Vintage Synth Explorer

Korg • DW-6000

Korg's first digitally controlled analog synth hybrid; 8 sampled digital waveforms, analog resonant filter with separate VCF and VCA ADBSSR envelopes. Parameters can be altered in real time via a single programmable slider. 6 voice polyphony in two modes, or one monophonic mode with all six voices stacked. 12 digital oscillators (2 per voice) with 8 simple to complex waveforms, 1 de-tunable and with programmable interval. 64 presets that can be reprogrammed by the user.

Awesome fat basses, lovely warm sounding, pulsing strings, and hard, nasal leads. Some wonderful swirling effects can be found. Imagine a Poly 800 with 8 waveforms instead of 2, and you get the picture.

Due to reliance on sampled waveforms, it does not sit well through distortion, and some waveforms do not go well in a mix when used as a pad. Overall, an exceptional and underrated bass and lead machine with some nice pad sounds to boot.

The DW-6000 was quickly surpassed by the DW-8000: it expanded it to 8 notes polyphony, 16 sampled waveforms, a velocity sensitive keyboard with programmable aftertouch, auto-bend, a simple arpeggiator and a digital delay unit.

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Boeketje

Posted 39 days ago

I own both the DW8000 and since 2 weeks the DW6000. In my opion the analog chorus is a little bit noisy compared to the 8k but does give a lot more warmth. Pads of the 6k sounds nearly close to my JX8P. Alaising in it's higher notes is a bit irritating.

Sam

Posted 65 days ago

I got mine thrid hand 5 month ago. Still love to use it very much together with a multi-effect it can do strange sounds. I love that thing: easy programming, thick bass and nice pads.

Mubo

Posted 199 days ago

this was my 1st poly synth .. still have it, still use it!
factory preset 23 will always be a personal favorite...run this patch thru an old phaser pedal .... it's SICK!

Teleny

Posted 202 days ago

Dw-6000 is a cool 80s keyboard. It does great bass sounds and ok pads. But in the long-run our band's Juno 106 kicked it's butt. It is extremely durable and nice weight for an 80s synh.

gene

Posted 226 days ago

I have one of these:)
I had a friend modify it so there are pots for the badass analog filter
and some switches that change the function of each pot

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