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Does anyone know how to add vibrato to patches? In massive, there is a 'vibrato' knob. Is there anything like this in FM8?

I have always wondered the same thing, but I have never found a vibrato knob in FM8. I work around that by routing an LFO to the fundamental operator. It works for subtle vibrato effects, but it tends to warp the sound at higher LFO values. This actually sounds interesting sometimes. Give it a shot.

Cheers.

FatherSonAndAlcohol wrote:I have always wondered the same thing, but I have never found a vibrato knob in FM8. I work around that by routing an LFO to the fundamental operator. It works for subtle vibrato effects, but it tends to warp the sound at higher LFO values. This actually sounds interesting sometimes. Give it a shot.

Cheers.

I actually had the same idea, to route and LFO to the operator...but it didn't give the result I wanted...Although, I did come up with a pretty cool riser effect! (sorry for the bad quality, but I didn't mix it and I exported at lowest setting to get smallest file size)

http://soundcloud.com/jesus-christ-3/riser-fx-fm8

Yep. That is cool. I've come across some really strange sounds with FM8's LFO.

BTW.. You could try using a frequency shifter inserted after FM8. I don't really use it for vibrato but it might work.

vibrato in FM8,
LFO1 set to 15% send to Pitch.
the Mod value will allow your modulation wheel to increase that by 20%



the key scale on this image is a bit wrong, it will give you increasing vibrato as you go up the keyboard. Turn LFO1 key scale down to 0 for traditional constant vibrato. Likewise the vel scale, set to your taste.

Or just turn the "Vibrato" knob on the Easy/Morph page.

I feel cheapened even reading about such a page. This is FM synthesis, we do it ... the most difficult way we can!

Angstrom wrote:vibrato in FM8,
LFO1 set to 15% send to Pitch.
the Mod value will allow your modulation wheel to increase that by 20%



the key scale on this image is a bit wrong, it will give you increasing vibrato as you go up the keyboard. Turn LFO1 key scale down to 0 for traditional constant vibrato. Likewise the vel scale, set to your taste.

I will give this a go, thanks man : )

sparklepuff wrote:Or just turn the "Vibrato" knob on the Easy/Morph page.

Sparklepuff, this is cheating...it doesn't count

junqueira wrote:In massive, there is a 'vibrato' knob. Is there anything like this in FM8?

pretty sure that is exactly what you asked for.

sparklepuff wrote:

junqueira wrote:In massive, there is a 'vibrato' knob. Is there anything like this in FM8?

pretty sure that is exactly what you asked for.

lighten up bro, it was a joke...thanks for the info, I don't know why we overlooked that knob

The light finally comes on.

sparklepuff wrote:Or just turn the "Vibrato" knob on the Easy/Morph page.

jeskola01 wrote:

sparklepuff wrote:Or just turn the "Vibrato" knob on the Easy/Morph page.

lol