I got tracking this morning! Well, this should be fun. 
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If its actually discontinued and the idea dropped, I will be disappointed.
I have one, but I still think it deserves to be on the market
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I agree. I would love to see the general concept expanded upon. I would be stoked if they were to make a mark 2, or some other FM synth with that operator mixer in the design, and take all user the feedback into consideration. For example, I would like the mod matrix to be faster (less button presses) to link things together – if they discontinued the Opsix and came out with another that improved on that, I would be pretty happy.
If they were to discontinue the synth and just totally drop FM, that would be pretty sad. I don’t think that’s the case though.
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What a confident move. Do another FM oscillator based synth, without making it a successor. Learning from experience, and opening a new design without being confined to legacy. To boldly go where … wait that’s a TV show.
But i like this idea. Dropping a very good product because you know you can do better with a new fresh start.
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Oh snap! Yeah! I forgot about the mod grid! That would be awesome to have a direct interface to!
If they implement that then I’ll actually upgrade.
Generally the current opsix is a top notch synth with an excellent workflow
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I worked for a company a while back, which had plenty of money, and talent, who when they decided to pursue a certain new concept creating a product, would assign several separate teams to each independently create their own version of that product. Then there was an internal competition to pick the best between them. It was a difficult process, but did generate some startling new ideas.
Korg has at least three new product engineering teams ( probably more ), one in Japan, one in the US, and another startup in Deutschland.
We don’t really know what Tats Team has been doing. What if they assigned the task of making a great FM synth to them too. Maybe that team took the longer path to development, but now is ready with the winner ?
Speculation is what this thread runs on.
I called Sweetwater and spoke to a sales representative asking why the opsix was discontinued. The sales rep stated that it was due to supply issues with getting parts for the synth. I asked him if possible slow sales were a contributing factor and he said that wasn’t the issue. He stated securing parts are affecting a number of Korg products.
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I don’t doubt this. But they had thousands of them in stock, couldn’t they just raise the price slightly and draw the sales out a little. 
But they liquidated instead.
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Very likely. I asked if it was because of the raspberry pi but he didn’t know what specific parts caused the opsix to be discontinued.
I asked this as well. Perhaps it was a cash flow issue. The sales rep mentioned that shipping costs overseas have gone up significantly this year.
These units were all in warehouses in the US. I see they still have stock with European retailers.
Yes shipping has gone up drastically, and fluctuates. Again why liquidate ?
Good job Hamuel getting this info from a source that has a lot more info than we idle speculators.
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Yes, the decision to liquidate is still puzzling. There must be some people who can be contacted who know more info.
I played the opsix for the first time yesterday and my first impression is that it is an excellent, deep synth with a great sound and the best user interface for a FM synth I’ve used. This will probably become a FM collector’s item like the Yamaha FS1R.
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This can happen all of a sudden because the banks all cut you off. This is a very bad sign, and usually doesn’t end well — you eat the seeds to grow new profit dumping inventory. And you’d think there would have been other signs rather than a bolt from the blue. Very sloppy bookkeeping could be another cause.
But you’d think Korg HQ would have a fair amount of cash in reserve, and you wouldn’t have to generate 2-3 million this way. They have been buying other companies and growing the corporation this year.
And you wouldn’t have to completely liquidate one product and discontinue it. So i kinda doubt this. But if this was what happened we will see more of it soon.
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Count me among the disappointed, and surprised.
The Volca FM Mk2 was just announced earlier this year. It seems unlikely that Korg would invest in developing a Mk2 Volca immediately after the OPSIX if the OPSIX was anything but a success.
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The eternal conundrum of going all-hardware, all-software, or somewhere in between.
Not knowing specifics, I do know many manufacturers use the same warehouses and it’s been in the news that they’ve been filling up with unsold products.
I’m still guessing Korg either has some new products or just that they have other products that sell better and these Opsixes are hurting future plans.
Just a guess.
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And much easier to use than the Yamaha FS1R! That synth is rad… I would totally get one
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I think there’s plenty more parts besides raspberry pi’s that are problematic to get at this moment. Raspberry pi itself is made from multiple elements. Supply chains are severed worldwide. Some manufacturers wait more than a year to get something. Smaller companies might even go bankrupt eventually. This autumn will be harsh.
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opsix then might be a great demonstration why super conservative and super bland sound demos don’t always pay off.
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