Lavender Sea | Korg Opsix Ambient

[@epicon6]

FM synthesis is the most underrated and underused type of synthesis in music. I love how Korg has modernized FM sounds with the Opsix🎉

[@rbeny]

agreed, the Opsix is so good. I love that Korg allowed for a user-editable algorithm. the possibilities on this thing are wild and endless.

[@tcw8287]

As a newbie could I ask what does the FM stand for?

[@unisonosc1617]

frequency modulation@@tcw8287

[@-umbrarium]

@@tcw8287 Frequency Modulation, a type of synthesis.

[@ioflow]

gorgeous. sublime. astonishingly lovely. evocative and fragile, with a subtle, powerful, nuanced beauty. hidden depths and tides; the heart is a lavender sea. and on a technical level, this is such a fascinating, extraordinary showcase of FM synthesis. evolving, unfolding, otherworldly textures; yet grounded in hints of acoustic timbres.

[@kenb7540]

Beautiful performance 👏👏🎶

[@improziv]

Excellent work

[@druesenhieb]

Excellent piece of Sound Art 🔥🔥🔥

[@kptamc]

Very nice. Thank you for sharing.

[@benjaminmossman2918]

Love this performance! You mentioned perhaps putting the patch up in the description? Was wondering if that was still possible. I'd love to break down this patch and study it! Glad you're back making music. You've inspired me so much over the years.

[@mpd15]

Yeah that would be fantastic! I tried to recreate it too but havent been able to make the patch come alive like this :-)

[@rbeny]

thanks for the nice words! I keep meaning to share the patch, but need to read up on how to actually share patches from the Opsix.

[@LouisMrty]

It would be truly share gold

[@afterthewar54]

The opsix is a heck of a beast, and you coaxed quite a performance out of it. Very very well done.

[@robbmonn]

A thousand upvotes. Sounds like a continuation of Empty Grids, but all in one box? Stunning.

[@robbmonn]

Also: I love that this is a performance. Hands on the keyboard. Great work.

[@mwmusic29]

The opsix sounds magical here! Well done, and I look forward to more

[@cp99music]

there are so many little sonic details in this patch it’s insane. the karplus stuff is super surprising coming from this thing as well. so stoked you’re back!

[@drouk22]

your music with fractal 3d video is.....magnifique ! awesome !

[@philxdev]

pretty nice composition on that OPSIX. So many possibilities with that machine and I really like how it works with other gear giving that "component" that is missing in the mix.. not really "warm" but harsh, clear, and complex.

[@Alphonso_026]

Good to have you and your swells back 🙏🏼🙌🏼

[@Kmuggle]

I've always appreciated your work ... I'm glad your back!

[@orcapodmedia]

Sorcery. I love it.

[@pianoyan]

Beautiful. Like long, slow, ocean swells.

[@amuletsmusic]

good to have you back friend!

[@jeffreyhaspiel8489]

Stellar composition! I really like the transition from the almost "Christian Fennesz" like opening section to the cavernous harp/guitar parts in the middle that morphs into that disintegrating string movement (That is the best I can do to describe what I am hearing). I got my first synth back in 1981, and people always talk about the "good old days of synths" (when in reality they never stayed in tune, most had shoddy build quality, and they cost an arm and a leg) . I dare to say that NOW is the golden age of synths! I have a monstrous DX5 sitting in my studio, which I run through a Meris Mercury 7. Honestly, this Opsix sounds much much better....and at a fraction of the cost and size (Korg just put them on sale for $329.........I had to get one)

[@InvertedPopesMusic]

Good to see you back. Great return soundscape and that Opsix does sound really good. I could be tempted now.

[@danielbaker1273]

Happy to have you back!

[@thenarproject7186]

WOW! Pleased To see You Back!

[@desolate_horizons]

Beautiful piece.

[@sammi3521]

HE'S BACK!!!!

[@wideboy71]

Missed you friend - beautiful sounds

[@TerekkiTerekki]

Great to see you back Austin

[@Andreas-hp3se]

Welcome back! You're always missed

[@drangusgrangus]

the King is back! long live the King!

[@ebasswah]

The first 2 and a half minutes are soooo filthy powerful :-O

[@t1d3s]

Woahh super powerful synth... especially in your hands! Bravo dude and I hope things continue to get better for you, take good care 🙏

[@luisrumbolo6466]

Glad to see you back. What a track!

[@crybo]

Bought a Peak because of you! Love what you’ve done here! Beautiful as always!

[@cloudrun654]

Always an inspiration. Thanks, Brother.

[@Vincent-sy9sn]

r beny returns with another wonderful soundscape... Superb as always and I'm now eagerly awaiting your next upload ☺

[@jutubjestzlem]

Good stuff!

[@FieldLinesCartographer]

Amazing as ever Austin. You just make every synth you touch a 'must have' though :-)

[@jammystraub488]

I really enjoyed that, thank you!

[@constantshapes2635]

So stoked to see a new r beny video - thank you!

[@humanage1547]

glad you're back here! love that physical modeling string-ish sound

[@rbeny]

the comb filters alone sound pretty good on this thing. gets really fun when putting filters and wave shapers in the feedback path - more to share soon!

[@piggehpumped7959]

Glad to have you back :)

[@ReplicantSocial]

Quite happy to see your return! The Opsix is a recent favorite, lovely to hear what you can get out of it.

[@krzysztofmierzwinski8468]

Good to have u back. U did great job there. Hope u doing fine man. U r the reason I picked up a synthesizer. Can't wait for more

[@MyModularMusic]

So warm...

[@CapriciousBlackBox]

Sounds *massive.*

[@joanofworms]

Fantastic sea of sounds ! Thank you :)

[@sentimental7167]

Thumbs up for the amazing second half.

[@Probbie]

Wow, that's superb 👏 👏👏

[@syncdestroyer]

Wow, I finally listened to your interview on Podular Modcast yesterday and now this happens!!! So good to hear you're doing well and making inspiring music again!

[@grandadze]

That was a trip!

[@ffz8262]

Beautiful!

[@matsewunderlich]

Beautiful 🍀 love the Track at 02:40

[@paulcollins5586]

Awesome.

[@Zepheriah]

Much strength to you in getting through hard times. And it's wonderful to be hearing your music again! It's always a delight and an adventure.

[@star.trails]

this is amazing! Such a heavy patch

[@IOSISDRONE]

This is really fucking lovely man. Thanks for sharing.

[@ArturSekura]

Great!

[@JCobo-mx4wf]

He's back! :')

[@mrode]

Amazing work as always and it's such a pleasure to have you back. I'm always impressed with the sounds you can get out of these things. Best of luck with 2022 and take care of yourself!

[@scttcmpbll]

Just ordered one 😎

[@silversulu]

He’s baaack…

[@chadsix4838]

wow, this is an amazing ambient track, hoping this year goes easier for ya!

[@Raku777]

Thanks for sharing and welcome back. The previous year was rough for myself as well, as I lost my entire music studio and my house in the wild fires that happened in Oregon. Happily, Modal Electronics had gifted me an Argon 8 (I lost 4 of their synths in the wild fire) and I hope to have the studio up and running soon. I have been playing with the synth some and find that it does replace the more modular set up that I have before and is good enough. I am happy to hear you tweak the very good semi-modular synth you picked up and find it very encouraging.

[@rbeny]

so sorry to hear about the loss of your house and studio. hope you are back up and running soon!

[@drouk22]

nothing will surpass: Electribe 2 | Ambient XII

[@memskew]

Subconsciously delicious.

[@bretts545]

Can you explain this patch a bit? I really love the depth, sounds like 3 or more synths.

[@rbeny]

lots of FM feedback via the user algorithm menu and creative use of keyboard split. you can assign different keyboard splits to each of the operators, which kind of fakes multi-timbrality. I wish you could just assign different MIDI channels to each operator though. I've been meaning to post this patch in the description for people to download and use. soon.

[@arcsibo]

Still an amazing patch. Do you have patches that I can buy? :)

[@rbeny]

thank you. not currently, but it is a future possibility. check back in the description later this week - I'll upload the patches used in this piece to dropbox (iirc it was 2 patches, but I may have just ending up using 1 for the track)

[@arcsibo]

@@rbeny

[@SquarepulseMusic]

This patch is so beautifully dense and magical. I feel like it sounds like a storm cloud forming. So happy to see some new tunes coming from you. Are you still in the bay area? I'll never forget that show with Ciani, you killed it.

[@rbeny]

indeed still in the Bay Area. that was quite the night and I'm still supremely honored I got to have a small part in it.

[@somethingintheuniverse760]

It's brilliant. How do you manage to get this "noisy random vibration & instability" effect during the first 2 minutes ? (à la Cortini) ? Anyway : bravo Maestro.

[@rbeny]

thank you for the kind words. the noisy intro stuff is due to FM feedback! I set up two operators to modulate each other in the user algorithm section, thus creating a modulation feedback loop. I got the idea after reading about Ben Frost using FM feedback on his last album.

[@thejazzjaime]

Lovely! Is it easier to create ambient scapes on the Opsix than on the Wavestate? Thanks in advance.

[@rbeny]

that is the case I found, though I'm sure it might be different from person to person. Opsix is definitely an ambient sound designers dream, so far my favorite implementation of FM in hardware. I also found the UI on Opsix much easier to work with. I only had Wavestate for a few weeks and never really found a workflow that felt quick to me. Opsix's workflow is pretty good, albeit with some quirks, but nothing you need to reach the manual for.

[@thejazzjaime]

@@rbeny sounds like a dream. Thanks for the details and keep up the amazing work 🙏

[@psy.visual]

Very nice! Are you using some external effect pedal or only synth?

[@rbeny]

100% Opsix. the internal effects on Opsix are surprisingly good, even with shallow control

[@Almanacs]

Hey rbeny! Glad to see/hear you back! Is that distortion generated only with fm feedback or is it an additional fx?

[@rbeny]

thanks! it's the fm feedback here - really fun to experiment with and try to wrangle. one turn of the wrong knob and it can go off the rails fast. but that delicate balance where it seems like it's about to spill over is where it's at

[@Almanacs]

@@rbeny very interesting! Hard to choose between this and Modwave. Thanks for sharing!

[@kh884488]

This sounds amazing. Are you running this through any external effects, or are all of these sounds from the Opsix?

[@rbeny]

thank you! this is 100% Opsix. the internal effects are surprisingly good

[@kh884488]

@@rbeny Thanks! I've been enjoying the 4 operator Yamaha Reface DX, but I may just need to sell that and go for the OpSix. Amazing work! Thanks for sharing!

[@jcfeatherston1278]

Thank you r beny*

[@Trollberg]

Dungeon metal

[@pinocarella_00]

con la FM si può fare tutto. Basta saperlo fare.

[@spellerlittlewing]

Yes something different than this every day crap

[@novachord1]

Beautiful!