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@Shuriken @niklasni1 Especially when learning to use a sound architecture (e.g. FM synthesis) for the first time, I would very much want to be able to see ALL of the options at my disposal. "FM is not like an analog synth where parameters make sense, you will have more chance of having a nice patch by using the random patch generator"--why bother trying to control anything then? :smile: (And that's only true because TK did such a good job with the random patch generator, making it not completely random!) Also, since this is basically a test build for the MBFM V2.0 driver and application, the easiest way to make sure that everything is working properly and as expected is to have everything on the front panel. Finally, I happen to already have a case that this front panel would be mounted on, so the size is fixed for me, and there's no point in having empty space where I could put a knob. @Imp The chorus and filter are fully-analog (not CV) modules I'm working on and going to connect to outputs 3 and 4 of the OPL3s; the application will know nothing about them, and I don't expect anyone else to replicate them. The delay parameter will allow you to delay note data triggering a voice; when you use two voices with one delayed, detuned, and possibly stereo-separated, you can get some nice chorus/delay/flanger/etc. effects, at the cost of one button and one knob on the front panel (and a bunch of RAM used, but that's not a problem as long as everything eventually fits). As far as the sequencer, I'm not going to work on that initially, I just wanted to save space for it on the front panel. If I was going to make a dedicated sequencer, it would be much more powerful than that. AFAIK MIDIbox FM V1.4 MIDIbox SID has a drum pattern thing that is about as powerful as what I am proposing.