It was the first compact synth which musicians could easily use on tour.

Combined with an easy to use interface and warm sound it quickly became the top synth in the world.

It was used in countless hits - for example in Michael Jacksons Thriller as the bass.

FM synthesis works by modulating oscillators with oscillators to create more interesting timbres.

The most famous FM synth sound is probably the cheesy E-Piano sound, used in countless 80s hits.

You can get the Ableton rack with this sound in our freebies section.

Back in the 80s it won with the Korg Polysix thanks to its 56 presets bank.

It has a 6 voice polyphony and produces very warm, yet modern sounds thanks to its DCO (Digitally Controlled Oscillators) - the Minimoog had a VCO (V for Voltage) which would cause pitch drifting at times.

It was a successor to Oberheims SEM synthesizer which wasnt simple enough to use.

With the OBXa you could easily create a supersaw - the sound used by Van Halen in Jump and in countless other classics.

If youre looking to throw in some 80s brass synths into your tracks, this one is for you.

Then, in Ableton, you choose presets from the Preset selector on the device (above the X-Y Pad).

Once you choose a preset, you can switch between them using the down-up arrows.

I used the BzBRS Hyper Trumpets preset from the BreezeMeat-n-Potatoes rev3b-ALPHA bank (along with some Ableton reverb).

The bass is a slightly edited BzBSS Warm Jet patch from the KVR Bass bank.

However in the 90s the synth became popular again - it was used by artists such as Boards of Canada, Autechre, Luke Vibert or The Chemical Brothers.

I regularly show up with tutorials, articles project files at PML.

We are producing all elements from scratch and explain everything on the go.

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