One synth. Endless possibilities.

Microton FM is a virtual FM synthesizer with a fresh approach to making microtonal music.

At the heart of the Microton FM is the ‘monochord’: a touch-sensitive visual representation of the instrument’s current tuning as a simple line segment. Selecting a built-in tuning (ranging across antiquity to the 21st century, from cultures around the world) will automatically update the monochord, displaying the unique mathematical relationships of that tuning’s elements. Users can directly interact with the tuning’s elements by moving its icon along the monochord with the touchscreen, or by modifying the element’s properties via the Element Editor. Adding and deleting elements from the tuning is as easy as a button tap. Want to dive deeper? The Element Editor supports mathematical expressions as input, allowing you to precisely sculpt your tuning.

Once you’ve created your new tuning, you can also redesign the visual keyboard — modify each key’s color, name, and key rank to completely personalize your tuning.

Microton FM’s sound engine produces the harmonically rich tones inspired by classic FM synths of the 80s and 90s. The two FM operators (6-voice polyphony, 1-voice mono) each produce four selectable waveforms which can be further shaped with the controller and modulation parameters, allowing for spacey digital pianos and mallet sounds, searing leads, otherworldly digital soundscapes, and everything in between.

Microton FM runs on desktop, iPad, and your favorite DAW as an Audio Unit v3 plugin. All of your saved patches and tunings will be shared system-wide — so custom tunings made in the desktop app will be available in the Audio Unit, and vice versa.

Make something new. Invent your own system.

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