One tip to get dramatic results right off the bat. Clear a patch, so it’s sitting on the default sine wave. Go into the SYN2 page, and simply increase the envelope levels (without even tweaking the envelopes to start) That is the most immediate way to start getting some classic FM sounds.
After that, actually tweaking the envelope shapes, adding LFOs to the ratios or harmonics will get you moving pretty fast.
@Ess gave some useful advice for FM sound design on his AMA. He suggested just starting with 2 operators and playing around with parameters, envelopes and feedback and slowly expand from there.
I was hitting walls all over the place the first week, but after purposely simplifying the capabilities of the synth engine- I was quickly(er) getting to decent patches. You can do all of this from Algorithm 1 with the A & C operator/carrier
I really love mine, it sounds fantastic !
It’s rather solid, can’t be compared with DT a year ago. I’ve played 3 live sessions (2 of them were 4h long) and haven’t encountered any bug.
FM is not my favorite kind of synthesis, and I love my DN. The magic (IMO) is the sequencer and l it’s bells and whistles. Whatever feel you’re going for you can get to. Then the tweaking begins!
Yes, it lacks a “song mode.” This hasn’t proved a problem for me and my style, but another control hub (octatrack, DAW) can reign it in.
It does those extremely well! IMO.
This is probably the best kick machine you can get. There’s a thread called Kick love somewhere here
Also the basses sound so great too.