Review: Korg opsix
Features
Digital synthesizer
6 operators
FM, RingMod, FilterFM, WaveFolder
37 keys
32 voices
Polyphonic sequencer
Filter model
3 effect instances
Facts
Manufacturer: Korg
Web: korg.de
Purchase: Specialty Trade
Price: 779 Euro
▲ Direct access to 6 OPs
▲ Color visualization
▲ Different synthesis per OP
▲ Filter emulations
▲ Polyphonic sequencer
▲ Good-sounding effects
▼ Rickety Keyboard w/o Aftertouch
▼ No macro controls
Alternatives
Yamaha RefaceDX/MODX6
from 320 Euro
Elektron Digitone
from 699 Euro
ASM Hydrasynth
from 899 Euro
When Yamaha introduced the DX7, the first affordable FM synthesizer, almost 40 years ago, it was a revelation for many musicians. Because the sound generation based on frequency modulation enabled pianos and other natural instruments in previously unknown levels of naturalness. And the DX7 also set new standards in terms of transparency, clarity and dynamics, making it the best-selling synthesizer of all time. Interestingly, however, only a few other manufacturers jumped on the successful bandwagon. Korg launched their own FM synthesizers, the DS8 and 707, a few years after the DX7, but they couldn‘t match the success of the DX7. Therefore, Korg concentrated more on the new category of workstations that was created with the M1.
Revival of FM synthesis
In recent years, however, a
