{"id":153481,"date":"2026-05-16T08:22:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T13:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/?p=153481"},"modified":"2026-05-17T22:16:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T03:16:39","slug":"free-software-synth-moodysix-emulates-classic-korg-polysix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2026\/05\/16\/free-software-synth-moodysix-emulates-classic-korg-polysix\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Software Synth, Moodysix, Emulates Classic Korg Polysix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/moodysix.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-153483\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/moodysix-728x310.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/moodysix-728x310.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/moodysix-320x136.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/moodysix-768x327.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/moodysix-705x300.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/moodysix.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Overload Audio<\/strong> has introduced <strong>MOODYSIX<\/strong> for Mac &amp; Windows, a 6-voice s0ftware synthesizer modeled on the 1981 <strong>Korg Polysix<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Like the original, it features one oscillator per voice with saw, pulse width, and PWM waveforms, a sub oscillator, the iconic SSM2044-style 4-pole lowpass filter, and the legendary chorus\/phaser\/ensemble effects section.<\/p>\n<p>MOODYSIX also includes three classic Polysix hardware mods:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>NoisySix \u2014 Adds white and pink noise generators plus an extended MG (LFO) with triangle, saw up, saw down, square, sample &amp; hold, and noise shapes. Variable pulse width for the square LFO.<\/li>\n<li>Polysex \u2014 Pitch envelope modulation with polarity and reference controls. Voice spread with EG and LFO modulation for thick detuned sounds.<\/li>\n<li>ModyPoly \u2014 Smooth portamento\/glide that works properly across all voice modes including unison.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>6-voice polyphonic with poly, 2-voice unison, 3-voice unison, and 6-voice mono modes ($1 per voice!)<\/li>\n<li>Saw, pulse width, and PWM waveforms with dedicated PWM LFO<\/li>\n<li>Sub oscillator (1 or 2 octaves down)<\/li>\n<li>4-pole lowpass filter with resonance, EG intensity (bipolar), and key tracking<\/li>\n<li>ADSR envelope for filter, amplitude and added pitch and voice pitch spread envelope<\/li>\n<li>MG (LFO) with delay, routable to VCO, VCF, VCA as well as voice pitch spread, with additional MG shapes via the noise section<\/li>\n<li>Chorus, phaser, and ensemble effects (Triple BBD-modelled)<\/li>\n<li>Arpeggiator with up\/down\/up-down modes, 1\/2\/full octave range, and latch<\/li>\n<li>Hold and chord memory<\/li>\n<li>32 factory presets<\/li>\n<li>Portamento with per-voice glide<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Pricing and Availability:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MOODYSIX<\/strong> is <a href=\"https:\/\/overloadaudio.gumroad.com\/l\/MOODYSIX\">available<\/a> now as a free &#8220;Name Your Price&#8221; download.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOODYSIX is a free 6-voice software synthesizer modeled on the 1981 Korg Polysix.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2026\/05\/16\/free-software-synth-moodysix-emulates-classic-korg-polysix\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Free Software Synth, Moodysix, Emulates Classic Korg Polysix<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":153484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[43,8],"tags":[30631,359,4305,302],"class_list":["post-153481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-free-music-software","category-software-synthesizers-samplers","tag-free-music-software","tag-korg","tag-korg-polysix","tag-software-synthesizers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/moodysix-polymoog.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153481"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153485,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153481\/revisions\/153485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}