Posted By
MIK
on 2018-04-03
05:37:16
 |  Re: Modern sound chip for the Plus/4?
2-op FM can be a bit flat by it's self and like it's big sister the 6-op DX7, if you can pass the sound through something else, (as many pro musicians do/did) to not only clean it up but to also add a bit more body then your find it can do amazing things. In my own view FM was the greatest sound chip of the last century, much of the commercial pop music from the 1980's and 1990's is testament to that. Many an arcade machine and even Pinball machines used it from the late 80's to early 90's, and why Sega would put a 2-op FM chip in a Megadrive.
If you can pass FM through something else then even a 2-op synth can be impressive in the right hands. Something a Yamaha PSS680/PSS780 has is Stereo Chorus which bounces the sound from left to right very quickly. What it sort of does is make an average sound become bigger, wider and sound more fuller, more expressive. If you have one of these keyboards and want a sound or 3 that might blow your mind then ask, over the many years I've created some nice ones. 
So yeah..., the chip by it's self isn't really enough to make use of FM's full potential. If you want to give SID a run for it's money, (and then some) using a 2-op FM chip then add something like Stereo Chorus before it passes out of the aux.
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