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Yamaha • FB-01

The FB-01 is simply an inexpensive, 8 part multitimbral digital FM synth module. It's only a 4-operator synth which is less than, say a DX-7. This simply means its sounds are not quite as good. You will need an external MIDI system exclusive editor to edit the patches. This can be accomplished by a dedicated editor program like Unisyn, or by creating SysEx control messages within your sequencing program. The FB-01 has a lot of organ, piano, brass, bass, guitar, percussion, and lead sounds. Basically this is a good source of typical FM-sounds at a low price. It is used by Hardfloor and Moog Cookbook.

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Meslin Frederic

Posted Yesterday

I have just uploaded the stable version 1.0 of the FB01 editor,
it allows now to manage the banks :
http://sourceforge.net/projects/fb01editor/

Andy_Planck

Posted 11 days ago

I bought this one for 350 Swedish kronor. It got lovely effectsounds, i use it mainly for that but also dx-ish sounds. Its a great fxsoundmachine. I have sampled it off in ESI32 format.

Jack Deckard

Posted 12 days ago

I still have 2 FB-01s. You can get an absolute killer bass sound out of this (probably same as LatelyBass). I wrote an Amiga editor long long ago. Want some voice banks? Send me a message at KVR, look for JackD or klockwerk (same guy, me).

SenhorLampada

Posted 67 days ago

@Meslin

Thanks a bunch! :)
If you need help, give us a call :D

Meslin Frédéric

Posted 71 days ago

I am currently working on a free editor for Windows,
maybe it will be ported to Mac and Linux.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/fb01editor/

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