Bad Gear - Sonicware Liven XFM

Become a Patron and get access to full tracks from the show, additional content, the Bad Gear sound library and even more AudioPilz madness Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about Sonicware Liven XFM. Is this 2022 FM groovebox able to compete with the big players in both, the groovebox game and field of FM synthesis like Elektron, Korg and Roland? Thanks to Florian Oberhauser of Studio Deep Space 199 for sending me this XFM. Chapters: 00:00 Intro tune 01:07 Overview Liven XFM 01:36 FM Sound Generator, Presets 02:54 The Twist: X-LAB 03:15 XFORM 03:31 X-LFO 03:42 Sounds 03:56 Resonant Filter 04:14 Filter Envelope Presets and Filter Shapes, LFO 04:30 Polyphony, Sequencer 04:58 Program Locks 05:12 Voice Management, Arpeggiator, FX Section 05:38 UI Structure, Deep FM Editing 06:02 Shift/Func Operation, Build Quality 06:15 What else??? Pricing, Thanks 06:31 Hate 06:56 Jam 1 (Groovebox Solo) 07:55 Jam 2 (DAWless setup) 08:48 Finale (Sega Genesis Electropop) 09:15 Verdict