Twisted Electrons MEGAfm Presets for Techno, Ambient and IDM: Magnitude Sound Pack

Twisted Electrons MEGA fm Patches for Techno, Ambient and Electronica / IDM: Magnitude Sound Pack
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Effects used:
Valhalla DSP Delay, Room, Super Massive and Shimmer
Drums:
Punchbox / Samples
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0:00 Dub Techno
1:28 Electronica
2:10 House Bass
2:19 Ambient Bells
2:38 Melancholic Pad
3:16 Dubbient
4:24 80s lead
4:41 More Dub
5:44 Formant Bass
5:51 Bell
6:07 Chill Out Dub
6:34 Trance Plucks
6:51 Dub Techno 2
7:32 Brassy Pad
7:48 Wooden glass
7:57 Pulse Pad
8:07 Dreamer Pad
8:28 Detuned Bass
8:41 Floating Strings
9:00 Tech Lead
9:11 Sitar Lead
9:25 Tiny Bells
9:35 Distopya
9:54 Autumn Pad
10:23 VHS Pad
10:53 Spring Pad
11:18 Boarder Pad
11:34 Raw Pad
12:01 Fluty Square Pad
12:24 Glass Pad
12:38 Knock Bass
12:48 Growl Bass
12:56 Dirty Bass
13:04 Snap Bass
13:09 Aggressive Bass
13:16 Sub Zero
13:24 Frog Bass
13:31 Attack Bass
13:39 Granular Texture
13:52 Techno Lead
14:10 Haunted Pad
14:58 Stepped Pad
15:19 Bit Bass
15:26 Formantor
15:33 FM Arp
15:42 Dub Stab
16:10 Repeater
16:17 Broken E-Piano
16:25 Hurdy
16:34 Calm Lead
16:46 Bright Pad
16:56 Cash register Lead
17:04 Organic
17:21 Dub me more
17:38 Tronic Pad
18:05 Bitter Bass
18:14 Metallic Stab
18:20 Pulsing Crystal Pad
18:32 Cheap gamelan
18:40 Subber Bass
18:48 Glockenspiel
19:00 My name is
19:08 Outro Pad
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[@limbicbits]

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[@russellbrown8760]

My MegaFM is on its way, and I will be buying these as soon as I have it in my hands. Beautiful, twisted!

[@limbicbits]

Excellent! Let me know what you think of the MEGAfm, if you like.

[@brucegill3488]

Damn. Wish I’d not found this video haha. These sound amazing. Going to have to purchase the MegaFM now. Great stuff!

[@Bobo]

This is so good, tried the free demo patches and loved them so just now bought the complete pack. Thank you! :)

[@limbicbits]

thanks for your support and make some great tunes with these patches

[@Bobo]

@@limbicbits if I can make then sound only 10% as good as you I’m happy 😄

[@tangente00]

Bought these presets some months ago and they are fantastic.

[@LaChona420k]

got my megafm coming in next week, will have to grab these.

[@Jason75913]

This sound pack seems like your best yet. ;)

[@christdolphin69]

you've sold me so many different pieces of gear at this point. i have to stop coming to this channel for my gear lust inquiries

[@paulburkhart2619]

Great sounds, love the percussive bell stuff! Reminds me of Orbital's In:Sides. And that knock bass is killer, too.

[@onedrumcomputeraday196]

awesome pack! must have for this little box :)

[@wolfpackpresets]

Excellent sounds! Love it!

[@Duplanmodular]

Those Mega FM stabs are so deep :)

[@TheDavidPoole]

Really nice sounds well demoed

[@limbicbits]

Thanks! Props go also out to Twisted Electrons for creating such a beautiful synth

[@konradsiudek8713]

Instant dub techno, amazing!

[@NunyaB1s]

This demo sent me to sleep. I mean that as a compliment for how beautiful the demos are.

[@machinate]

for what it's worth, this is the video that sold me on this. I'm now the proud owner of a megaFM, and it's so good. I also understand how it's not for everyone, though. it's the noisiest lil' thing.

[@Decoy303]

Nothing some saturated reveb or delay can't turn into faerie dust.

[@Old_Man_Jay]

Those noisy harmonics are exactly why I love the sound! Just ordered one today. Can't wait to get this sexy sounding beast in my hands!

[@DubElementMusic]

uiuiuiui i like it 🥰

[@PC0067]

😲 Excellent!!!!

[@crime_wavcorp]

ahhh. the marizio, and deepchord nights. those 3 am sets

[@limbicbits]

would love to hear some dub techno in a club again (or better at the beach at sunset)

[@crime_wavcorp]

@@limbicbits ahhh my high light of the beach. we always get an ocean front room on a high floor and my favorite times are sitting on the deck at night with a digitakt or MPC and headphones......i'm thinking the MPC One and the Opsix this vacation. lol

[@alessiopolidoro697]

09:54 :you started to touch my soul, at 10:15 even more.

[@Sirius-qr4vu]

oh mann now i really need th megafm!! it sounds very unique, i can't think of anything else that has this character. nor do i know a way to achieve this sound with software. closest would be use an fm synth with low resolution sinewaves like operator and 4bit sine

[@limbicbits]

...and still there would be a huge gap between these two. MEGAfm really convinced me because of the same reasons you've mentioned. This synth is pretty unique

[@Sirius-qr4vu]

@@limbicbits i think this synth will by in my studio some day! but maybe in 2022

[@krakapoww]

Plogue has a vst called chipsynth md wich is a good megadrive like synth. Obvs not as flexible as the megafm but the best in the vst market

[@Frozirra]

Only thing that is kinda close is the liven 8 bit warps (fm engine) and that’s a ways off.

[@Bloody_Slime]

cool!

[@christdolphin69]

i wish they would put this synth inside a digitone and keep the faders. what would you recommend between this and the digitone, if we ignored the elektron sequencer/p locks/sound locks/motion recording/effects/midi (i already know how great it is and would love if every instrument had these things)?

[@limbicbits]

I'd go with the MEGAfm, tbh as it has more character than the Digitone which I also like a lot. The advantage of the Digitone is, that you don't have to use external effects to really make it shine as it's the case with the MEGAfm. I'd also add Korg's opsix to this comparison which I don't like as much as MEGAfm but find better than the Digitone.

[@keith303]

those dub chord patches sound terrific!

[@limbicbits]

This machine is basic channel in every inch. Such a great and dirty sound

[@ericfraser728]

​@Limbic Bits yea basic channel and deepchord

[@playeveryday01]

amazin

[@CookieColt]

Man you have mastered the MegaFM. Your videos convinced me to buy it so I ordered the MegaFm Mk2! Your link is for the mk1 though which is discontinued on Thomann. But my question is: I've seen that your favorite reverb is the empress but I think it's the only reverb you haven't tried with the TwistedFM. Would you still recommend it for a soon to be TFMk2 owner? =) I'd love to hear them together

[@limbicbits]

It’s possible that I’ll do a demo video with the MKII and an empress once the next Soundpack is finished. Empress reverb is one of my favorites, correct. But in case of the MEGAfm I use delays more often. In that case I’d go for the Meris LVX (or polymoon), or the UAFX starlight echostation

[@sonickitchen]

Hiya. Bought this pack last year and loved it. Had to replace my MegaFM though and now trying to rebuild my patches. the The previous download link you sent now goes to a bad gateway page. Please advise.

[@limbicbits]

Sure thing- please send me a mail with the purchase details (or the mail you‘ve used to make the purchase) and I’ll send it again

[@TheMachinesWon]

Hey I heard when this synth came out it had some issues where the volume would be very loud/piercing…any welcome changes to this synth since it came out? Anything u would like to still see changed? Outside of some of the negative feedback I’ve heard this synth checks a lot of boxes for me so interested in your opinion.

[@limbicbits]

As FM often leads to quite noisy sounds and even more considering the noisy character of the MEGAfm itself - the unit can be very loud in some settings. But nothing, other FM synths won't do as well. But maybe this isn't what you were referring to. You have to like the noisy gritty sound of it. I guess, that's something a lot of people didn't have on their radar when purchasing this synth. In other words: This is NOT a classic HiFi 4 OP synth with faders. It's pure LoFi with a very particular sound. You need some time to get its sweet spots and to figure out the correct dosing. But to me, this synth has become one of my favorite pieces in the studio. The melancholic sound aesthetic is perfect for Dub Techno, Ambient, IDM and even harder Techno variations.

[@TheMachinesWon]

@@limbicbits awesome thanks for the detailed explanation. Very excited to someday own this synth!

[@petartzar1575]

I can't figure out what happens with operator sliders when you edit and try to save a pre-programmed pattern: does it take in account only the changes or snapshots all the pots & sliders? If it takes in account only the changes, does that mean that the "physical" state of the pots / sliders probably never represents the state of the pattern? Also, if it actually snapshots the current "physical" state, does that mean that one has to manually recreate the pattern with the sliders before starting to edit?

[@limbicbits]

The sliders are independent from the chosen presets. If you are changing one parameter, for example operator volume (which I did a lot in the video) you only change this single parameter. At the same time, the remaining sliders reflect a status which most likely doesn't match the formerly edited settings of the current selected patch. To avoid parameter jumps when changing the value of a parameter most synths with presets storage offer a "pickup-mode". That means that you won't hear any changes until the position of the potentiometer or slider corresponds to the saved value in your patch. A different approach would be an "analogue mode". Nowadays, many synths offer that feature (e-g- Sequential OB-6, Clavia Nord Lead). Once activated, the sound being reproduced reflects 100% the settings of all knobs and faders on the surface.

[@-gbogbo-]

Best demo for thess style ! Please what are you using as a reverb e.g. for Dub Techno please ?

[@limbicbits]

I find a good delay Almost more important as a reverb for dub techno. Meris Polymoon is a great device, so is the ninja run zen delay. Also, the NUX tape echo is a good affordable alternative. but as a hardware reverb, my choice would be empress reverb. For software solutions I’m a huge fan of Valhalla dsp delay and vintage verb

[@-gbogbo-]

@@limbicbits Yes I meant delay sorry, thanks a lot for these inputs, i'll give a try to the NUX to start with i guess. Cheers !

[@Alex7Alex7Alex7]

Great Sonds!! Do you use external effects, like ZenDelay or any other?

[@limbicbits]

When producing, yes (zen delay, too) but in this video I've used Valhalla DSP Plugins

[@LukezyM]

One technical question, if you set lfo 1 midi velocity in settings to ON, does the fader movements stop transmitting value changes on the display, when hitting a note? Mine stop, everything still works normal, just fader values don’t change on the display. Only DETUNE faders and knobs show value changes.

[@limbicbits]

I've to check that next time I'm working with the MEGAfm. But based on my memory, I can't recall such a behavior.

[@LukezyM]

@@limbicbits Thanks. If I set lfo 1 midi velocity to OFF, values change normally. I wonder if my MPC sending midi is the issue? Anyhow, this synth sounds wonderful and I’m not going to send it back just for this.

[@limbicbits]

@@LukezyM In any case, Twisted Electrons also has a great customer support. And given the finnicky MIDI-Interface it wouldn't surprise me, that the MPC might be the trouble maker here

[@timandtheocean]

In my experience the firmware is still buggy. I am on the last and lose the display once in a while. Also I needed to overwrite all presets with a init patch otherwise i could not read patch numbers. I tried sending sysex really slow but no luck. No everything works but still once in a while the display updates stop for some parameters. Great Sounding synth and I only want to make my own presets so all good.

[@truthbydesign5146]

I’d love to get my hands on this. So unique, unlike any other FM synth in the market. Bet it would make a great pair with a synth that utilizes a SID chip (Sidstation, etc)

[@limbicbits]

Absolutely. But it also is a great contrast point in a production that's overall too clean

[@Seanrayamusic]

Hey! I purchased this pack and love it! Really helping me wrap my head around the synth better. One problem I am having though is I am finding a lot of the patches appear to be empty at first. It takes me messing with the total level and mult on the operators to hear a good portion of the patches, otherwise they just trigger silence. This isnt with every patch. I made sure to follow the recommended settings in the manual. Is this normal?

[@limbicbits]

Hi Sean, thanks for your support. That sounds odd. What MEGAfm OS are you using? It's the first time I hear about that and there are only two things that come to my mind: 1. (and without wanting to sound like a smart-ass here) Are you by chance playing Patches that are Pads? These need some time to evolve. 2. Are both cables on your output working? Many patches use the "wide" setup which hard pans both outputs. Depending on your connections, you won't hear a thing (or very little) if one of the outputs or cables is defective. Does this happen also when using headphones?

[@Seanrayamusic]

@@limbicbits I am on Firmware 1.9 and some patches work fine, for example, patch 01 works great, low velocity it is mellow and high velocity, the fm really kicks in. I wonder if it has to do with the wide setup because I have it running as mono through out 1 only right now... but I thought if nothing was plugged into out 2, all voices routed through out 1. It is weird that I can get sound out of the silent patches if I play with the total level of each operator, depending on the algo sometimes also have to mess with the mult and envelopes. Just confirmed the same thing in headphones. First patch it does it on is 13

[@Seanrayamusic]

@@limbicbits Here is an unlisted video to show what I am talking about. I will take it down after the fact: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJ-qhmSog7F9os0

[@limbicbits]

@@Seanrayamusic That is odd. But your video helps a lot, thanks! I've compared it to my unit and what I can see here is that preset 11, 12 and 13 in your video sound different to those included in the pack. Also, the LFO settings are different (just based on the LEDs in your video) and the play mode should be wide6 instead of poly12 as shown in your video. So here's another guess: Have you by chance also downloaded the freebie before? In this freebie, only 10 presets are included which could be an explanation for the differences shown here. Also,if anything has interrupted the transfer it may happen that only a part of the presets have been transferred. Please make sure to make a direct connection via midi without any USB hubs in between. That caused a lot of issues at least in my setup

[@limbicbits]

@@Seanrayamusic 2nd reply. I've been running on 1.8 and to make sure it's not something a later version has caused, I've updated to 2.2. It still works fine and as expected. So based on your video my trouble shooting would include the following steps, one step at a time and everytime double checked under headphones: 1. Install the latest OS 2.2 and repeat the patch transfer as described in the manual. Does it work now? Yes / no. If no, please proceed to Step 2. 2. eliminate any USB hubs (if in between), make a direct connection and repeat the patch transfer as described in the manual.Does it work now? Yes / no. If no, please proceed to Step 3. 3. change the MIDI interface or cables and try it again. 4. Try a different SysEx Librarian. Hopefully, one of these steps will solve it.

[@ocktawianofficial7582]

Hi mate ..Im cheeking your videos from This one And Korg fm ... What do You think about them? Wich is The best And sound more fat ? Thanks so much

[@limbicbits]

Hi there, tough question. The opsix is more flexible and is able to produce a fatter sound (also due to its subtractive filters, more options on the operator section, and the two additional operators), but MEGAfm has more character. Or to put it in a different way: Although I quite like the opsix, it could be easily replaced by software. MEGAfm though is quite particular due to its gritty bit reduced and noisy sound character. You have to add effects to it to make it really shine but that hiss and digital noise really gives tracks a nice vibe. As I usually prefer character over features, I'd choose MEGAfm first, but both synths complement each other quite well. But that's just my personal approach. Others find features more important.

[@ocktawianofficial7582]

@@limbicbits Aha ..Thanks so much for The Info ,mate... Really apreciated ... Cheers

[@limbicbits]

@@ocktawianofficial7582 sure thing!

[@LukezyM]

Do you miss a filter on this thing? Is it a “jammable” synth? Like in a live jam. And a faders are quite small..

[@limbicbits]

To be honest, I really don't. By increasing the volume of the operators, you can achieve a similar effect. But to make MEGAfm really shine in a live context, it's crucial to have a decent effect unit. The faders are ok, too in my opinion but when purchasing a MEGAfm you should really know what you'll get as it's quite particular in so many ways. At first sight, I thought - oh, is it broken? - just due to its very rough sound. But then I got deeper into its sound structure and eventually it has become one of my all-time favorites.

[@LukezyM]

@@limbicbits It sounds really good, that’s for sure. I like the lo-fi sound of it.

[@a_guy_called_tom7178]

These patches all sound really great! What reverb are you using on the dubby ones?

[@limbicbits]

Thanks. I've used mostly Valhalla DSP's Delay, Room and Shimmer in this video. The Dub Chords use Valhalla DSPs Delay.

[@Davin2014]

Great sounds! Would be cool if something authentic from SEGA games could be reproduced :) Say, from Contra or Dune.

[@limbicbits]

Should be possible

[@Davin2014]

@@limbicbits Thank you so much in case you would decide to try!

[@BLOODCYCLENOISE]

Anyone succed with midi program change?I wrote this also to the producer.I found the manual change of the banks very difficult

[@limbicbits]

I did! It's been a while but within ableton you only have to use the program change command in the clip settings. If I remembered it right, there was a trick as MEGAfm's banks are organized in slots of 64. Either it was setting Bank 1 to 6 and then setting the number from 1-65, or it was using only three banks in Ableton but each one of them reflects two Banks in the MEGAfm. So if you'd like to set Patch 3 in your Bank 2 on your MEGAfm, in Ableton you'd have to Set Bank 1, Patch 68.

[@BLOODCYCLENOISE]

@@limbicbits No ableton but just hardware.Alex fixed the issue with the 2.4 release

hello! I'm having problems transferring via sysex, can you help me?

[@limbicbits]

Hi André, being a great synth, MEGAfm unfortunately is a bit finicky when it comes to MIDI SysEx transfers, especially sound dumps which can cause some issues. I’ve been there, and also some of the other customers. The good news is, that until now, we’ve always found a solution. In most cases it has been one of the reasons: A) There had been a USB Hub in between the Computer and the MIDI interface. Eliminate the hub and try to make a direct connection from your computer to your USB MIDI interface. B) wrong or faulty USB or MIDI cables. Try it with different ones if solution A didn’t work. C) Slow down the MIDI sysex transfer. Well, this solution is a bit more sophisticated, so I really hope that A or B already did the job. It mainly requires you to either increase the pause between played messages (under Sysex Librarian settings), to slow down the transfer speed (also under Sysex Librarian settings) or to load the sysex file into a capable DAW of your choice (Ableton can’t handle SysEx) and to transfer the pack at a very slow BPM rate. D) Try a different MIDI Interface. I’ve used the ones on a Keystep, a Launchpad 3 Mini, AMT8: all without success. The one in my RME Soundcard finally did the trick and the Roland UM-ONE should, too (after a long odyssey, I've purchased this one basically just for the MEGAfm). I’m not mentioning that to put you in a bad mood and maybe you’re luckier than I was. But it’s definitely worth a try if everything else didn’t work.

[@blkdot]

Excellent work! I would love to listen to this stuff in songs 🔥

[@altitude313]

Great patches! I have already purchased it, do you have any plans to release a second collection? :-)

[@limbicbits]

Thanks! I've thought about it several times already but this would be a project for next year. Currently, I'm working on a sound pack for OB-6. Another one for Argon 8 will follow this year, and I still think about releasing some more packs for soft synths. But as the MEGAfm has become one of my favorites, it's likely that I will do a second one. But this has to take some time as I want it to be different enough from the first pack.

[@Goettel]

Instant Basic Channel

[@limbicbits]

Good way to describe this unit

[@ryanwintersmusic]

Can it do Lately Bass???

[@limbicbits]

Sure - but I highly doubt that it would sound as clean as in a TX-81z

[@tommyg5095]

This synth would be a no-brainer purchase for me, only reason it isn't, is the frigging size,,, jeez, I really would like to see this where a person could actually get their fat fingers in there and also have a bit more ability to control the sliders with sliders of say 60 mm or even 100 mm in length... Sounds nice, great demo, but I could never use it. FAT FINGER SYNDROME....

[@limbicbits]

Thanks for your comment. That's a shame but maybe you can use them considering the resolution is smaller in computation to other synths (volume levels are divided into 7 stages, for example). And take care!

[@MonkeyMarc]

sounds crusty in a good way

[@dergeneral7768]

Wow, These Dub Chords...

[@bisamkiez]

for some reason this digital thing can sound more "organic" than some analog synths

[@limbicbits]

Agreed. Plus, the VCA overdrive adds a lot here.

[@bisamkiez]

@@limbicbits Interesting. Is it VCA distortion per voice, or global at the stereo out?

[@limbicbits]

@@bisamkiez Both. When raising the Level in the operator sections up until 6/7 it starts to clip. But the real noise starts being added from the global VCA at levels above "11:30 AM"

[@elnachovi_plantix]

f*****ck korg opsix! this is the future! LOL

[@limbicbits]

I do like the opsix a lot but if I had to decide between both I'd rather choose MEGAfm

[@celiacasanovas4164]

Impressive sound design, if anything because those patches are far from the usual character of 4op FM. I hate dub chords though!!!!!!!

[@limbicbits]

How can someone possibly hate dub chords (shocked) ;). All a matter of taste, I guess.

[@ryanhursh6322]

I’m with you, dub chords are corny af. Many other great patches in here though.

[@SBX-1]

Basic Channel!!!