Twisted Electrons vMEGAfm is the company's first-ever software synth, released in August 2026. It is a plugin port of the MEGAfm, the cult hardware FM synthesizer built around the same Yamaha FM chips found in the Sega Genesis and Mega Drive. This is a deliberate recreation of a gritty classic rather than a clean modern reinvention. A newer FM synth in this lane is Tupos MPE FM.
vMEGAfm is a 12-voice, four-operator FM synth with eight algorithms and every operator exposed on sliders. The 12 voices run in three modes: 12-voice polyphonic, 6-voice wide, or unison. Three LFOs route through a full-screen Links matrix, and a built-in arpeggiator and SH-style sequencer generate motion. Crucially, it runs the original MEGAfm firmware and models the Mark I analogue output stage, using both the schematics and a compact GRU neural model, to capture the level-dependent compression and fuzzy saturation that define its sound. It ships with 109 presets, 10 of them MPE, and supports full MPE expression. The current first look is The Remnant.
The character is specific: gritty, lo-fi, video-game-era FM, not a clean all-rounder. For versatile six-operator FM, FM8 is the deeper tool, while the free Dexed and Arturia DX7 V cover cleaner DX-style FM. There is no AAX build. In hardware, the company's FLEXFM groovebox runs four-operator FM across eight tracks.
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