Bought firstly the synth itself and then the crossgrade plugin. I think plugin makes much more sense. It’s awesome and fresh synth, but it’s hardware form is so-so. It’s complexity requires a different control surface. It’s not bad at all, they did a good job, but not something really outstanding. Only for hardware geeks
Looking for VST of Wavestate and would love to see the Modwave version.
One more thing - after all updates to operators in 2.0 you feel spoiled and desire more and more and more features to the operator modes and it’s parameters Like “short delay with feedback? Cool. Now I want granular modifier. And custom samples as a mod source and sampled waveforms”
By the way, does the Kronos FM engine support samples as waveforms?
The Opsix is indeed an interesting synth. Despite the nifty slider/knob section for the operators, I wouldn’t call it intuitive to use… the envelopes/LFOs could have been laid out WAY better… but man it really goes to some far-out places. Crazy sound design potential, on par with the Hydrasynth (which was very elegant to use) but sounds better IMO.
Overall I’d say it is a compliment to the DN rather than a replacement, not a ton of overlap despite both being technically variations on FM.
I tend to agree. I get more of “what I want” and quicker out of the plug-in. But I still find utility in the hardware. I enjoy making a paraphonic chord with the 6 oscillators, and then playing the levels and ratios (octaves/inversions) live.
It does have some frustrations tho. Not being able to live tweak parameters that are recorded in a motion lane. Not being able to easily remove motion data from a lane in the sequencer.
So, finding spots to be creative in lieu of these quirks has been beneficial for me. I use the mod matrix and mod wheel more than the motion lanes for modulation.
I totally agree. With the way Elektron implemented FM on the Digitone, I end up in different sonic territory than on other FM synths. And the way Korg designed the opsix, it goes beyond FM synthesis.
I also think the Digitone complements the opsix by being its sequencer. I tried the opsix sequencer and it is totally capable, but I much prefer the DN.
When I got the opsix I had had the DN for a while and wondered if it would be redundant, but I find myself turning both on when I use either of them.
Crossposting this from MW:
I wonder if anyone ever encountered this problem with the sequencer:
On some preset patches, even with firmware v2.0.1 and after a factory reset, even when all note data and motion data is cleared, I am having problems recording polyphonic sequences. Notes hanging and being completely off from where I played them etc.
Here’s an example:
Has anyone else experienced this?
If anyone has an Opsix with the preset patches on and they want to be extra extra nice you could go to patch 40 (Clav O Frog), clear the sequence, and then try and record something similar into it (with stacatto chords etc) and let me know how it goes
i was thinking i should share that it’s not too difficult to cut the keyboard off, for anyone considering it. i am typically bad at these things and even thought the front panel doesn’t look perfect, I was surprised how easy it was to just superglue two pieces of wood from a crate i got from home depot to the front of it
i just unscrewed the top, unscrewed the bar that locks the keys to the enclosure, removed the key sections, detached the keyboard ribbon cable, tucked the cable behind the remaining spacers, used a small hack saw to cut along the line on the bottom that delineates the keys from the rest of the case, sanded it as evenly as i could, then super glued it to the synth
the nice part about removing the keys is that the mod and pitch wheels are on the front panel, not the keyboard section, so you don’t lose those
i imagine most people wouldn’t love that particular wooden look, but it reminds me of the cheap wood side cheeks on the bastl thyme, which i always loved
Tall Dog is planning a Kickstarter for this enclosure kit next year. The owner told me that you can reverse the process (put the head back into the keyboard case), there is no permanent damage done to the Opsix in this conversion.
That looks good to me. Props to anyone who has the guts to take drastic action with their synths—it’s like an oldtime magician sawing a lady in half.
If Korg were more adventurous, they’d sell the Opsix (and the Wavestate, and the Modwave) with the module easily removable from the keyboard—like how the Roland Boutiques interact with their little optional keyboard.
I made my first sound set for the OPSIX. mainly focuses on note and motion sequencing. sounds great in hardware and even better stacked with multiple Native tracks in the DAW.
Nonillion | Sequences and Sounds for Korg OPSIX and OPSIX Native
