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Table of Contents

Introduction .......................................................................... 6

1. Main Features ...............................................................................6
2. About the sound generator of the opsix ....................................7

Operator (modulator, carrier) .................................................................................................................... 7
Algorithms ........................................................................................................................................................ 7
Operator modes ............................................................................................................................................. 7

3. Block Diagram ............................................................................11

Panel description and functions ....................................... 12

1. Front panel ..................................................................................12
2. Rear panel connections ..............................................................15

Connecting the AC adapter ......................................................................................................................15
Other connections .......................................................................................................................................15

Operation Guide ................................................................. 17

1. Turning the power on/off ...........................................................17

Turning the opsix On ..................................................................................................................................17
Turning the opsix Off ..................................................................................................................................17
Auto Power-Off .............................................................................................................................................18

2. Playing the opsix ........................................................................19

Selecting a program to use when playing ..........................................................................................19
Using the analyzer .......................................................................................................................................20
Performing with the arpeggiator ...........................................................................................................21

3. Editing the programs .................................................................23

Summary of Contents for opsix

Page 1: ...E 1 Owner s Manual...

Page 2: ...dapter 15 Other connections 15 Operation Guide 17 1 Turning the power on off 17 Turning the opsix On 17 Turning the opsix Off 17 Auto Power Off 18 2 Playing the opsix 19 Selecting a program to use whe...

Page 3: ...TCH 44 PITCH OP1 6 Operator Pitch 44 P MOD OP1 6 Operator Pitch Modulation 45 OPERATORS LEVEL EG 46 EG OP1 6 Operator Level EG 46 KTRK OP1 6 Operator Level Key Track 47 L MOD OP1 6 Operator Level Modu...

Page 4: ...rtual Patch Source List 81 Virtual Patch Destination List 82 Effect Parameter List 84 Appendix 88 Connecting the opsix to a MIDI device or computer 88 Connecting a computer or MIDI device 88 MIDI rela...

Page 5: ...der to publicly perform record broadcast sell and duplicate or in connection with activities which constitute fair use under copyright law If you are not the copyright holder have not received permiss...

Page 6: ...riety of sounds You can use the OPERATOR MIXER with sliders and knobs to directly control the parameters of each Operator This is useful for intuitive editing and making dynamic sound changes when you...

Page 7: ...nerator the combination of the roles and connections of the Operators is called an algorithm Selecting an algorithm is a good starting point for creating sound The opsix sound generator includes six O...

Page 8: ...width of the oscillator waveform Typical program 053 Strum Down 232 TMP 2OP FM Ring Mod Oscillator Rectifier Output Modulator DEPTH 1 DEPTH Modulating the amplitude of a signal creates tremolo Ring m...

Page 9: ...Typical program 100 Formant Pad 229 TMP Reso Noise Filter FM Oscillator Filter Output Modulator CUTOFF Pitch Frquency TYPE RESO Modulating a filter s cutoff with an LFO creates an effect like a wah pe...

Page 10: ...fect The wave folder circuit generates harmonics by inverting the waveform of the input signals from the oscillator and the modulator at a fixed threshold The OSCMIX parameter controls the amount of t...

Page 11: ...Operator Operator Operator Operator Filter EG2 EG1 Algorithm LFO 1 Pitch Level EG Key Track LFO 2 Operator 1 6 FX1 FX2 FX3 LFO 3 EG3 Motion Sequencer Arpeggiator Note Sequencer Note Keyboard OUTPUT M...

Page 12: ...down the SHIFT button to change the Operator modes See Editing with the OPERATOR MIXER p 23 4 LEVEL OP 1 6 sliders These sliders change the output level of each Operator Operate the sliders while hold...

Page 13: ...e button This begins randomized editing Hold down the SHIFT button while pressing this button to initialize the program See Randomized editing p 24 15 WRITE button Saves the settings for the edited pr...

Page 14: ...sequencer is stopped this will begin step recording and when the sequencer is playing back this will begin real time recording 24 CLEAR button When the step sequencer is playing back the sequence will...

Page 15: ...he DC plug loop the AC adapter cord onto the Cord Hook Do not use excessive force when pulling the cord off the hook Doing so may damage the plug 3 Connect the plug of the AC adapter to an AC outlet B...

Page 16: ...hat the pedal is not held down when connected or while turning on power MIDI device MIDI IN OUT connectors Use these connectors to connect the opsix to an external MIDI device for exchanging MIDI mess...

Page 17: ...el power button Once the opsix logo appears in the display release the power button 2 Turn on any amplification devices such as powered monitor speakers and then adjust their volume Adjust the opsix s...

Page 18: ...psed without use of the front panel keyboard or MIDI input Disabling the auto power off function 1 Hold down the SHIFT button and press the EFFECT GLOBAL button 2 Use the DATA ENTRY A knob to select S...

Page 19: ...the NO button Tip Press the PAGE and buttons shown in the program list to switch sounds one at a time 4 To change the tonal range of the keyboard press the OCTAVE button You can change the octave wit...

Page 20: ...banks from A to D and you can register 16 programs corresponding to the STEP 1 16 buttons per bank Registering a favorite Press the SEQUENCER FAVORITES button to select FAVORITES After selecting a pr...

Page 21: ...see PTRN Arp Pattern p 56 3 When you hold down the ARPEGGIATOR button Arpeggiator Run Latch will appear in the display and the latch function will be enabled The arpeggiator will keep playing even if...

Page 22: ...tch the tempo you want to set You can also set a tempo value with the TEMPO A knob parameter on the SEQ page Changing the arpeggio pattern 1 Press the MODE ARP button while holding down the SHIFT butt...

Page 23: ...s and the brightness of the sound or the position of harmonics changes for the modulators Raising the pitch of a modulator will emphasize the sparkling harmonics that are characteristic of FM tone gen...

Page 24: ...of the effect Randomized editing This sets the current program s parameters in the selected scope to random values Use this to find new inspiration when you are creating sounds 1 Press the button to...

Page 25: ...e through them 3 You can edit the parameters for each Operator on the MODE PITCH and LEVEL pages Use the OP SELECT and buttons to select the Operator to edit Select the Operator to edit using the OP S...

Page 26: ...rameter List p 84 Saving a program Save any programs to the opsix that you have edited Any edits you make will be lost if you turn off the power of the opsix or select a different program before savin...

Page 27: ...nt program if you wish to keep the original program Tip Press the NO button to cancel 5 Press the YES button to save the program The program will be saved and the message Write Completed will be shown...

Page 28: ...will appear in the display Tip Press the NO button to cancel 3 Save your edits or the entire program as necessary Canceling the program edits You can cancel all edits made to a program and revert the...

Page 29: ...er mode is a feature that resets the sequence each time a key is pressed and transpose the notes according what key was pressed Notes can be recorded in real time or in step mode Motions can be record...

Page 30: ...link 3 Use the STEP 1 16 buttons to select the steps to input The STEP buttons that you select will blink 4 Press one or more keys on the keyboard at the same time to record one or more notes at the c...

Page 31: ...tion on SEQ UTIL Sequencer Utility p 61 Note When you record the motion sequences of knobs and sliders that you have already recorded the data previously recorded will be overwritten 4 After the set n...

Page 32: ...ns while the REC button is lit or while the SEQUENCER page is displayed the step corresponding to the button you pressed will be selected and the SEQ NOTE page will display See SEQ NOTE Sequencer Note...

Page 33: ...n 2 Press the PAGE and buttons to display the MOTION page 3 Use the DATA ENTRY A knob to select the lane you wish to edit The selected lane is shown in highlighted text on the left side of the display...

Page 34: ...HPF24 MG BPF6 MG BPF12 MS 20 LPF MS 20 HPF p 42 E CUTOFF Cutoff 50 0 50 0 semi p 42 F RESO Resonance 0 100 p 42 Filter C OSC MIX OSC Mix Level 0 100 p 42 Wave Folder B GAIN Gain 0 100 p 43 C OSC MIX O...

Page 35: ...49 B DECAY Decay Time 0 msec 90 000 sec p 49 C REL Release Time 0 msec 90 000 sec p 49 E SUS Sustain Level 0 100 p 49 F CURVE Curve 0 LIN 1 9 10 EXP p 49 EG3 A ATK Attack Time 0 msec 90 000 sec p 49 B...

Page 36: ...ect Parameter List p 55 D ENABLE Enable Off On p 55 B FX EDIT 1 Effect Parameter List p 55 C FX EDIT 2 Effect Parameter List E FX EDIT 3 Effect Parameter List F FX EDIT 4 Effect Parameter List ARP ARP...

Page 37: ...TRAGET MTN LANE1 6 B FUNC Function CLEAR DUP COPY VALUE COPY CURVE SET VALUE SET CURVE ASSIGN RAMP ASSIGN SAW ASSIGN TRI ASSIGN TRI ASSIGN SINE ASSIGN SQR AS SIGN RAND p 61 CLEAR p 62 DUP C REPEAT 1...

Page 38: ...C DEST Dest Scope Virtual Patch Source List p 65 F DEST Destination Virtual Patch Destination List MISC PROG PITCH A TRANS Transpose 12 12 semi p 66 B BEND Pitch Bend Up 60 60 semi p 66 C LFO1 LFO1 In...

Page 39: ...ff On p 72 Rx Pitch Bend Off On p 72 Tx Transport Off On p 72 Tx Prog Chg Off On p 72 Tx CC Off On p 72 Tx Pitch Bend Off On p 72 CTRL Velocity Curve 1 9 p 73 Prog Chg Lock Off Shift Home p 73 Knob Mo...

Page 40: ...ickly the note starts for all Operators DECAY Decay Release Sets the decay release time how quickly the note fades out for all Operators FX1 2 3 These adjust the most important parameters of each effe...

Page 41: ...ack Adjusts the amount of self feedback from the Operator When WAVE is set to SIN the sound will become brighter the closer that the feedback value gets to 75 sounding more like a sawtooth wave When t...

Page 42: ...produces a fully rectified waveform The higher the value the brighter the tone will sound When MODE is set to FLTR Filter Filters the input signal to cut out a specified tonal range You can also mix...

Page 43: ...used in the Operator CUTOFF Cutoff Although the filter cutoff frequency changes with the modulator s input signal the center frequency changes along with the oscillator pitch so you can use this para...

Page 44: ...ose Shifts the oscillator pitch in semitones over a range of 1 octave This setting is enabled only when FREQ Frequency Mode is set to RATIO When FREQ is FIXED x100 x1 x0 01 This sets the oscillator fr...

Page 45: ...t to determine the amount of pitch modulation See Control Source List p 78 CTRL LFO1 Ctrl Src Selects the modulation source that controls the LFO1 Int The value selected here is multiplied with LFO1 L...

Page 46: ...tain level REL Release Time This sets how long it takes the envelope to fall to 0 after releasing a note LEVEL OP Level Sets the output level of the Operator This is the same parameter controlled by t...

Page 47: ...Operator s output level will be When this is set to a negative value the higher notes will produce correspond ingly lower output levels L CRV Low Curve This sets how the effect will change as you play...

Page 48: ...the LFO1 VEL Velocity Sens This sets how the effect applied to the Operator s output level will change with the velocity CTRL LFO1 Ctrl Src Selects the modulation source that controls the LFO1 Int The...

Page 49: ...d to anything but can be connected with V Patch ATK Attack Time DECAY Decay Time REL Release Time SUS LV Sustain Level CURVE See EG OP1 6 Operator Level EG p 46 LFO1 OP Operators LFO2 FLTR Filter LFO3...

Page 50: ...result S H Sample Hold This is a typical sample hold waveform on which the level changes at random in fixed intervals S RND LVTIME StepRnd Lvl Time Randomly changes the level and timing S RND TIME St...

Page 51: ...with each note on and modulation will be applied in differing phases to each voice Note on Note on 1VOICE 2VOICE PHASE This sets the phase when the LFO is reset When this is set to RND the LFO will s...

Page 52: ...intage phonograph sounds With higher resonance settings it can create buzzy or nasal timbres BRF6 BRF12 These are also called notch filters because of the dip in the midrange levels Only the parts of...

Page 53: ...ion may occur within the filter when RESO Resonance is set to a high value This may cause the oscillation to continue even after note off To avoid this kind of oscillation use V Patch to control the r...

Page 54: ...higher notes When this is set to a negative value the cutoff frequency correspondingly decreases for higher notes A setting of 1 00 will make the cutoff frequency change with the same slope as the ke...

Page 55: ...onnected in a series FX Effect Type Selects the effect type ENABLE Switches the effect on off You can listen and compare how the effects sound by switching them on and off Effect Parameter 1 4 This co...

Page 56: ...and will keep going even after the note is released PTRN Arp Pattern This parameter specifies the note pattern of the arpeggiator MANUAL The arpeggio is played in the order that note on signals held d...

Page 57: ...played randomly TRIGGER The notes you hold down will be played simultaneously at the tempo and RESO timing RESO Resolution This controls the speed of the Arpeggiator GATE Gate Time This sets the lengt...

Page 58: ...eps advance during playback Forward Makes the sequencer play back forward Backward Makes the sequencer play back in reverse Bounce Makes the sequencer play back forward and then in reverse Center Play...

Page 59: ...percentage of the step length Increasing the RESO Resolution lets you easily create the timings often used in hip hop and neo soul music as well as sounds like strumming and flams ACTIVE Sets whether...

Page 60: ...ted lane to the next step You can select Step no curve Exponential Linear or Logarithmic To make smooth changes to the parameters select either Exponential Linear or Logarithmic On the other hand for...

Page 61: ...D simply adds or subtracts from the existing velocity SET overwrites the existing velocity and SCALE multiplies the existing velocity by the VALUE parameter NUDGE Shifts the sequence forward or backwa...

Page 62: ...END to the same CURVE ASSIGN RAMP This changes the VALUE for the range that you selected using START and END and creates a waveform Use SCALE to set the gain and polarity and OFFSET to set the up dow...

Page 63: ...The glide effect will be disabled and notes will always play at their correct pitch On The pitch will change smoothly between notes Legato The pitch will change smoothly between notes only when playin...

Page 64: ...64 Voices 3 Detune 24 Voices Detune 1 12 2 0 3 12 Voices 4 Detune 24 Voices Detune 1 12 2 4 3 4 4 12 SPREAD Unison Spread SPREAD Unison Spread lets you create a wider stereo field when using Unison...

Page 65: ...ced by the modulation source CTRL Mod Ctrl Src Selects the modulation source that controls Mod Int The source value selected here is multiplied with Mod Int to determine the depth of the modulation ef...

Page 66: ...oint For normal pitch bend set this to a positive value BEND Pitch Bend Down This sets the maximum amount of pitch bend in semitones when you move wheel below the center point For normal pitch bend se...

Page 67: ...ets you use the changes in LEVEL Program Level to affect the feedback as well creating complex effects PHASE OSC Phase This sets this oscillator s phase for each note on as follows SYNC Sets the oscil...

Page 68: ...ow shows whether the Operator itself will output to the filter of the next row indicates that it will output and X indicates that it will not output x y OPx OPy This sets the modulation signal level s...

Page 69: ...nd so on Select the function and Operator and then press the YES button to execute FUNC Selects the function you want to execute COPY OP Copies all of an Operator s parameters COPY EG Copies only the...

Page 70: ...ng for the entire opsix in one cent units semitone 100 cents over a range of 50 cents When the value is set to 0 cents A4 is equal to 440 Hz Transpose Adjusts the overall pitch of notes you play on th...

Page 71: ...eceived tempo related features will not function Auto This combines the functionality of Internal and External so that you don t have to manually switch between the two If MIDI Clocks are not being re...

Page 72: ...Received MIDI IN Rx Transport Sets whether start and stop messages which are MIDI real time messages will be received Rx Prog Chg Selects whether MIDI program change messages will be received Rx CC S...

Page 73: ...ting allows you to limit this feature This prevents you from accidentally changing the program when you are focused on editing or playing a certain sound Off Program changes will always be allowed Shi...

Page 74: ...om getting out of rhythm by lining up the timing of the sequencer steps quantizing when using the step jump or key trigger function The operation will be immediately reflected when this is OFF but set...

Page 75: ...ut use of the front panel keyboard or MIDI input You can disable this feature if desired When the power turns off any un saved edits or settings will be lost Make sure that you save important settings...

Page 76: ...76 Algorithm List 1 2 3 34 4 5 38 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 35 36 13 14 37 15 16 33 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 39 40 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32...

Page 77: ...ates the first three harmonics of a square wave ADTV TRI3 Additive Tri3 Generates the first three harmonics of a triangle wave ADTV 12345 Additive 12345 Generates an amplitude equal to the first throu...

Page 78: ...l PITCH WHEEL Pitch Wheel PITCH WHL Pitch Wheel PITCH WHL Pitch Wheel PEDAL Damper Pedal NOTE Note Number VEL Velocity EXP VEL Exp Velocity REL VEL Release Velocity EG1 EG1 Pitch EG2 EG2 Filter EG3 EG...

Page 79: ...the ALGO page This controls the relative decay and release times for all Operators GLIDE MODE Glide Mode GLIDE TIME Glide Time UNISON VOICES Unison Voices UNISON DETUNE Unison Detune UNISON SPREAD Uni...

Page 80: ...WAVE Wave SPEED Speed SYNC SPEED Sync Speed FADE Fade FILTER Filter CUTOFF Cutoff RESO Resonance FX1 3 FX1 3 Effect parameters 1 4 Depends on the effect type ARP Arpeggiator RUN Run PTRN Pattern RESO...

Page 81: ...plied at a steep curve with higher velocity values REL VEL Release Velocity The effect will be applied according to release velocity how quickly you release the key after you play a note EG LFO EG LFO...

Page 82: ...SON VOICES Unison Voices UNISON DETUNE Unison Detune UNISON SPREAD Unison Spread OP1 6 Operator1 6 PITCH Pitch COARSE RATIO Coarse Ratio OCT Octave TRANS Transpose LEVEL Level ATK TIME Attack Time DEC...

Page 83: ...83 Scope Destination Notes Display Full name Display Full name ARP Arpeggiator RESO Resolution GATE Gate Time OCT Octave SEQ Sequencer SWING Swing...

Page 84: ...e the PHASE parameter to shift the left and right LFOs for control of how the sound spreads out PAN PAN e Auto Pan Auto Pan BPM B DEPTH Depth 0 100 C TYPE Waveform Type Triangle Sine Vintage Up Down S...

Page 85: ...0 20 000 Hz This effect uses an LFO to shift the cutoff frequency of the low pass filter Effective for adding a sense of motion to a phrase 3EQ 3 Band EQ B 1 LOW Band1 Low Gain 18 0 18 0 dB C 3 HIGH B...

Page 86: ...hanges in volume of the input signal Only signals that exceed the specified level will be compressed which brings down unnecessary peaks in sound The THRE parameter sets the level at which the compres...

Page 87: ...rb type F TONE Tone 500 20000 Hz A smooth high definition reverb with a natural echoing sound A Space type is also available with a long pre delay and release to add to the standard Room Hall Chamber...

Page 88: ...en MIDI cables are used to connect two or more MIDI devices performance data can be exchanged between the devices even if they were made by different manufacturers A USB cable can also be used to conn...

Page 89: ...IDI OUT connector to the external MIDI tone generator s MIDI IN connector using a MIDI cable MIDI OUT MIDI IN opsix MIDI tone generator Controlling the opsix from an external MIDI device If you want t...

Page 90: ...or from the opsix Tip It s convenient to use the USB jack when connecting the opsix to a personal computer opsix Computer MIDI IN MIDI IN MIDI OUT MIDI OUT MIDI interface MIDI related settings MIDI ch...

Page 91: ...tor On the MIDI page of the GLOBAL page group set Clock p 71 to Intern Internal to make the opsix the master This will make the opsix transmit MIDI timing clocks Configure the external MIDI device to...

Page 92: ...conditions must be met in order to receive system exclusive messages from the DX7 The messages must include a complete bank of 32 DX7 sounds Messages containing only one sound cannot be loaded The sy...

Page 93: ...data is less than 4 104 bytes or if the SysEx header is not in DX7 Program Bank format the data cannot be loaded Data contains unsupported data Although the header is correct the file cannot be loade...

Page 94: ...le holding down the SHIFT button and the WRITE RECALL button turn the opsix on Factory Reset will be shown on the display 3 When the message What do you want to reset is displayed turn the PROGRAM kno...

Page 95: ...5 6 If the following message is displayed turn the power of the opsix off and back on again The factory set default data will be reloaded and the opsix will be restored to its factory set default stat...

Page 96: ...meter value may be different from the position indicated by the knob p 73 If the edited program has not remained in memory You may have turned off the power before the data was saved In the case of pr...

Page 97: ...the HOME ALGO page to make the notes stop that are now playing The sound is distorted Depending on the current program and how you are playing having the VOLUME knob set to a large value may cause th...

Page 98: ...Plucker Keyboard KORG Inc 44 Reso Phase Clav Keyboard Minoru Koike 45 Clav O Frog Keyboard Minoru Koike No Name Category Programmer 46 Pulse Clav Keyboard KORG Inc 47 WahTalk Keyboard Luke Edwards 48...

Page 99: ...Bell Decay Minoru Koike 134 Zen Chime Bell Decay Francis Preve 135 Crystal Bells Bell Decay Richard Devine 136 4 Bar Alterations Bell Decay Matt Pike 137 Ambi Sines Bell Decay Francis Preve 138 Festiv...

Page 100: ...VROMM 221 Agua de las cavernas SFX Perc VROMM 222 A bit dirty SFX Perc VROMM 223 Random Textures SFX Perc Richard Devine 224 Hot Revs SFX Perc Luke Edwards 225 INFINITY SFX Perc Tomohiro Nakamura 226...

Page 101: ...1 2 Cycles B12 42 FM Syntar B13 96 Star Pad B14 146 FM Wind Chime B15 32 Playable Bell B16 223 Random Textures No Prog Name C01 106 Lush Pad C02 206 Cosmic Pluck C03 72 Faded Pad C04 21 Original FM EP...

Page 102: ...p Saw Up Step4 Triangle Step6 Triangle Step4 Saw Down Step6 Saw Down StepRnd Time StepRnd Lvl Time StepRnd Level Random Time Random Lvl Time Triangle Saw Down Saw Up Square V Patch 12 routings Effect...

Page 103: ...54 Weight 2 9 kg 6 93 lbs Included items AC adapter Precautions Quick Start Guide Accessories sold separately DS 1H damper pedal PS 1 pedal switch PS 3 pedal switch Specifications and appearance are...

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