FM8

MASSIVE

__FM8:__ **List the seven navigator windows and describe their function.** 1) Browser: patch selection 2) Attributes: shows the qualities of the patch - customizable, searchable 3) Master: change overall settings like volume, pitch, number of voices, etc. 4) Effects: adding effects such as reverb, flanger, etc. and allowing them to be adjusted 5) Arpeggiator: allows you to adjust the arpeggiator settings by creating the pattern, the tempo, and other settings of the arpeggiation 6) Easy/Morph: more effects options, like tremolo, vibrato, timbre adjustments, etc. 7) Expert: allows you to choose the waveform of different parts of the sound

**How do you change the sounds on this synthesizer?** By adjusting any of the functions listed above.

**What are Effects?** Effects allow you to customize your patch by manipulating the sound to make it seem smoother or grungier or basically, however you want it to sound.

**What effect makes the sound like a distorted guitar?** The "heavy crunch" template in the effects navigator makes the sound like a distorted guitar (overdrive, tube amp, and cabinet). Of those three, tube amp seems to be the one that makes it sound the most distorted.

**What effect makes the sound sound like it is in a cave?** Reverb

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">**What is the function of the pitch wheel on the bottom left? How can you control it with your keyboard?** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">It bends the pitch, which means that if you move the wheel while playing a note, the pitch gets higher or lower depending on which way you slide the pitch bend wheel.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">**What is the function of the Mod wheel on the bottom left?** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Mod stands for Modulation, and if you move the wheel up, it makes the sound "wiggle".

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">**Can you describe the overall quality of the sounds on this synth?** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Most of them are pretty "electronic" sounding; there aren't really any clean instrument patches to choose from.