With 300-voice polyphony and an expected price of 800-1200 Eur, this new hardware synth from Kodamo looks and sounds the business.
The EssenceFM is a modern FM synthesizer representing a new vision of FM synthesis. By using a large touch screen and dedicated knobs/keys for common operations, creating complex FM sounds is easier than on any other synth. The 1000-step undo/redo history encourages you to experiment with sound without having to worry about making mistakes. Here's what it sounds like.
Features
Hybrid FM and subtractive synthesis with resonant filter
300 voice polyphony (6-op FM) with layering ability to create sounds made of 12, 18, 24 or more FM operators
Free algorithm & envelope design: use the touch screen to link the operators together and shape your envelopes
24 fully customizable waveforms, built-in effects, multitimbral, microtuning support and much more...
Hollin Jones was classically trained as a piano player but found the lure of blues and jazz too much to resist. Graduating from bands to composition then production, he relishes the chance to play anything with keys.
A sometime lecturer in videographics, music production and photography post production, Hollin has been a freelance writer on music technology and Apple topics for well over a decade, along the way publishing several books on audio software. He has been lead writer at a number of prominent music and technology publications.
As well as consultancy, full-time journalism, video production and professional photography, he occasionally plays Hammond, Rhodes and other keys for people who ask nicely.
Hollin is Contributing Editor at Ask.Audio.
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