Best FM Synth Plugins

1. 01
   8.5Great
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   Arturia DX7 V

   Arturia DX7 V by Arturia. Full DX7 FM recreation with expanded operators and modern extras—the pro commercial counterpart to free Dexed.

   DeveloperArturia
   Price$149
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2. 02
   8.4Great
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   u-he Bazille

   A polyphonic modular software synthesizer with digital oscillators based on phase distortion and FM, multimode filters, and patch-cord modulation.

   Developeru-he
   Price—
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3. 03
   8.4Great
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   FM8

   FM8 is Native Instruments' digital FM synthesizer with eight operators and a modern interface, the successor to FM7.

   DeveloperNative Instruments
   Price$99.00
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4. 04
   8.3Great
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   Sugar Bytes Aparillo

   Sugar Bytes Aparillo by Sugar Bytes. A 16-voice FM supersynth for massive pads and evolving textures—Sugar Bytes at its most atmospheric.

   DeveloperSugar Bytes
   Price€99
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5. 05
   8.3Great
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   Rob Papen Blue III

   Rob Papen Blue III by Rob Papen. Cross-fusion synthesis (FM, phase distortion, waveshaping, subtractive) with Rob Papen's preset-first philosophy.

   DeveloperRob Papen
   Price€149
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6. 06
   8.3Great
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   Dexed

   Dexed is a free open-source Yamaha DX7-style FM synthesizer and cartridge librarian for Windows, macOS, and Linux in VST, AU, and LV2 formats.

   DeveloperDigital Suburban / asb2m10
   PriceFree
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7. 07
   8.2Great
   Synth

   Twisted Electrons vMEGAfm

   Twisted Electrons vMEGAfm is a software recreation of the gritty MEGAfm hardware FM synth: 12 voices, 4 operators, 8 algorithms, MPE, desktop and iPad.

   DeveloperTwisted Electrons
   Price€39.99 intro (regular €49.99); iPad €9.99
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8. 08
   N/A
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   discoDSP OPL 3.0

   discoDSP's emulation of the Yamaha OPL2/OPL3 FM chip behind AdLib and Sound Blaster game audio, updated to v3.0 with all eight OPL3 waveforms per operator and 16x oversampling.

   DeveloperdiscoDSP
   Price$49 (free upgrade for existing owners)
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9. 09
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   Jun Murakami Synth81Z

   Synth81Z is Jun Murakami's measured Yamaha TX81Z instrument, with 8 to 32 voices, Performance mode, and a hardware librarian. Intro $39, regular $59.

   DeveloperJun Murakami
   Price$39 intro / $59
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10. 10
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    KaitoSato IMFMSynth

    KaitoSato IMFMSynth is an 8-operator free-routing FM and wavetable synth. Beta ¥3,000 / $19, list ¥7,400 / $49. VST3, AU, CLAP. DX7 .syx import.

    DeveloperKaitoSato
    Price¥3,000 / $19 beta
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11. 11
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    Plogue Chipsynth OPMZ

    Plogue Chipsynth OPMZ is a multi-layer FM synth that emulates four classic Yamaha four-operator chips, the OPM, OPP, OPZ and OPZ2, behind the DX100, TX81Z, DX11 and V50.

    DeveloperPlogue Art et Technologie
    Price$49.95
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12. 12
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    Tupos MPE FM

    Tupos MPE FM is an expressive FM synthesizer with 2, 4, and 6-operator engines, on-knob modulation assignment, full MPE control, an arpeggiator, a step sequencer, and an eight-slot effects chain.

    DeveloperTupos Audio
    Price€39.99 (€29.99 launch)
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