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Hi Yamaha Motif XF and Yamaha Montage and Yamaha MODX users,

I'm happy to announce that I succeeded to develop and successfully test on my Yamaha Motif XF a new synthesis method in the beginning of the year 2024. This new synthesis method is not limited to work on these Yamaha synthesizers only, it is working on all sample based waveform playing synthesizers using at least 8 layers for a sound generation. This synthesis method is applicable even on software synths. Moreover I can imagine a version even for 4 layers Motif ES too easily.

It is called FREQUENCY BLOCK SYNTHESIS.

I have a Motif XF. So I built "1st sounds" Frequency Block Synthesis 128 Instrument Pack as the first synthesis pack, using this new synthesis method. I must emphasize that It is not a traditional sample library. This pack is a synthesizer within your synth device, a "synth-in-a-pack". These presets I offer you here in this webshop are a surface of possible soundings I was able to extract. Honestly I'm very curious what else soundings others can synthesize out of these frequency blocks.

.x3v files:

This first pack made with Frequency Block Synthesis can be downloaded from this webshop as an .x3v file. This is an "all voice" file in the terminology on a Yamaha Motif XF. These presets are saved to USR1. You can load them as a 1 bank selection into your USR1...4 banks on your synthesizer at your choice, or even as single voices 1 by 1. Before you load this instrument pack onto your Motif XF or other gears which are able to read this .x3v file, please save all your data to an external storage as a backup. Regarding Yamaha Montage and MODX, I have no experience, but even if it was originally programmed on my Motif XF, but according to Yamaha general descriptions, an .x3v file can be loaded into Montage and MODX. This "synth-in-a-pack" eats up 21.3 MBytes storage size on your device.

It's crazy, I know

When I first started to build these new synth voices I knew that the synthesis itself should work, since I made some preliminary tests on my PC earlier, but I thought that it is a crazy idea and fairly challenging to make 128 synth voices out of 24 frequency blocks of 3 presampled synth sounds. Then at once I realized that so many special soundings can be synthesized this way, in a crazy and major variaty. First I got to special sounding keys, then special basses, then some special pads, then some special guitars, my chin fell off when some special pianos came to front, then some special motionsynths and then I realized that there are only some more free space left to finish up 128 preset voices this way. So this started as an experiment, but it worked.

Demos

Demos are very important to me. I love hearing anything to sound as it is. I include to all product(s) any audio and/or video demos of available packs of course.

Future

Who knows future basically. One thing certainly makes me excited. What happens if I e.g. I double the blocks by adding some additional frequency blocks. In other words: How far we can get with a set of 32-40 frequency blocks on our gears. Up to 256 or may be to 512-1024 or more fantastic sounding instruments can be synthesized easily out of them?

So a "2nd sounds" is awaitable.

Frequency Block Synthesis in practice

This synthesis mixes additive synthesis, subtractive synthesis, vector synthesis, resynthesis, wavetable synthesis, spectral synthesis, and a little bit unique on its simple way of doing its synthesis method namely building sounds from specially prepared frequency blocks.

Go and download all the available synth voice package(s) (128 new synth voices per package) and have an experience about this new synthesis method on your own. You can also create your own presets from scratch or even start from an existing preset!

Enjoy!

I appreciate all minute you spend reading/listening/reviewing/supporting/downloading and playing on by Den© Frequency Block Synthesis virtual instruments.