Nemesis

One of the aspects of both basic and advanced digital music creation is the idea of frequency modulation synthesis, and while most of today's synthesizers, both analog and digital, can perform this feat, only a handful are specialized precisely to do that. One such synthesizer is Nemesis and includes traditional FM  as well as a completely new approach to FM called NeoFM, which brings your sound quality to a whole nother level.

The centerpiece of all the features Nemesis has to offer is the so-called "NeoFMsynthesis," and unlike conventional synths out there which use phase modulation (PM), it uses an almost genuine FM synthesis. While the conventional PM is limited by design, having drawbacks such as bell-like or an unpleasant metallic sound, and real FM suffers from drift effects, neoFM approach combines the advantages of both, but without their weaknesses.

Nemesis' library is pretty extensive, as it houses 33 different quality effects, all of which can be easily combined with each other in a more transparent fashion with the innovative "Ducking Mode." The arpeggiator in Nemesis makes it easy for you to select the notes inside the note sequencer as you normally would, and it also supports several other neat features such as auto-chords, polyphonic playback, glides, swing or matrix integration. As for the modulation, this is another area where Nemesis shines, since it is designed to work either through drag and drop or a matrix, allowing dozens of modulation sources to be connected to their respective sound parameters.

While Frequency modulation synthesis may be the focal point of Nemesis, that doesn't mean that it is not a well-rounded synthesizer overall.  In fact, it boasts pretty much all of the other basic tools that other synthesizers provide, making it, along with the other synthesizers from the same developer a great choice to take into consideration.