Owner’s Manual E 1 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 Editing with the OPERATOR MIXER ........................................................................................................23 Easy program editing .................................................................................................................................24 Randomized editing....................................................................................................................................24 Detailed editing ............................................................................................................................................25 Saving a program .........................................................................................................................................26 Initializing a program..................................................................................................................................28 Canceling the program edits ...................................................................................................................28 2 4. Using the step sequencer...........................................................29 How the sequencer works ........................................................................................................................29 Playback and recording on the step sequencer................................................................................30 Step recording ...............................................................................................................................................30 Recording motions to the motion sequencer with the knobs and sliders ..............................31 Editing sequence data ................................................................................................................................31 Parameter Guide ................................................................. 34 List of parameters ............................................................................34 HOME/ALGO .....................................................................................40 HOME/ALGO (Home/Algorithm) ............................................................................................................40 OPERATORS: MODE ..........................................................................41 MODE: OP1...6 (Operator Mode) .............................................................................................................41 OPERATORS: PITCH ..........................................................................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 Modulation) .....................................................................................48 MOD ..................................................................................................49 EG1 PITCH, EG2 FLTR (Filter), EG3 (Assignable) ..................................................................................49 LFO1 OP (Operators), LFO2 FLTR (Filter), LFO3 (Assignable) .........................................................49 FILTER ................................................................................................52 FILTER ................................................................................................................................................................52 FLTR MOD (Filter Modulation) .................................................................................................................54 EFFECT ..............................................................................................55 FX 1, 2, 3 (Effect 1, 2, 3) ...............................................................................................................................55 ARP (Arpeggiator) ............................................................................56 ARPEGGIATOR ................................................................................................................................................56 SEQ (Sequencer) ...............................................................................58 SEQUENCER ....................................................................................................................................................58 SEQ NOTE (Sequencer Note) ....................................................................................................................59 MOTION ...........................................................................................................................................................60 SEQ UTIL (Sequencer Utility) ....................................................................................................................61 VOICE ................................................................................................63 VOICE (Voice Assign) ...................................................................................................................................63 3 V.PATCH .............................................................................................65 V.PATCH 1...12 (Virtual Patch 1...12) ........................................................................................................65 MISC ..................................................................................................66 PROG PITCH (Program Pitch) ....................................................................................................................66 PROG MISC (Program Misc) ......................................................................................................................67 USER ALG (User Algorithm) ......................................................................................................................67 OP UTIL (Operator Utilities) ......................................................................................................................69 GLOBAL .............................................................................................70 TUNE .................................................................................................................................................................70 MIDI ...................................................................................................................................................................70