The opsix aims to change not only the interface shortcomings of most FM synthesizers, but also enhance the sound design capabilities by moving beyond the use of simple sine waves and also by adding the ability to use filters and other modulation sources/effects — something Korg calls “altered FM”.
Series: Korg's I've Owned
On numerous occasions, I’ve alluded to having a love/hate relationship with Korg keyboards. With the exception of a few scant hours with a modular Moog in college, and some experimentation designing various circuitry of my own shortly after, my synthesis adventures in general, and with “modern” MIDI synthesizers in particular, began with Korg. And, I’ve been going back to the well ever since.
This series of posts chronicles my adventures with, and thoughts about, Korg synthesizers.
Korgs I’ve Owned Part 9 — multi/poly: analog modeling synthesizer
Korg #9 entered the studio this week. That’s not to say I have nine Korgs in the studio now, but it’s the ninth Korg I’ve purchased. The multi/poly…
Korgs I’ve Owned Part 10 — modwave: DW8000 DNA in a modern wavetable synthesizer
I’ve added my tenth Korg instrument to the studio. I placed instrument in quotes because in this case, I’ve added the software version of the modwave, not the…