Synthesiser group and FM index
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I am experimenting with making a simple FM synth.
I have a question that I do not find the answer to in the documentation.
What do the "Carrier Index" and "Modulator Index" do?
I have a DX7 and to me, it sounds like changing the values of the indexes changes the algorithm?
can anyone explain?Thank you,
BK
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@BK-Sannerud You can set one sound generator to be used as modulator that will modulate the frequency of the other one (the carrier). On the module interface, you can use these drop downs to control it:
And those parameters are just a programatical way of controlling them (I think they are zero-index based but that should be easy to find out).
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@Christoph-Hart Ah ok! Thank you! So it is like setting the Algorithm then or routing, only just with 2 Ops. Lovely.
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@BK-Sannerud Yes it's a pretty simple setup compared to other FM synths, but it gives you the ability to FM a multisample set, which is nice.
If you want to go crazy with multiple chained modulators etc, you need to look into scriptnode.