Create patches:
* https://www.synthmata.com/volca-fm/
* [[ https://asb2m10.github.io/dexed/ | Dexed ]] (make sure to put it in the [[ https://developer.steinberg.help/display/VST/Plug-in+Locations | right location ]])
Libraries of programs (FM terminology for patches, admittedly conceptually a bit different under the hood):
* http://dxsysex.com/ has many carts, including the Eno ones
* http://nuxmicromedia.com/4ophq/cgi-bin/dx4op.cgi?mode=patch is for 4 operator synths rather than 6 operator ones but might work anyways
Load patches into the Volca FM:
* Easiest way is via [[ https://asb2m10.github.io/dexed/ | Dexed ]], as ironic as it is to be using a software FM synth plugin to set up a standalone hardware synth. Just get Dexed open, press the Cart button to go to the cart menu and then just right-click on any patch and choose to send it to the "DX7" (which in our case is actually a Volca FM).
* Note [[ https://www.reddit.com/r/volcas/comments/cv4zdq/comment/ey2favk/ | things might be quiet if you don't disable LFO key sync ]]. For this you'll need to load the program, close the cart menu, turn off LFO sync, then maybe either go back in and send the program, or save it to a custom cart? Neither approach has actually worked when I've run into this, and the programs in question seem to sound different too, so it's some incompatibility between the Volca FM's setup and old DX7 patches I think. Maybe it's solvable by [[ https://www.reddit.com/r/volcas/comments/9s4x6p/comment/e8ol1xp/ | toggling operators on and off ]]?