr_floydst]

Some of those PSS keyboards are more capable than you'd expect. I once had a PSS 480 which was an FM synth with MIDI interface.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

@@mr_floydst Yes very true this one I have was sold as a toy keyboard pss 570 but was unique because it had controls to mod the sound chip. Still popular today among the sythersizor modding community.

[@matcoopa8736]

Nice patch. However I am confused about your Amp ADSR Sustain stage description and I am wondering about carrier/modulator assignment: I think FM 01>02 means 01 is the modulator, modulating 02 (carrier).

[@mr_floydst]

Thanks! You're right on both. I did this video without a script and I often confuse sustain and release while talking freely. :-)

[@matcoopa8736]

@@mr_floydst no worries, you did the most important thing: making it sounds beautiful :) Have fun

[@GertBoers]

Nice sounding patch!

[@mr_floydst]

Thank you very much!

[@surferboycoolable]

wonderful

[@mr_floydst]

Many thanks!

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

Hello, I got one yesterday, any ideas on getting a good selection of nice presets? It didn't seem to come with much that I would actually want use in My music unlike the MiniNova which instantly got Me creative with many of the factory protests. I want nice rich pads and deep or dark leads and ofcourse bass.

[@mr_floydst]

Thanks for watching! Ok, here's a shameless plug :-) floydsteinberg.gumroad.com/l/IEkhx And of course, you'll find a lot of free patches within components, Novations companion software.

[@DoctorRevers]

very nice

[@mr_floydst]

Thank you!

[@ogokiify]

Have you tried to recreate the DX7 bass 1 patch, by chance?

[@mr_floydst]

Not yet, but it's certainly a good video idea. Thanks! :-)

[@Gute_Laune_Boy]

do you have something to do with Steinberg Cubase?

[@mr_floydst]

Thanks for watching! No, that's Charly (Karl) Steinberg. ;-)

[@WoodyPianoShack]

umm, how many fm devices to you have, exactly? :D

[@mr_floydst]

Jokular answer: Everything is an FM device if you want to. Straight answer: 2 (Digitone and that DIY synth), PEAK is a subtractive synth first and foremost.