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    Review: Sonicware Liven XFM

    Apr 13, 2022 6 minutes
    by Jan Wilking

    Features

    27 mini keys

    4 FM SynthEngines

    6-voice polyphonic

    4 track looper

    64 step sequenzer

    128 patterns

    MIDI in/out

    built-in speaker

    Power supply or battery

    Facts

    Manufacturer: Sonicware

    Web: sonicware.jp

    Distribution: Specialists

    Price: 249 euros

    ▲ FM morphing

    ▲ multitrack sequencer

    ▲ with parameter recording

    ▲ compact

    ▲ battery mode

    ▲ analog sync ports

    ▲ cheap price

    ▼ haptics

    Alternatives

    Korg Volca FM/OPsix

    from 139 euros

    korg.de

    Elektron Model:Cycles

    319 euros

    elektron.se

    Twisted Electrons MegaFM

    555 euros

    twistedelectrons.com

    The small Japanese company Sonicware first caused a stir with the ELZ-1. This ultra-compact groovebox, inspired primarily by the Teenage Engineering OP-1, which has since become a cult object, also contains FM synthesis, among other things. Liven XFM, as the name suggests, focuses solely on frequency modulation. The X stands for the option of sound morphing, which in terms of FM you know mainly from Yamaha‘s synthesizers like Montage, MODX or DX-200. This can take you to completely new sound worlds - far away from

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