Yamaha GS-2, CE-20 & CE-25 FM Synthesizer deeper review incl. interview excerpts with Reinhold Heil

video upload by Knobs & Switches

"Here is now, corresponding to the full interview with Reinhold Heil, the deeper review about the pre-DX era with the Yamaha GS-2, the CE-20 and CE-25. All 4 Operator FM Synthesizer with excerpts from the knobs & nerds interview from 10.01.2025
Thanks again to Reinhold for his time and kindness.
The title track was completely made with only the GS-2 including the Drums!
further used equipment: Yamaha RX-7 & DX-21, Korg Drumlogue & Opsix, ISE-NIN, Simmons Trixer II, Behringer RD-8, Arturia Keystep Pro and a bunch of Pedals

https://de.yamaha.com/de/products/con...

complete interview: • Knobs & Nerds Interview with Reinhold... [posted here]

Reinhold´s site: https://reinholdheil.com/

New Solo Album: / freiheit-geilheit-m%c3%a4nnlichkeit

SPLIFF: https://spliffband.com/

Cosa Rosa Track with the use of the GS-2 and the CE-20: • Cosa Rosa - Bebop Ex Machina | 1983

https://synthark.com/Vintage/Synths.html"

Korg Opsix Module and Keystage Controller - All Playing, No Talking

video upload by Kraft Music

"Great bundle deals on Korg Opsix module here: https://kraftmusic.com/collections/ko...

Great bundle deals on Korg Keystage controller here: https://kraftmusic.com/collections/ko...

Adam B. from Kraft Music plays the Korg Opsix module (with Keystage controller), showing a variety of sounds. The Korg Opsix MkII is a digital synth like no other. Based on the sound engine of the original Opsix, the number of simultaneous voices and voicings has been expanded to 64 voices for superior performance and precise control. The Opsix Operator Mixer simplifies FM synthesis, making it comprehensible and controllable. With extra synthesis capabilities and programming, it offers an efficient workflow and rich sound across a vast spectrum. Opsix MkII is also fully compatible with the sounds and samples from both the original Opsix and the Opsix Native software. Opsix Module offers even more polyphony (80 voices) in a rackmount/desktop form factor.

Korg Keystage is the ultimate MIDI keyboard solution for producers and stage performers, putting unparalleled integration and control at your fingertips. Featuring a keybed with outstanding touch response, Polyphonic/Channel Aftertouch and MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression) compatibility, Keystage offers hands-on control and instant visual feedback through its parameter-dedicated OLED screens.

Get more for your money with an exclusive Korg Opsix Mk II or Opsix Module Altered FM synthesizer bundle from Kraft Music. These package deals include the accessories you'll need to get the most out of your new synth, all for one low price. If you have any questions, please contact us. Our knowledgeable Sales Advisors will be happy to assist in choosing the bundle that's right for you!"

Korg Opsix - "Meditation" Soundset (50 Presets)

video upload by LFOstore

"In these turbulent times we all need a sense of peace and harmony. Dive deeper in the world of "Meditation", a transcendent soundset crafted by renowned sound designer, OttO K. Schwarz, co-founder of the acclaimed LFO Store platform! Designed exclusively for the Korg Opsix (suitable for hardware and software editions), this collection of 50 meticulously curated presets invites you to explore serene soundscapes perfect for ambient storytelling, meditation and new age music, cinematic scoring and immersive electronica!

Features:
50 Exclusive Royalty-free Presets: Dive into a world of evolving pads, crystalline bells, spacy plucks, warm-fashioned leads, and hypnotic arpeggios—all designed to inspire calm, focus, and creativity;
Versatile Sound Design: Each preset balances delicate nuance with powerful modulation (modwheel, velocity, etc.) for instant playability;
Hardware + Software Compatible: Seamlessly integrates with both the Korg Opsix synth and the Opsix Native VST/AU plugin;
Instant Inspiration: Ideal for producers, composers, and sound designers seeking ready-to-use tools for ambient, chillout, New Age, or film/TV projects.

Please find the soundset here - https://ottolfo.sellfy.store/opsix/"

Korg Opsix 50 Sounds: Noisy Lead & Bass, Atmo Pad & Arp Demo

video upload by Anton Anru

"Korg Opsix - Voltage Rust is a collection of 50 patches where you can find dirty and detuned sounds, as well as atmospheric ones.
It includes: 9 Arps, 12 Basses, 7 Leads, 11 Pads, 11 Synths.
🗂 Due to its diverse selection, the bank is perfect for genres such as Techno, UK Garage, IDM, Intelligent or Atmospheric Jungle, Ambient, Deep, Breaks, Downtempo, and others.

📦 Get these presets: https://antonanru.sellfy.store/p/opsi...

The bank of presets was inspired by Alan Fitzpatrick, Oliver Huntemann, Floating Points, the jungle hits of the '90s, and the atmosphere of winter days.
🏮 Deep and rhythmic basses, atmospheric yet gritty leads, a variety of synths and arps, as well as deep pads—all this can be found in Voltage Rust!
👤 The author of the soundset is skendi (Arseniy Pushkov).

💡 Use the official application (Opsix Sound Librarian) by Korg to import the presets to your Opsix.
Use the latest firmware 3.1.2 or higher.
Inside the archive you will find .op6lib file, that contains all the 50 presets, and the folder with individual programs.
Compatible with all Opsix versions: hardware and software (VST/AU/NATIVE).

Contents:
00:00 PD Heaven Doors, BS Gearwheel, ARP Acid High, LD Atmosphere, BS Attack Reese
01:16 BS Dub, PD Rough, SY Ripped, BS Astro, SY Snowflakes
02:03 PD Humble, BS Dub, LD Atmo Trumpet, ARP Vintage
03:03 BS Astro, PD Heaven Doors, SY Dirty Crystals, SY Party Alone
03:51 PD Glassy, BS Dread, ARP Softy Saw
04:49 SY Rush, BS Gearwheel, SY Arabic, PD Heaven Doors
05:30 SY Smearing, BS Attack Reese, PD Wavy, LD Angry Universe, SY Smearing
06:17 PD Rough, ARP Low Battery, BS Powerful, PD Nagging Pain, LD Glitched Lo-Fi
07:17 BS Pacman, BS Storm, SY Metallic Face, SY Ripped, SY Broken Siren
08:10 PD Humble, BS Attack Reese, ARP Springy
09:01 PD Triplet, BS Powerful, ARP Digital Robot
09:40 LD Snowflakes, ARP Springy, PD Wavy, BS Storm
10:43 ARP New Times, BS Attack Reese, PD Dreamscape
11:26 LD Running, PD Humble, BS Mud Acid,"

opsix native Custom Patches [Bank 1] by synth_nyc

via SYNTH_NYC

"50 custom patches [Bank 1] for Korg opsix native synthesizer.

You can listen to them in high resolution (24bit 96kHz PCM WAV masters, FLAC encoded) on my site (optimized for Chrome on MacOS and Windows).

As usual, I’ve tried to highlight what I think is unique about opsix; like the multi-wave, Ring Modulation, Wave Folding but also the FX / WaveShaper Korg’s '01/W' synthesis. 95% of the patches use 6-Op.

Recorded on UA Apollo X hardware with mainly UAD-2 FX."

50 FREE Twisted Electrons twistFM Custom Factory Patches [Bank 1] by synth_nyc

via https://synthnyc.com

"Twisted Electrons commissioned me to create 50 Custom Factory Patches for twistFM v1.1

You can listen to them in high resolution (24bit 96kHz PCM WAV masters, FLAC encoded) on my site (optimized for Chrome on MacOS and Windows).

They are available for FREE Factory Patches as part of the twistFM v1.1 release and can be downloaded here. [zip file]

The DX7 mk1 was my first synth in 1984 and first experience with sound design, then I had owned many other FM synths: DX11, TX81Z, DX100, TX802, TX7, FS1R and today I own DX7V, OpSix native, OPS7 (and had owned FM7 and FM8) and twistFM.

IMHO twistFM is the lo-fi FM synth you want and what Yam should have made instead of the FS1R (those 90s VA filters were far from convincing IMHO). IMHO 4-Op is too few, 8-Op is too much and 6-Op is just the right balance between time to craft a preset and sound complexity.

In twistFM you have a solid 6-Op (multi-wave) FM foundation and then you can built-up on wonderful analog filters and spot on modulation options (LFOs, ENV, MW, AT/PAT, etc…).

I’m also grateful that -upon my suggestion- the creator implemented 3 core FM features: Keyboard Level Scaling, Keyboard Rate Scaling and Keyboard Velocity Sensitivity in v1.1 (which brings even more expressivity to twistFM) and grouped them in a new OPERATOR menu for a fast paced FM editing workflow.

In the 50 custom factory patches above, I’ve tried to highlight what I think is unique about twistFM but also showcase classic FM and analog (well hybrid) tones.
If you are looking for FM grit & dirt and powerful analog filters, search no more… twistFM packs it all and a load more innovation to keep you busy for a while.

I hope you’ll enjoy the FREE patches as much as I’ve enjoyed programming them.

Musically yours,

synth_nyc

PS: The preset track list numbering is different from the preset numbering in the synth.

synthesizer custom patches
https://synthnyc.com/"

Opsix mk II / Night Flight 4 / Ambient

video upload by Brad Shields

"A few adjustments to the Lonely Star patch. All effects are from the Opsix."

October 10th Aurora!

video upload by Jeremy Parker

"Another incredible lightshow in my own backyard on October 10th, 2024! According to PBS, 'South Africa’s National Space Agency (Sansa) told reporters that the storm had originated from a solar flare 'that erupted from sunspot 3842 on October 3.' It said this was the strongest Earth-facing solar flare recorded by Sansa in the past seven years and that the eruption briefly affected high-frequency radio communications, 'resulting in a total radio blackout over the African region which lasted for up to 20 minutes.'.' Original music featuring sounds of the Polybrute and Opsix... Enjoy!"

XU Sounddesign - Korg Opsix | Soundpack 5 "PARANOIA"

video upload by xu.sounddesign - dirk rohde

"This is the first demo of soundpack 5 "PARANOIA" with 50 (!!!) patches I have designed for the Korg Opsix and Opsix Native.

No external effects were used in the demos. All effects are internal effects of the Opsix. No other hardware was used. No compressor, no limiter, no equalizer, nothing, but the pure Opsix.

All in all there are 50 (!!!) new patches in the package with deep FM drones, pads, organic FM strings, landscapes, keys and base-sounds.

I designed all the sounds myself.All patches are fully compatible with the software-version "Opsix Native VST". You can load the soundpack into the Opsix MK1 and MK2.

If you´re interested in this soundpack 5 "PARANOIA" with 50 (!!!) FM patches for the Korg Opsix MK1 and MK2 and Opsix Native, please send me an email (xu.sounddesign@gmx.net).

Please check your spam-folder."

Strymon BigSky MX Dual Reverb Demo with Synth (Korg opsix)

video upload by Bonedo Synthesizers

Korg Opsix SE Platinum Limited Edition w/ Original Case & Box

Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.

via this listing

"Limited Edition Korg OPSIX SE Platinum Edition with Hard Case in mint condition."

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Quiet Saturdays - Episode 64 - Radioactive Pulse (Teo-5 / Liven Ambient / Pro-3 / V-Synth GT /)

video upload by Alba Ecstasy

"Episode 64 made with: Sonicware Liven Ambient 0, Oberheim TEO-5, Sequential PRO-3, Virus Ti2, Korg OPSIX, Korg Wavestate, Roland V-Synth GT 2.0."

Korg Opsix Demo

video upload by Panu M Savolainen

"Multitracked demo of Korg Opsix. Only factory patches and fx used.

Demo at Bandcamp:"

Opsix Arctic Shimmer - modulating Korg Opsix to the extreme!

video upload by SynthMorph

"Opsix Arctic Shimmer presents 80 presets and 15 Synthmorph modulation sequences for the powerful Korg Opsix "Altered FM" synthesizer.

Demo song presents several Synthmorph sequences."

https://www.synthmorph.com

Korg Opsix - "Orion Vol.5" 40 Presets and Sequences (Soundset)

video upload by LFOstore

"Lfo.store presents 'Orion Vol.5' soundset for Korg Opsix.

Buy: https://lfostore.sellfy.store/p/sr-ko...
More Korg Opsix presets: https://lfostore.sellfy.store/search/...

Orion is back!

Opsix is a powerful synthesizer with a lot of potential and an incredible variety of sounds that we will immerse ourselves in 'Orion Vol.5'

40 amazing presets and sequences are waiting for you!

In the bank you will find sequences, pads, arps, bass, poly, plucks, leads that will fill your compositions with new colors and emotions.

Cinematic, Electronic, Ambient, Retrowave, create new music worlds with Korg Opsix and 'Orion Vol.5'

We put all our effort & inspiration to make this patches suited for many genres & styles of electronic music.

Every patch of our soundset is musical & can be immediately used in your tracks & production.

Welcome to the universe of sounds."

KORG OPSIX - FM Altered Synth - Intro + Features + Tech Specs

video upload by David Thom Creations

"Quick overview on incoming Opsix, I go over the main features and tech specs plus the important Version 2.0 update. This is the original Opsix not the newer mark II version but there is very little difference apart from the increased polyphony."

Timestamps
0:00 Start
0:18 Intro
2:02 Opsix Overview
6:56 Version 2.0 Update + Sound Demo
10:11 Tech Specs
12:00 Luke's 2.0 Update Clip
13:36 Outro

Exploring opsix 2.0 New Features

Northern Lights May 10th, 2024

video upload by Jeremy Parker

"An incredible lightshow in my own backyard on May 10th, 2024! With the solar activity and possible aurora in the forecast, I thought I might see a little green in the distance, and it started that way, but then I was blown away. Original music featuring sounds of the Polybrute, Opsix and MiniKorg... Enjoy!"

Korg Opsix - "NK Bundle" 109 Organic Presets

video upload by LFOstore

"Lfo.store presents 'NK Bundle' soundset for Korg Opsix.

BUY: https://lfo.sellfy.store/p/korg-opsix...

Working both - Hardware & VST versions with instructions included.

Soundset includes all NK sounds previously released from "Cosmos", "Cinematica", "Cyberkorg"
soundsets

Opsix is a powerful synthesizer with great potential and an incredible variety of sounds that we will immerse in our Bundle set.

Wide collection of custom sounds - 109 amazing performances are waiting for you!

In this bank you will find all what you need for making original soundtrack:

Deep Soundscapes
Sparkling Arpeggios
Cinematic Sequences
Lushiest Pads
Massive Strings
Analog Basses
Analog Leads & Solo's
Edge Plucks
Rhythmic Grooves

That will fill your compositions with new colors and emotions.

By Nick Klimenko aka Chronos, a creator of 'Organica' for Waldorf Blofeld & 'WS Universe' for Korg Wavestation.

Instructions are inside the pack
Every patch of our soundset is musical & can be immediately used in your tracks & production.

Enjoy and may the music come with you!"

Entanglement

video upload by Martin Peters

"I have been noodling away on the guitar for quite a while now. Looking for new inspiration and musical insights. Doing this I sort of neglecting the synthesizers. I barely touched them since our last Beyond Berlin concert on E-Day in April 2023. In Januari I bought the Behringer Victor module and came up with this music. Last Thursday I switched the synths on again and the music was still in the Cirklon. I added some bits and recorded the music. What you see is the second take because in the first take the Minimoog solo's were not good enough.
It starts with a sequence on the Behringer Victor. Then the bass from the Synthesizers.com modular comes in. After that sequences from the Rob Hordijk OSC HRM, Oberheim SEM, Verbos Harmonic Oscillator, Korg Opsix and DSI Mopho are added. Strings are from the Waldorf Q Keyboard and the solo's from the Moog Minimoog."

HYDROLOGICS // Live Looping Synths : Jupiter-80, MS2000B, korg opsix, System-8

video upload by MR TUNA Music

"Kinda starts a little janky but then the Jupiter-80 solo comes in and blllaammmmmmmm.

Jared thinks it's 'very cool'"