Shortly after buying a SY77, I discovered this is a very important part of FM programming indeed. It also makes you realise how subtle and evolved FM sound design, and how rich and expressive FM synth can be. Coupled with velocity response per operator, it is a mandatory parameter to get an instrument that can be alive and inspiring.
I get asked if I'm angry that I bought the opsix at full price new, knowing the price drop. My response? I am glad more people can access this synth. More power to you if you got it cheap!
The synth is worth full asking, people who got it cheaper were lucky. If you make music with what ever gear you have and you're happy, you cannot really put a price on music's worth. Good to see you're not bitter and can see a positive for others. Kudos to you.
I’m extremely thankful for being able to get it cheap. I was saving up for it irregardless and when I saw the sale I never dropped my credit card information so fast. Awesome piece of equipment!
Your videos are fantastic, clear and informative... and with so many folks grabbing an Opsix during the latest liquidation, I imagine the views will be spiking as we all scurry to figure out how to squeeze the most out of our new treasures! Cheers!
Great topic and video! You really excel at breaking things down in a way that’s very easy to understand. I hope you get a load of new subscriptions post-Opsix blowout!
Awesome to see the multitimbral possibilities here. I've been making lots of sounds on mine now I'm able to start making tritimbral ones. I hesitate to call it pseudotimbral only because the result can be clearly heard. This is great 👍
Sorry to hear about so many that had screen issues. Once you get it fixed you’ll be so happy you got it! It’s my most used synth for sound design and I really think it’ll be a future classic. It’s a digital modular synth that happens to use operators!
@Stephan Ralescu, Today, I just picked up mine from having its faulty display replaced. Clearly a batch of these had faulty screens and Korg's QA failed to detect the problem. Anyway, I've been exploring it (mostly preset-hopping) for a couple hours. Hope yours is ready soon!
Clever trick, this! I really should spend more time with my OpSix. I've been a bit distracted recently, setting up Bitwig for the first time and building a Moog Mavis :D
You provide the best and deepest tutorials on those synths I have seen. Kudos! I have a question about the opsix seqencer. Can it have different lengths for each pitch lane and modulation lane? With this one could have enormous variability with sequencing.
Yes, I have seen them! They are awsome. I think it is really a missed opportunity by Korg to create some really useful tool for people who are leaning towards more complex stuff. Mixing different lengths of subsequences can create unbelivable beauty and controlled randomness. Many composers used this kind of techniques. I hope they will implement it... I think that also each lane could have a changeable speed ratio to the main clock of the sequence, and they could be modulated by any other data.
if only there was a way to set poly/mono, unison,& glide, independent to each split! 😞 Then it would be true multitimbral! I'm not complaining tho. I'm loving the filter operator mode! Being able to set 6 independent splits with each their own filter, all on one midi channel is pretty wild! I never thought I would want for more mod matrix slots for a single patch!
Nice video! What if I wanted to use a guitar patch to also be a bass guitar (in the lower notes). Would it be possible to have loads of effects on the guitar section (higher notes) and more minimal effects on the lower (bass notes)?
Not really. The fx are stacked in series after the voices are mixed together with wet/dry. You'd need them to be parallel fx with with a "send" control instead (and even then it'd not actually perfect, especially if you had notes ringing out up high and you played a low note). You would need "real" multitimbrality for what you're asking I'm afraid.
Hi, thanks for the video! Can you do for example bi-timbral preset but with external midi controller (to expand the range) and then tune the both timbre to the same octave? So, the "keyboard" range is let's say "offset" to the right/left? Thanks!
I have two - both released by Korg, you can hear the patches in these videos: ruclips.net/video/ZZuDk7RkB2Q/видео.html ruclips.net/video/Zxb7QSepZv8/видео.html
Shortly after buying a SY77, I discovered this is a very important part of FM programming indeed. It also makes you realise how subtle and evolved FM sound design, and how rich and expressive FM synth can be. Coupled with velocity response per operator, it is a mandatory parameter to get an instrument that can be alive and inspiring.
I get asked if I'm angry that I bought the opsix at full price new, knowing the price drop.
My response? I am glad more people can access this synth. More power to you if you got it cheap!
The synth is worth full asking, people who got it cheaper were lucky.
If you make music with what ever gear you have and you're happy, you cannot really put a price on music's worth.
Good to see you're not bitter and can see a positive for others.
Kudos to you.
I’m extremely thankful for being able to get it cheap. I was saving up for it irregardless and when I saw the sale I never dropped my credit card information so fast. Awesome piece of equipment!
U enough angry to post YT comments about it in videos related to keytrack...
@@e8root where are you getting the idea that I'm angry?
@@zoned7609 Because you wrote you are not angry... out of the blue :)
Your videos are fantastic, clear and informative... and with so many folks grabbing an Opsix during the latest liquidation, I imagine the views will be spiking as we all scurry to figure out how to squeeze the most out of our new treasures! Cheers!
Thank you! Thanks for watching.
Excited to see your opsix drum machine tips!
+1
Wow! Thanks. I visited Thomann at my vacations two weeks ago. A opsix jumped into my shopping cart 🎹😁 so good that you still make videos about it!
Thank you so much for all the education on this machine 🙏. You're the 🐐 when it comes to synth youtubers
Thank you, and thanks for watching!
Great topic and video! You really excel at breaking things down in a way that’s very easy to understand.
I hope you get a load of new subscriptions post-Opsix blowout!
Awesome to see the multitimbral possibilities here. I've been making lots of sounds on mine now I'm able to start making tritimbral ones. I hesitate to call it pseudotimbral only because the result can be clearly heard. This is great 👍
Thanks! I'm really glad you've got some new tricks to try out.
I looked for that since two hours! Thank you. I'll can make a drum patch now.
Done! Successful for my new drum patch! Thanks from France. 🇫🇷
Glad to help!
3-4 weeks until my OPSIX gets back from having its screen replaced - can’t wait to implement your OP6 tutorials and Norand Mono tutorials.
Sorry to hear you had screen troubles, I hope you enjoy it once you get your hands back on it!
Sorry to hear about so many that had screen issues. Once you get it fixed you’ll be so happy you got it! It’s my most used synth for sound design and I really think it’ll be a future classic. It’s a digital modular synth that happens to use operators!
@@huntergalloway3944 yeah, I wanted one for so long to compliment the megaFM. So bummed about the screen but no way I was returning it.
@Stephan Ralescu, Today, I just picked up mine from having its faulty display replaced. Clearly a batch of these had faulty screens and Korg's QA failed to detect the problem. Anyway, I've been exploring it (mostly preset-hopping) for a couple hours. Hope yours is ready soon!
@@aptudo Thanks! My service tech said Korg told them 6-8 weeks. Double the time they told me. Maybe your tech has some extra screens?
Clever trick, this! I really should spend more time with my OpSix. I've been a bit distracted recently, setting up Bitwig for the first time and building a Moog Mavis :D
Great video. I should try some of the keytrack tricks with my Modwave and Blofelds.
More videos!!!
I’m extremely interested in drum machine patches. Looking forward to the videos ahead.
You provide the best and deepest tutorials on those synths I have seen. Kudos!
I have a question about the opsix seqencer. Can it have different lengths for each pitch lane and modulation lane? With this one could have enormous variability with sequencing.
Thank you! Not on the opsix sadly - but the Modwave can do that and more (I have a few videos on the Modwave's sequencer - it's pretty wild!)
Yes, I have seen them! They are awsome. I think it is really a missed opportunity by Korg to create some really useful tool for people who are leaning towards more complex stuff. Mixing different lengths of subsequences can create unbelivable beauty and controlled randomness. Many composers used this kind of techniques. I hope they will implement it... I think that also each lane could have a changeable speed ratio to the main clock of the sequence, and they could be modulated by any other data.
You love this keyboard :) im happy with my purchase getting it cheaper after purchasing it when it first came out for 7 getting it for 4 now :)
if only there was a way to set poly/mono, unison,& glide, independent to each split! 😞 Then it would be true multitimbral! I'm not complaining tho. I'm loving the filter operator mode! Being able to set 6 independent splits with each their own filter, all on one midi channel is pretty wild! I never thought I would want for more mod matrix slots for a single patch!
Nice video! What if I wanted to use a guitar patch to also be a bass guitar (in the lower notes). Would it be possible to have loads of effects on the guitar section (higher notes) and more minimal effects on the lower (bass notes)?
Not really. The fx are stacked in series after the voices are mixed together with wet/dry. You'd need them to be parallel fx with with a "send" control instead (and even then it'd not actually perfect, especially if you had notes ringing out up high and you played a low note).
You would need "real" multitimbrality for what you're asking I'm afraid.
Opsix w00t1!! \o/\o/\o/
Hi, thanks for the video! Can you do for example bi-timbral preset but with external midi controller (to expand the range) and then tune the both timbre to the same octave? So, the "keyboard" range is let's say "offset" to the right/left? Thanks!
Yeah, you can just change the tuning of the operators to achieve that (within reason).
Do you have a preset library for the opsix?
I have two - both released by Korg, you can hear the patches in these videos:
ruclips.net/video/ZZuDk7RkB2Q/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/Zxb7QSepZv8/видео.html