
In addition to working as a standalone application, the synthesizer can work as a VST or AAX plugin for audio programs that support this technology (e.g., Cubase or FL Studio). Its primarily a frequency modulation synthesize,r but it can also be used as a subtractive and an additive synth as well.

This means that the FM8 can be used as an effect processor, for example in concert activities or studio recording. Native Instruments FM8 is one of the most powerful and versatile soft synths on the market. When using a professional sound card as well as an ASIO driver, the latency may be around 2 milliseconds. There is also a preset editor in the program, where you can get your own unique sound by setting up modifiers. In addition, the user will have at their disposal a virtual effect rack, where effects such as distortion, chorus, reverb, panning and many others can be combined in any order. I figured there had to be some inspiring stuff in there even if I never properly learned to program FM. The latest version of the built-in instruments has 1200: from dynamic electronic organs to the emulation of strings, wind instruments and various electronic instruments. You can press the keys and the program will synthesize the sounds of the selected instrument. If a MIDI-keyboard is connected to the computer, the program will work with it, if not, then with a regular computer keyboard.

Like its iron colleague, the FM8 has piano-like keys, but only virtual ones. Originally it was designed as a digital analogue of the Yamaha DX7 synthesizer, which was popular in the eighties and nineties of the last century and had a large set of instruments, as well as an unusual and memorable sound. FM8 is a program that can emulate frequency modulation of a sound wave.
