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[Colin f]

> Come on, the DX7 wasn't that bad. There were others that were 
> far worse.
> I for one spent many hours fiddling with it back then. Because the
> DX7 had so many buttons, accesing a parameter just took one 
> button press in most cases. Then the parameter could be 
> altered with the data entry slider. And from everywhere 
> single operators could be en-/ disabled with a single button.

I don't think the problem is so much the accessing of individual parameters.
FM is all about interaction between the operators.
Since you don't have a single overview of what all the settings are, you
have to really concentrate to keep it all in your head.
FM seems much less complex once you have a visual representation of all the
operators, and how they are connected.
I only came to buy a hardware FM synth after playing with NI FM7 long enough
to realise that it is pretty straight forward.

Cheers,
Colin f