I think the monotrimbrality is a shortcoming. Even thr old Yamaha V50 (2x opz2 fm chip, very similar to opz1 in TX81Z and DX11) showed what performance patches can do: multi patches where one patch is dedicated to function as a very detailed attack transient, two other patches for the rest), harmonically rich guitar sounds, very good organ patches. Multi patch FM patches are great. I wish the opsix would atleast have allowed dual timbrality.. another shortcoming are the limited (ADSR) envelopes. That hampers certain playing styles where you want to control the release / sustain.

Other than that this seems quite interesting, be it heavily overpriced because lets be real, on a technological level this isnt really revolutionary. The interface seems very good but would have to test it. More advanced FM programming ends up being a rather cerebral endeavour anyways.

You can do tritimbral on opsix as loopop showcased.

They just *had* to add Filter FM. They KNEW it would force me to buy it

We’ve never got to FM most of Korg’s modelled filters before! Only the MS20 one in Kronos (but not iOS) and the fact that Kronos LFO’s go up to 750Hz.

I Best Buy something nice for my wife she’s not going to see me for days after I get this.

It’s kind of MORE interesting in a way because you can set up inter-dependencies between the timbres if you want.

And I can do banging percussion with 2OP, so yeah, little cool drum kits, totally possible.

OK, the Red Means Recording video cranked up my GAS for this synth. The problem is I have nowhere to put it (assuming my Osmose eventually arrives at some point). Dammit I want a module!

(yes, I realize that 95% of it has to do with the talent and not the synth itself)

Shhh, I'm trying to pretend I can buy my way out of my lack of skill here

Since you are limited to a rather pathetic 8 voices of Polyphony on the $799 Digitone you can forgive people for ignoring it being multitimbral

On a polyphonic instrument most people don't want to deal with voice stealing just to play chords with sustain and release

Of course all if this forgets the fact that since OPSIX has two extra operators than the Digitone and has greater polyphony and more waveforms at the operator level you can create far more rich layered sounds with the OPSIX

For example since the Digitone is only 4 OP you can recreate any Digitone patch using just 4 of the 6 ops on OPSIX. Then since the OPSIX has VA waveforms in it's operators I can use those as carriers and route them directly to a filter.

So on the OPSIX I can layer a Lately Bass style 4op FM Bass patch with a MS20 style bass part made from VA saw waves going into the MS20 filter and since this is all done with Operators I do not take any Polyphony hit

I can also go into 80s cheese land on OPSIX and mimic the 4op Electric Piano "Full Tines" from the DX21 then layer that with string sounds made from VA waves going into a VA filter something you can't even do with a Digitone

Dude it's a 6 Operator Synth. Just use an algorithm with three stacks of two operators

Use the first stack for your attack transients and the other two stacks for the rest

Or use a stack of 4 ops to make a nice sustained string sound then use a stack of two ops for the attack sound of a bow striking the strings

Most complex patches on 6op synths like the DX7 work this way

Yes... But it doesn't sound as good.

Sometimes I forget I paid £650 for it, until I play it again at least.

?????

We don't really know what the OPSIX sounds like. All he have heard is a few Youtube videos

What I do know is if Multitibrality is really your gig having a limit of 8 total voices in 2020 is a pathetic joke

I love layered FM. It's why I have a TX816 and a TX416 so I can make DX7 sounds with 12 part Multitibrality. I also have three TX81Z for the same purpose to have 3 part Multitibrality

It's also why I purchased and then returned a Digitone. Multitibrality is awesome but you need to be able to play more than 4 notes at a time or why bother

If I made music where all I wanted was monophonic synthesizers the Digitone would be cool (but even then the engine is way to limited) but I play chords so 4 voice polyphony is a joke

Do you think custom tuning can be implemented in a future update ?

This shiny new thing is better than the last shiny new thing, and clearly better than everyone else's shiny things, which I will now slag-off to make myself feel all warm and superior.

Only concern about preordering was getting a buggy OS. Googled complaints about Wavestate and found only a driver issue with Windows 10 that eventually got fixed. Could find no complaints about bugs.

That’s no guarantee that the OpSix team will do just as well but it’s reassuring enough for me.

Preordered.

This shiny new thing is Teal and matches my hair though

No, I’m not saying that, I’m trying to say exactly the opposite. This is an amazing and beautifully made performance oriented FM synth, but the only 16 steps on its sequencer neglects its own purpose. I’m a composer, and I would like to have the ability to prepare some complete patterns before to move into my DAW. Even a 4 trakcs sequencer like this of the Digitone would be awesome.

I personally understand sound synthesis in a multi timbral and multitrack context, guys like me still exist, but Korg doesn’t give a **** about us…

Someone, could tell but yo you can do these things in your DAW, yes but the all pleasure dealing with your hardware instrument then it is gone….


Digitone > OPSIX

Yet another thing that I want to mention is that the number of steps in the sequencer is a feature that technically can be fixed through a firmware update. So, I’m not trying to bash Korg, it is up to them to offer this possibility.

Even they can charge some money for this firmware update, a lot of guys would pay to have a better sequencer.

Seems like it

Those and the Hydrasynth.

I can only get one this year and I don't know wtf to do. Opsix is going to be a huge palette. But I kind of like the tone of the Cobalt8.

Somebody decide for me?

Possible. Companies have added custom tuning after launch — BS2 for example got custom tuning and microtuning several years after launch — but only Korg knows for sure.

correct me if I'm wrong but they implemented micro tuning on the minilogue with an update

I'm not trying to sell you a digitone, but to me and alot of people it is not a joke. I much prefer it to this. Nick Batt himself said that this hasn't shown yet the deep mean bass most fm synths have and the guest all agreed that the opsix sounds a little flat overall, so it's not just me saying that.
For the record i think most old yamahas even the 4op ones sound better then both... But i do think the digitone songs really impressive for more modern future type sounds. A lot of people feel the same too.
I'm glad you like this better, it takes all kinds.

I don't know but I wouldn't be surprised. If Korg does add it someday, it will be a pleasant surprise.

"It's just code". Anything can be coded, that's a given. Will they actually do it, that's anyone's guess.

I need to play with my Microwave XT’s FM/Filter FM/Wavefolding tonight in order to offset my incredible GAS lol.

I simply can't get over the fact Korg opted for adsr type enveloppes, people don't seem to realize the nice tricks this stupid choice forbids...This is truly sad :(

I don't feel this is the right term to use here. I'm just making sure people don't ignore the obvious things that might prevent pointless rants.

This went too verbal, time for some aural and visual experience...


Dunno why they didn't released it in time with the first batch of videos...

For the life of me I don't understand why in 2020 people who seem to care so much about sequencing outside the Box and without a DAW don't get a Pyramid, Cirklon, Squid, Keystep Pro, or any of the other dedicated multi-channel sequencers that are on the market. There are so many across so many price points on the market it's insane

That way you learn one device and one workflow and you can sequence anything and piece of hardware via MIDI or CV

It's also far easier than dealing with the nightmare of having multiple sequencers across multiple devices playing nicely with each other

My Pyramid would allow me to sequence 48 different devices over MIDI and even more with CV but I don't own that many hardware devices so I have never reached that limit

Korg gets and understands this and doesn't feel the need to reinvent the wheel by putting a workstation like sequencer on the OPSIX

Nobody loves a deep powerful sequencer more than me. It's why I have a dedicated tool for that purpose

It's why when I get my OPSIX I can learn and explore it's sound design engine which is why I buy a synth. Spending time designing and playing with sound is what it is all about.

Discovering that assigning a Midi CC to a certain parameter and changing that over time does cool things is awesome

Wasting time tediously learning how to sequence that CC on yet another sequencer on the same synth at the same time? That's a tedious mess

Taking 5 seconds to assign a MIDI LFO on that MIDI CC so it does what I want on my Pyramid? That's awesome

multi-stage envelopes is a turn off for a lot of people. I personally hate using them as standard, and unlike a soft synth where its easy to allow you to choose between the two, hardware requires a design choice. It will help sell the synth to a lot of people.

Really very warm for an FM synth. Like the Argon8, it almost sounds like a Kawai K 3 or Ensoniq ESQ-1 in places, but more so.