Steinberg FM Lab

A New Kind Of FM Synthesizer

In the early 1980s, FM synthesis changed the sound of popular music forever.

Now, with FM Lab for HALion, you can design FM sounds with an ultra-modern, intuitive user interface.

Featuring classic eight operator FM synthesis with additional VA synthesis, a vast array of modulators, new freehand drawable multi-stage envelopes, pristine effects and a powerful arpeggiator, FM Lab brings a completely new dimension to digital synthesis.

600 classic layer presets from iconic FM synthesizers

FM Lab includes more than 600 original presets from the DX7 and TX81Z, all presets come with preassigned FX.

Simply turn them on or off with the quick controls.

The ultimate modulation system

Freely assign modulations via drag and drop or directly in the modulation matrix.

Clicking the tab of a modulator accesses its parameters and an overview of its assignments, letting you directly adjust the depth and characteristics.

FM Lab's modulation system lists all assignments with live visualizations of all modulations, ensuring you never lose sight of what you’re doing: You can even modulate pitch, level and envelope times of any of the eight operators, giving you the ultimate control.

Algorithm Designer

Freely design your own FM algorithms from the ground up.

Each operator can modulate any other operator and itself, allowing for feed forward and backward configurations.

Connections are easily established by setting the gain of the junction.

Carriers can be panned and all your custom algorithms can be stored as sub-presets.

Multistage Envelopes

The pitch, filter and amp envelopes of FM Lab are completely customizable.

You can easily draw envelopes and paint the shapes you want with the pen or brush tools, making the creation of vibrant, tempo-synced rhythmic shapes straightforward.

Design your own or combine up to 48 of the most useful shapes as a starting point.

The all-new Shaper mode for envelopes cycles through your drawn multistage envelopes, keeping them perfectly synced to the host tempo.

Features

• Eight operator FM synthesizer with additional VA synthesis
• Intuitive Algorithm designer and finder
• Design powerful multistage envelopes
• FM-X and DX7 emulation with DX7 and TX81Z SYX file import