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If a patch is called вЂњTickleMyIvoriesвЂќ or вЂњBlackAndWhiteвЂќ, we are in needle-in-a-haystack territory.

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So, how to find a good FM Rhodes sound, for example? If the patch name has вЂњRhodesвЂќ in it, you have a decent chance of success. So do you really need a collection of patches, the count of which may be a six-figure number? I suspect not.Д®ven worse, of course, is that none of these will be tagged, assuming your virtual FM synth has a browser that supports tagging in the first place. FM patches tend to fall into a modest number of predictable categories: FM pianos, bells, clavs, mallets, etc. Now, even with a measly thousand FM patches, you are probably going to rapidly realize that thereвЂ™s a lot of duplication, even if none of the patches are precisely identical. Below are the directory names of the top level: Each of those files is a DX7 bank which may contain (and usually does contain) 32 patches.

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In this zip file we have nearly 12,600 files that unzipped occupy a healthy 34 M of disk space. How many patches are in the file? I hesitate to even estimate, but hereвЂ™s the lowdown. The collection is contained in the file DX7_AllTheWeb.zip, found here:

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Boy, did I come across a whopper! No doubt, this is not the only collection of FM patches available for free download, but once I found it, I felt no incentive to look any further. Native Instruments FM8 (and FM7 before it)ДЄlthough IвЂ™ve had FM8, Sytrus and Rhino sitting on my DAW for years now, it was the acquisition of ArturiaвЂ™s DX7 V (as part of a very nice Christmas present) that motivated me to look for something I knew to be readily available: a freely downloadable collection of DX7-compatible FM patches.The list of such instruments reportedly includes (but may not be limited to): A number of FM softsynths have the ability to import patch banks in the form of SYSEX files that were originally created for the venerable Yamaha DX7. This monthвЂ™s freebie has been around for quite some time, but I was recently motivated to explore the availability of free FM patches on the web and immediately came across it. If you have an appetite for FM synth patches, it had better be a very big appetite. Whether you just want to play the extensive library sounds or program your own, the DX7 V is a dream to use.This may be the biggest, most content-laden freebie ever to come your way. Balancing usability and all the added power in the DX7 V, tabbed windows easily put your fingers on logically grouped functions spanning enhanced operators, additional envelopes, matrix modulation, step sequencer, FX architecture, and more. When youвЂ™re ready to dig deeper and flesh out the detailed character and animation of your sounds, one click presents a programmerвЂ™s paradise of incisive controls and displays light years beyond the tedious original hardware interface. Here youвЂ™ll find an uncluttered presentation of only your everyday performance controls, as well as the fundamentals to start visualizing and exploring new sonic structures. While retaining the feel of the original design, weвЂ™ve streamlined the main interface of the DX7 V to make it much simpler to use and understand. The DX7 V sports a stunning interface allowing intuitive control over all of the instrumentвЂ™s dramatically expanded features