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Native Instruments FM8 Soft Synth, ¹ | 
| Category: Software
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 14545
Platform: No Operating System
Media: CD-ROM
EAN: 4042477114695
ASIN: B000JQYBNM
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| Customer Reviews:
 This is the one to get first! July 11, 2007
Bobby W. (USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've been noodling with soft synths for a while, and if I had to choose a synth from the Native Instruments family for that fabled desert island, this would be it.
First, I picked up Absynth 4 Native Instruments Absynth 4, which is cool, but requires a lot of study and ultimately is best at making unusual, evolving sounds, so I view it as a "pad" synth.
Next, I bought MASSIVE Native Instruments Massive, which is way more intuitive than Absynth, and comes with a lot of fun stand-alone sounds. Alas, MASSIVE's trouble is that it eats up a ton of RAM. If you use this synth as a plug in within a sequencer application, be forewarned that a gig of RAM won't be enough.
Finally, I got FM8, and really, this is where I should have started. It can emulate the sounds of the old Yamaha DX7, but it can do lots more. It has a wonderful effects section with an amp cabinet emulator effect that can make patches sound gritty and alive. It also has an arpeggiator that you can spend hours playing with. I won't even get into the morphing feature or the tweakablity factor of this synth - but you don't have to be an Einstein to make some great new sounds out of the generous helping of presets.
Check out Native's downloadable demos first, then plunk down your cash.
And also be advised that you need an Internet connection to register and fully activate Native's products.
Other than that, you can't go wrong with this one!
Buy the FM-8 January 24, 2010
N. Johnston (France)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was lucky and bought this rig for 99 bucks on special. I was not disappointed. I used to own an old DX-21 (cut down version of DX-7), and I'm very happy with the software emulation.
But one caveat - you have to have a good knowledge of of FM synthesis. If you don't have that yet, please try to master it. The manual is pretty good, but not perfect. The menu layout and flow plan of the synth is about as straightforward and practical as you can get. I never had any hardware issues with it, except you have to install the ASIO sound drivers if you want to run it in standalone. If you have studio software and run it as a VST, it should work fine.
Anyway, the biggest pleasure is playing all the hundreds of patches from great sound software engineers and modifying them. The arppegiator is outstanding. If you want an FM synth at a great price, look no further.
By the way, if you want great legacy analogue synths, like the old Moog Modular, or the old Yamaha CS-80, or other great legacy synths, go to Arturia. But my bias goes to Native Instruments. Their customer service is great, and their instruments are fantastic.
Cheers
TJ
 Native Instruments Will Never Help You With Problems! January 28, 2009
Ray Henderson (Charlotte, NC)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I recently bought FM8 at a music store and loaded it as soon as I got home. However, I've yet to create one note of music with FM8. It would not activate after I carefully followed the instructions (numerous times). I followed the instructions for getting some customer support help (numerous times) but have not heard one word from the people at Native Instruments.
This is not the first time I've had problems with Native Instruments. I also have Absynth, a fantastic soft synth, and Kompakt. I've had to reformat my computer a few times and it's always extremely difficult to get my Native Instruments products reactivated and I've never really gotten any help from their so-called service center. They seem to make everything as difficult as possible. You can't copy and paste the error messages, instead you have to type them. They are always changing their Service Center, which you have to download and they make it even difficult to find out where it is.
The worst thing they do is just ignore you or make as little effort to help you as possible. I will never buy their products again! It's easier to just use Native Instrument bootlegs.
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