And I supsect neither will last as long as my 50 yo Minimoog. 
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Which feels better than both of them.
And would do you more damage if it fell on you.
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Yeah itās day and night in comparison in my opinion. The casing of Opsix didnāt feel solid at all. The plastic felt very cheap, the faders etc. didnāt make me feel good about them. I expected the same materials and casing for Opsix.
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My only whish for the opsix would be for it to have a percussion envelope selectable, meaning it only needs a trigger to go through the whole envelope.
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A wish from me would be that the randomizer also randomizes envelopes. Every time I use it, all the operator level envelopes are ārandomizedā as simple organ on/off envs.
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Have you tried the Opsix native? The VST version. You can download it from Korg and try it at 20 minutes at a time-as many times as you want. No saving but I had a few days of fun making great sounds. Then I bought the module of the hardware-and the Ā£50 deal to get the VST as well.
Native does some things easier than the hardware and something less easy.
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I did. But I really want to have a real synth to put my hands on instead of tweaking things one at a time with a mouse. I can map my MPK249 for specific parameters or controls. But again i am interested in the real thing.
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Opsix build quality is fine. Itās not premium, but itās not premium priced synth, so Korg prioritized sound quality and Iām glad they did since it sounds gorgeous. I prefer vst for sound design but hardware for tweaking and jamming. Using generic midi controller will never feel the same.
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I just hit random on a preset and this droney patch came out. Itās so great to drone around with the 6 faders and knobs. Really love this synth. Itās like a digital Lyra-6. 
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O)))psix
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I wish the SE had more knobs or faders instead of more keys. Thatās where my Lyra wins.
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Nice!
Thatās far more usable than basically all of my random patches areā¦
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Reminds a bit drones by Dave Seidel and later Arcane Device
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Iām very happy for them. Strength through adversity?
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Thatās what i love about randomizers. Sometimes you get lucky. 
Most times you donāt. 
I think the build quality is great for the price, the keyboard is pretty terrible though except for basic note entry, but itās full size if thatās important to you. I wish it was less bulky.
Despite a few annoyances itās one of my favourite synths, it can do most things very well with such a flexible architecture. The UI is not amazing, but itās not bad.
It would be nice if they added some of their newer filter models from Multipoly back into the Opsix but it can go a long way since you can have so many filters per voice.
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The build quality seems alright, other than the crap keyboard that always feels like Iām going to break itā¦ until I compare it to the very similarly priced Modal Argon8 sitting beside mine.
Itās a VERY well-built synthā¦ heavyā¦ metalā¦ and the keyboard feels like silkā¦ for $20 more. (I know, technically the Argon8 is $120 more but Iāve not seen them at less than a $100 discount in years and yearsā¦ itās perpetual). Note that Iām going on the current Sweetwater prices as my basis here.
Thereās just no comparison. And as much as I hate to admit it, it matters to me. I enjoy playing the Argon far more than Opsix, to the point that itās now at the very back of the room, though accessible, and I tend toward the Native version and a solid controller, which I rarely do.
Of course, and I donāt mean this mean to Modal: they DID go into financial default, so maybe this design costs too much for the money they could charge.
I definitely wouldnāt want to drop either of them. The Opsix because it just feels like it would shatter, and the Argon because itās so heavy I feel like the force would do electronics damage.
I personally equate Opsix to about the build quality value of Bass Station II, which is much cheaper. Features aside.
Just canāt go wrong with the desktop. I replaced my OG with it and could not be happier (conversion kit is far away and a bit expensive and looks worse)
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