The Mod FM is a complete 8-voice FM synthesizer in Eurorack format that promises enormously powerful sounds out of the box without foregoing the usual CV modulation options.
It has 4 operators and 2 LFOs/VCOs per voice. In addition, it has 2 analog filters per voice and analog VCAs, which give the Mod FM analog depth and warmth, even though the FM engine is of course digital.
Each voice has its own CV/Gate inputs and an individual output. There is a stereo mix-out where the even and odd voices are distributed and where internal effects such as delay and reverb can be mixed in.
In addition to the CV/Gate control, the Mod FM has Midi In and Out in TRS Type A format and a USB C port that also processes Midi.
This allows you to create extremely good, metallic-sounding FM sounds, crisp basses, but also soft and deep-sounding analogue sounds without much modular effort.
In addition, the Mod FM also offers numerous external CV modulations, for example to modulate each operator individually or to control the FM envelopes.
The Mod FM is also fully multitimbral, meaning each voice can have its own sound in Multi Mode, which is also saved as such in the Multi Set. Here we come to the biggest advantage of the hybrid approach:
Modular can become a trap with complex sounds, and FM is complex per se, because you can never get the same great sound from before again. The ability to save helps.