The Mod FM is a completely self-contained 8 voice FM synth in eurorack format, which can create powerful sounds out of the box without lacking the commonly provided CV modulation possibilities.
It provides 4 Operators and 2 LFOs/VCOs per voice. Additionally it has 2 analog filters and analog VCAs per voice which apply analog warmth and depth to the Mod FM, although the FM engine is digital of course.
Each voice has own CV/Gate inputs and an individual output. There is a mix output which separates even and odd voices. Here you can mix internal effects like delay and reverb to the stereo output signal.
Next to the CV/Gate control, the Mod FM has Midi in and out in TRS type A format and a USB C connector which handles Midi too.
Even without diving too much into complicated modular setups you can create extremely good sounding and metallic FM sounds, snappy bases but also soft and deep sounding analog style sounds.
Furthermore, the Mod FM offers a variety of external cv modulations in order to e.g. modulate each operator individually or control the FM envelopes.
The Mod FM is fully multitimbral, i. e. each voice can play an own sound in Multi Mode which gets stored as a complete multi set (not only vectorized). That is, you can copy a single sound to the desired multi, but editings made on that particular multi get stored along with the multi set.
Hence, we have the biggest advantage of the hybrid approach:
Modular is great but can be very complex, and you might be trapped in a system where you never reach again the desired sound of the latest session. Storeability certainly helps.
