OMG, It was not a fake?
I really love DX7.
I really love DW8000.
It could be a hybrid - FM + Analog + Wave Table.

So it has FM, Ring Mod, Wavefolder and Filter FM. I wonder if all of those are within each Operator.

That's what it looks like to me. The text above all those says "operator mode".

Hopefully there will be some great videos to watch tomorrow.
Lots of awesome stuff happening during this NAMM period.
Much excite!

I think you're right! I could have a ton of fun with this.

Maybe i can finally retire my old dx7

Pretty good!
Now where's me Trident reissue?

forget that, next comes the cz101 with controllers or the ds202.
the main thing is not own, could dishonor the old original

mm wouldn't really, unless it was continuous encoders with a LED display: everytime you call up a new patch, fader positions won't reflect what's in the preset.

Just throwing this out there, but do you think the 2600 wasn’t the only synth Behringer and Korg discussed during that infamous meeting?

Perhaps the Behringer FM teaser yesterday was hinting at a DX7 clone and the OPSIX is Korg’s response.

I agree there is a rushed feeling about this design, the way the controls are shifted to the left, like this is a revision from an original 3 octave version (like Modal’s Argon8x config).

Whoever said 'kackbraun!' i am still laughing haha

Never a truer word said

This is the aspect I’m most excited for.

So these 32 algorithms will have a completely different behavior depending on what operator mode you select.

I wonder if there’ll a mod matrix, and if there’ll be any interesting operator modifiers such as lfos/step sequencers/arps.

My imaginary dream synth for years has been a poly with a ring mod as the primary osc of each voice. I always thought I’d have to study engineering to design it myself, never imagined something like it would become a reality.

The last time, as far as I can remember, Korg had something behind glass at NAMM was the Volca FM. And it was not in a state for demoing. I hope we get to hear this tomorrow but I think it's just a look-but-don't-touch for now.

Disagree, for this type of synth it's a perfecto design

It looks brilliant and comes with enough controls to keep anyone who has two hands happy

I bet they eventually release the opsix in a smaller form factor, like the wavestate. A simultaneous release of a 5 octave wavestate would be nice...

That Opsix is hella fascinating.

Now we know more it seems less of a weird decision. It differs from both the DX7 and MOD7 just enough that it can comfortably be it’s own thing.

You know what will be amazing though, if it's ready now.

I have no shame in saying its going to turn into a coin toss if this gives what I expect , the options for 2020 are already staggering

Closer inspection it's perfect, the split between visuals and controls is , I'm in love with a digital girl and I haven't even met her yet

Thinking more about it, the name OPsix makes total sense. It’s not really an FM synth at all, or at least, not entirely. It’s a polyphonic operator bank with 4 different synthesis models.

1)Classic FM
2)Ring Modulation
3)Wave Folding
4)Filter FM

A lot of people think about ring mod and folding as an effect, but this is going to be completely different. These are like komplex oscillators to the nth power.

I’m a bit confused about the wave folding model though, as the diagram doesn’t specify modulator and carrier, unlike the other 3 formulas, just ‘input/output’. Maybe someone who understands wavefolding better can chime in.

This looks highly interesting! Like DX7 but instead of just FM you can have there other operators in the algorithms. I hope it has more than one LFO .

It seems to be similar to "skirt" parameter on new Yamaha FM. So then it would provide means to transform operator's waveform beyond sine.

Wavefolding is a type of additive synthesis where you add harmonics by folding the wave (think of a type of waveshaper, instead of clipping it folds back inwards), thus adding spectral content. It is like the opposite of a filter. The wavefolder is common in west coast modular synthesizers such as Buchla and Serge.

It might be that the wavefolder in this synth kan be applied like feedback.

This is not MOD-7, but it might be even better in some ways! Sadly no waveshaping, and we don't know if it supports multisamples for operators like MOD-7 does, or if an operator can be audio input, but still... highly interesting!

That's neat. I wonder then if the wavefolder would be used in conjunction with the other models. Like, dynamically folding a carrier op in an algorithm using Ring Mod.

Hi

In digital wavefolding (aka waveshaping), the carrier is your input wave...it then gets phase modulated by a 0hz modulator wave that you can’t really change...some synths let you change the shape (saw, sine, etc) of this 0hz modulator but you can’t change the pitch/frequency of it.

Why is this you ask? Well, anything above 0hz becomes FM again. The illusion of wavefolding is lost and you instead get a very slow pitch LFO again.

It’s an odd phenomenon, and it’s not how it quite works in the analogue realm (where you’d use real physical circuits like rectifiers to distort a signal) but it’s very useful for synthesis.

An interesting case is the Yamaha SY/TG77. It doesn’t have advertised in-built wavefolding/waveshaping...but because the Operators go down to 0hz, you can set up all sorts of stuff, for instance, run a guitar sample through for some distortion, maybe add a few 0.1ish hz operators for some chorusing/pitch modulation.

Very exciting indeed. I hope it has tons of polyphony and the ability to stereospread/detune. At least 16 voices but prefferably double with at least 2 layers of multitimbral.

And be cheap. If it is all this and decent price I'm interested

Even more if it's a module with all the knobs

Any operator in an FM synth can act as an LFO. Say if you have a stack of 6. You can either use the carrier as an LFO by taking it to a fixed sub audio rate, and you will have vibrato on the whole sound. Or you can use modulators to make harmonic effects.

Few synthesizers are as beautiful as the DX7. The pink and teal buttons. The keyboard that feels great.

I wonder what the polyphony of this machine is going to be. I hope 32 voices minimum.