Korg Opsix Sound Design - Kinda Tutorial 

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@@truecuckoo I agree. Your patient and curious personality is really suitable to FM exploration and bringing us into that world. This was amazing. Subscribed.

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Yeah it’s amazing how so many of the Metroid games have epic soundtracks.

🙏🏼 Thanks Dean! Yeah with the 3 extra envelopes tricks like these are very possible with a little modulation knowhow.

Exactly how i think about Omnisphere patches... single patch takes up whole spectrum.. cant fit them anywhere properly without bunch of editing.. im getting opsix too in a few days

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Thank you so much James! Yeah with FM synthesis I think you have to embrace the idea of exploring. It’s really hard to predict every outcome. Once you get more versed, you’ll know where to look for the sweet spots. But you still need to explore, even when you’re becoming more familiar with it. I love that aspect of fm synthesis.

Thanks! Oops I thought it was the Modwave video. Was a but quick to reply. I was so eagerly anticipating the release of the Opsix, being a true FM nerd. So I dug deep and found it to be quite enjoyable and nice to work with. Sound wise though, FM sounds has so much personality, and on a personal note I slightly prefer other FM platforms over this one. But it’s still a great synth, at a great price.

@@truecuckoo ...but the MEGEfm II is "Out Of Stock" 😥 . I like the old SY 99 (Yamaha) but it has no USB connectivity

@@danielsonderhoff5882 yeah the Opsix is very reliable, and great value for the money. Extreme depth and modern sounding. I guess my ears are charmed by the legacy, that’s all. MegaFM is very wonky, and limited compared to this modern synth. But it would never be a replacement for the Opsix. And something like the Digitone is a very different and more technical experience too, but with extreme clarity in the sound. Speaking from the heart, I honestly think Volca FM has much more clarity than Opsix, and this surprised me, since it’s coming from the same company. Is it just imagination?

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Thanks mate! Glad you liked it. That particular method can definitely be applied anywhere there's an extra Envelope to be patched.

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The MegaFM certainly has a more retro sound, what with it being a retro synth, but the Opsix does have way more capabilities in terms of sound generation, what with it being a 6 operator synth instead of 2 4 operator synths.

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If you download Dexed it's pretty much a software editor for the Dx7. You can send your finished patches to the synth, and save entire banks, eliminating the need for cartridges. That's what I do anyway. I'm tempted to do what the person above me says as well!

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Cuckoo is single handedly responsible for my: OP-1, Digitone, and Digitakt purchases.

Octaploid Records , it’s called window shopping, relax and enjoy the ride. Odds are it will spawn off new ideas using gear that you already have.

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As I progress through this video I tend to agree, the programming basics are the same, however, SY77 has only one data entry fader, where in opsix you have 6 knobs for ratio, 6 faders for level and 6 more data entry knobs , that seems to make a very important difference, for example as cuckoo uses the fader to have a feel of the envelope he will program. I'm impressed by the opsix, it has a very nice sound, relatable to the SY77, and that editing interface is inspiring me to try to implement a configuration for the BCR 2000 and my TG77 module.

@@JobimSynthMusic Yeah. I agree with you. For a price comparison, the SY77 is still a good alternative, especially with the 5 octave keyboard with aftertouch and loopable envelopes. The filters are 'ok' and I don't think they're as special as people make them out to be, especially because I can't get the filter to self-resonate by pitch. If that's possible, I've never figured it out. Seems like a great synth (the Opsix) though. Korg is carrying on the legacy that other manufactures have abandoned. This should have been Yamaha's, but they've slept way too long on it.

As someone who wanted to buy the SY99 but couldn't find one so bought the opsix instead as a sort of "consolation prize", I kinda agree it can be seen as an alternative, but to be honest, a few hours after my opsix arrived I was glad I didn't buy the Yamaha. Don't get me wrong, I'd still consider buying SY77/SY99/TG77 if I had unlimited space, they are truly impressive (especially for over 30 year old synths), but the possibilities with the opsix are just mind-blowing. I only wish it had more advanced envelopes, like Yamaha's, because one can make software EGs arbitrarily complex at negligible cost, so I don't understand Korg's decision. Maybe they were afraid it would be too intimidating? I'd be fine with additional envelope stages and loopability being hidden behind some special button combination or global setting. Who knows, maybe they will add that in a future update... (please, Korg!)

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I wonder if the desktop editor has decent screen reader compatibility. I'm pretty sure it has mouseover tooltips, which I know aren't entirely sufficient all by themselves but at least are a lot better than the hardware unit offers. I suppose it all really hinges on whether it supports the tab key and/or arrow keys to navigate. It's not a totally separate desktop editor like the microKORG has, but is actually part of the VST version of opsix. Which I find a bit annoying to be honest, bundling that functionality together rather than just releasing a free tool like they used to. But at least they give a heavy discount for the hardware owners...? Even so, I can't try it myself to answer you because I don't want to pay _any_ extra. Anyway, as I understand it you can live edit sounds on the desktop while playing on the hardware, or preview sounds on the computer (since it _is_ a full soft-synth) and later push them to the hardware. But again, I don't actually own the VST version to check, I only have the hardware.

Kinda sorta 🤗 I left out the sequencer, and some other things. And it’s below 1h.. so perhaps a Kilo tutorial?

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Thanks. I'm waiting for the Microkorg 2 as well. It feels like they probably announced it a little bit too early. Let's hope it'll get ready for manufacturing soon! The Opsix is sort of more complex, in many ways. But in my early tries with the Microkorg 2 it's no slouch, and seems pretty versatile as well.

Lol, relax, your MEGAFM is still most unique with its legacy dirty grit. I love it. This is something completely different.

I didn't think I would use the 4 parts as much as I do on the digitone. What a great device, although the configurability of this device is somewhat enviable. The b operators on the digitone were always a bit weird, especially the shared envelope. It leads to some fun sounds but sometimes is annoying.

Yeah, once you get used to Elektron’s sequencer the sequencing and performance bar is set very high.

@@truecuckoo Sometimes I feel like I have dove a bit too deep into the sequencer and am stuck in a loop. I can spend too much time on one pattern and can't hear transitions in my head anymore.

@@warpigs330 I've been learning the digitone a lot more in depth these past few months. I think once you account for a the quirks it feels like full tool box to make a song. This synth has a lot more voices though, and I have been impressed with how well the minilogue xd has slotted into my set-up. Here's to hoping for a desktop version.

@@warpigs330 Yeah, that's one of the biggest downsides of Elektron devices. They're great for making 1-pattern loops, but it's hard not to get stuck in a loop. So they tend to discourage meaningful song progression beyond just adding/removing layers and changing some effects. It helps if you write horizontally first, sketching out a single instrument across many patterns, and then go back later to write vertically (adding more instruments)... but Elektron's workflow isn't designed for that so makes that composition style rather inconvenient. There's a ton of manual duplication involved. It's meant for the user to finish a pattern completely, including late-stage details like mixing levels and effects, and then copy/paste the pattern to edit the note data... but by the time the user has gotten one pattern fine-tuned, they've probably lost their ability to remember what was supposed to happen next in the song. Would really like it if they'd open-source the firmware so people could modify it to use a different workflow... but that's unlikely to ever happen, so I finally gave up on dawless and started using a computer to record and arrange clips in a DAW.

Im fine with 3 octaves but bring back batteries and onboard speakers ala yamaha pss and casio ct.

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Thanks mate! Yeah I think it has a good logic structure, which is always helpful when learning a new electronic instrument. Although it takes more time to find the sweetspots.

@@truecuckoo Thanks to your video I played the Opsix yesterday evening in a different way. Less fear to dive into features there were unknown or didn't seem so important to me before. It's like having bought tools to paint, but you're showing how and what to paint! Oh, somebody already compared you to Bob Ross :)

I don't know about its durability yet, but I do wish it was easier to access and had a bump similar to F and J keys on computer keyboards, because I keep pressing "write" instead while creating sounds at night with lights off.