Korg dw-6000
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The Korg
DW-6000 is a six note polyphonic hybrid synthesizer
with two digital oscillators and one analogue lowpass filter per voice. Its eight basic waveforms were originally generated through additive synthesis (DWGS in Korg's nomenclature), but there is no facility for editing their harmonic content by the user.
Patch editing is performed by the typical (for the time) method of selecting a parameter then using a single data slider to increment or decrement the value. Curiously, the factory patch names are written on the front panel, a trait more apt to be found on consumer keyboards rather than professional synthesizers. Another trait that belies the DW-6000's "budget" role, relative to its more capable and expensive fellow Korg unit Korg DW-8000
, is the lack of velocity sensitivity or aftertouch capabilities.
Korg
is a Japanese multinational corporation that manufactures electronic musical instruments, audio processors and guitar pedals, recording equipment, and electronic tuners...
DW-6000 is a six note polyphonic hybrid synthesizer
Synthesizer
A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
with two digital oscillators and one analogue lowpass filter per voice. Its eight basic waveforms were originally generated through additive synthesis (DWGS in Korg's nomenclature), but there is no facility for editing their harmonic content by the user.
Patch editing is performed by the typical (for the time) method of selecting a parameter then using a single data slider to increment or decrement the value. Curiously, the factory patch names are written on the front panel, a trait more apt to be found on consumer keyboards rather than professional synthesizers. Another trait that belies the DW-6000's "budget" role, relative to its more capable and expensive fellow Korg unit Korg DW-8000
Korg DW-8000
The Korg DW-8000 synthesizer was released to the buying public in late 1985 along with its cheaper stable mate the Korg DW-6000 synthesizer. The DW-8000 was an eight note polyphonic hybrid digital-analog synthesizer instrument...
, is the lack of velocity sensitivity or aftertouch capabilities.