Interview:

Beat / How did the idea for your new flagship synthesizer F.‘em come about?

Wolfram / One is always looking for what could fit into an instrument portfolio. Some time ago I had developed the BioTek synthesizer for Tracktion, which already has a lot of synthesis techniques on board, from virtual analog to sample playback, granular synthesis and 4-operator FM with the same oscillator types. Based on its underlying engine, we have released other instruments like Collective, a somewhat easier to use synthesizer and sample player with fixed modulation architecture, Subtractive, a pure VA synth and the Retromod series, several sample players with selected analog and hybrid synthesizer samples. But now it was time again to release a flagship product and FM synthesis came to mind. Particularly in club music, FM is experiencing a renaissance and the market for FM synthesizers that don‘t just copy the good old Yamaha DX7 and add a few extended envelopes or LFOs here and there is pretty thin.

Beat / Can you briefly explain the concept of the synthesizer?

F.‘em is an 11-operator