ok after a few days of looking.. its becoming familiar and alot more clear
im trying to find a way to "CLEAR ALL" settings to start from scratch to make *100% your own sound from scratch*
if u know how to reset all parameters to zero on this vst synth let me know

this synth really isnt that difficult to program! in fact! ITS SO FUCKING EASY! when u compaer it to
any dx or real fm synth!! holy shit.. its the interface that just isnt so intuitive..
all you have to do.. is always click on the actual number value to change it
for example in the operator view (A B C D E F or X Z)
u can change the waveform, I was trying to figure out how for so long and then i just happened to click
on the actual small small number value and move the mouse up + down.. click + hold and move up and down + the waveform will
change..
to the right of the waveform of the specific operator we see the "amplitude modulation" section
the modulation section i think only gets applied when u press your midi controllers mod wheel or pitch wheel to "MOD"ify the sound with "MOD"ulation
clicking the small boxes under each heading and draging up/down changes the value here too
or u can double click the value and it will reset to being empty
in my experimenting it seems that these operators are linked together in pairs, groups of 2
i figured this out after i had to raise the output level on B to get sound from A to get to the "out pan"
by viewing the 'matrix' while changing values
A+B | C+D | E+F | X + Z
which leads me to question the name? fm7? theres 8 operators here...!
also if u hold CONTROL + click the operator letter in the matrix this works to toggle on/off the operator voice
same as it would if u click operator on/off toggle button in middle of the screen
each operator has 5 different sections its hard to take it all in at first glance
frequency, output, envelope rate, waveform, amplitude (which also contains lfo1, lfo2)the real important ones for shaping the sound are
waveform + frequency and the lfosthe lfo settings for LFO1 + LFO2 seem to link back to the LFO screen
because disabling the LFO on the LFO screen renders the setting of the individual operators LFO to make no difference at all

the envelope (Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release) settings i was always looking for is again in front of my face
maybe not so labeled as htey usually are but rather referred to as enevelope setting 1-5
moving the value of this # (01/04 in this pic) will change between the 'node' square of the envelope settings
changing everything on the envelope section to be pertaining to that 'node' number of the envelope. (see pic)
which has the properties
mode, abs time, a time, level, slopei think operator X +Z differ from the others in that they are not waveform operators but saturation+filter operators?
X has
saturation curve instead of waveform
and Z has
filter curve instead of waveform (seen above) and looking above where the operator section had frequency, output, envelope rate, waveform, amplitude.. instead we see
filter 1, filter 2, and filter mixalso these X +Z operators seem to have a "page 2" that reuses the screen for more controls toggeld on by this page2 button


i drew these colored boxes around the sectiosn to further illustrate + attempt to simplify the different areas
ok maybe its not easy but its not impossible! to experiment + learn more!

note: i also found a small semi/bug when clicking the first dropdown box of the fm matrix (on the right of the screen)
be carefull not to click inside this drop down box.. it will place a cursor there and the focus of the vst will seemingly get stuck here - i assume this is for quicksearching of the values saved within it by typing the saaved name but the only values there are "init" - anyway if u click this box.. u will get a flashing cursor and it will seem that the vst is locked up... because it gets stuck..
and mouse clicks or typign doesnt have any effect.. for some reason pressing CMD-UP ARROW happened to free me from this..
i have no idea why!!
offtopic: found some patches here
http://electro-music.com/forum/post-277618.html