Some nice deep dive explanations about the EFM:
And this demo by Kodamo made me order one:
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You have just ordered one pulsn? 
Not my usual style by any stretch, but hereās another EFM/OT jam
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am gassing for one of these now but have no FM synth knowledge! Do you guys think this is a good synth to learn FM with or will I be hopelessly lost?
As long as you are willing to experiment and learn for years to come then I think this is a great FM synth to invest in. The touch interface makes it easy to edit and the synth is incredibly powerful. The presets are not that exciting but it sounds like youāre willing to make your own. It is really a sound designer tool.
If you donāt have the Digitone then I would probably recommend that one first. It is easier to get some immediate results with and itās a great and fun FM synth overall.
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It strikes me as a very user friendly synth, honestly. You donāt have to go deep to get a lot of love out of this machine, but when youāre ready, thereās a lot to it. I love the idea that I wonāt get burned out on an overly simplistic system, personally.
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Oh, I didnāt mean that itās very hard to make sounds on, just that it will take time to master like any FM synth. I made a lot of sounds when I got it and I have returned to many of them later and refined them.
For sure, FM is itās own thing! A few total beginner things can be easily done without knowing anything about FM though.
Stack a bunch of presets on one patch. Pan a couple, etcā¦
Open any preset and poke around. Change the waveform, play with the voice sequencer, assign an LFO to the filter (or any number of things!), etc. Lots to do while youāre learning about FM.
I tend to treat it more like a 90ās style workstation
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I am weak, won a bid on a MK1 
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Iām about to pull the trigger on one (I think) what are you all using to sequence it? Elektron gear? Something else?
Iāve use a Pyramid, various 
gear, the Linnstrumentās step sequencer, and the internal voice sequencer. Anything in particular you would like to know?
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I guess not, not right now, just excited (just bought one 2nd hand) and was just curious in general.
I donāt own any of those things except some elektron gear, was thinking of starting out sequencing it using a track of my A4.
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I totally get the excitement! Such a wonderful box to play with!
The A4 will work great. Mine is often not only the closest sequencer, but also the closest keyboard with those mini chicklets on there. Great for testing out sounds while tweaking away.
Edit: donāt forget you can send midi on the FX and CV tracks too, so you donāt have to give up a synth track to sequence external gear.
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I use mainly Octatrack and Digitone.
I think the perfect sequencer is on the way but itāll take some time still until itās done. Itās the Oxi One sequencer which is a fundraiser project.
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Oh yeah. Canāt wait. Thanks!
Same here 
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Received the Mk1 yesterday now to learn FM on this thing >.<
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I have my mkii now. It isā¦a little overwhelming! I think I need to start with some basics. Iām very interested/intrigued about the drum possibilities. I imagine whole kits can be made, given the whole stacking ethos.
EDIT: Iām going to start out, actually, trying to figure out these gems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdPa6VLi4GQ (and the rest of the series)
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Kodamo EFM is by far my favourite experience Iāve had with FM synthesis, itās just so easy to play around with / experiment with, Iāve mainly been focusing on single layer patches so far but itās amazing how much you can get from just that.
Hereās a track I made recently with the EFM as the only source of sound other than a few atmospheric samples. I processed each output differently through analog hardware (nothing too fancy as I have a modest studio)
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Lovely track and that melody synth sounds sweet!
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