Dark ambient with a lot of aliasing 
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Kodamo have just announced a bunch of upcoming gear, like an essencefm mk2 with minor improvements and a few new mysterious synths with engines tbd
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Really loving my EFM, getting some very nice results from it and Iāve been able to pick it up pretty much instantly without any need for even reading the manual which is impressive for a synth that can go as deep as this thing can!
Also very impressed with the company, I had a few questions I emailed them this morning and they pretty much got back to me instantly and gave a really thorough answer. Iād definitely recommend this thing to everyone!
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demos please 
Iāll make some eventually but would like to do it justice by spending a bit more time with it first.
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Them: āā¦pocket grooveboxā¦ā
Me: 
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I briefly thought, why not call it Beatmasquer, but then realized in French it would look like the infinitive form of a verb.
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The Mk2 is now on their website, shipping Feb 2021. Also they commissioned some presets which are sounding promising. Really hope we can get a comparison of the efm and the opsix soon. https://youtu.be/kUXpJmvBeok
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Kodamo has awesome customer service. Iām really pleased after finally contacting them about an issue I was havingāvery quick and very helpful.
For those wondering, my power had been turning off/on at the slightest movement of the power cable, so after a couple emails I was able to quickly resolve the issue (the nut on the Kodamoās power jack needed to be tightened). Wish I hadnāt procrastinated for months and contacted them when I first got my Essenceā¦
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Just the fact that the Opsix is not multi-timbral is pretty much making it completely irrelevant compared to the EssenceFM.
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Soundwise, one-on-one, it can be compared.
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How do people feel about the jog wheel on their EssenceFMs? I finally picked one up second hand and the jog wheel on mine feels real wobbly and plastic ā definitely the cheapest-feeling thing on the machine. Surprising for its central role (though I guess the touchscreen is the real star of this show).
Is this a thing for anyone else?
I suppose filter FM, the filters, the effects and more/different tactile control would be a selling point for the opsix. But with the opsix at around 800 euro and the efm at 1100 I think the EFM wins easily, assuming the FM sounds are otherwise similar.
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I actually donāt use the jog wheel on mine at all and recently wondered whether itās necessary! the screen is so good I donāt find the need to scroll, though I do like the up and down and undo keys
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I got the new Opsix and in spite of how much I wanted it it doesnāt really ring my bell. Not really. It is also pretty big and I feel that Iām not getting that much more than what the Digitone can do. Maybe it is too smooth after all.
Is it safe to assume that the EssenceFM is a much better option?
I do hear that the EFM sounds more vintage as @Astrolab has said and from what Iāve heard I would describe it as having a stronger hardware character (like a modular unit) while the Opsix sounds more smooth and polished. I just didnāt really like the EFM presets Iāve heard - but I do like the sounds in the videos you posted here which are well crafted. Really like @Snipecatcherās oddball patches too 
It seems like you can do a lot with it. EFM is smaller which I really prefer but the sound of a synth is always most important.
Preordering EccenceFM 2 is rather temptingā¦ 
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The time Iāve spent with mine has been very positive, I had an SY77 prior to it which I really loved because of its character but I actually preferred the character of the EFM! The SY77 had a classic FM character that I found difficult to get away from where as the EFM I felt like it was quite neutral and I could get it to sound however I wanted and was always very impressed with the patches I was getting out of the thing.
I think FM synthesis is something very individual in terms of the kinds of patches we like, I too donāt find the typical FM sounds very appealing and so didnāt like too many of the presets but Iām sure youād be able to get it to make tons of sounds thatād suit you.
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Iāve got a mkI and think that ā¬1095 pre-order price for the mkII is a steal. I really wish Iād been able to take advantage of it.
Sound wise, my go to FM has always been my TX816. And for what itās worth the EFM has taken over for it completely. Preset wise, Iāve never heard an FM preset I liked, including the EFMās. But the good news is itās incredibly easy to patch. Iāve come up with more sounds more quickly while having more fun with the EFM than any other FM I can remember, and Iāve had a lot of them.
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Iāve been listening to a lot of demos of the EFM and it has an amazing fullness and smoothness to the sound, itās really gorgeous! I would love to own one but I have quite a few FM synths around the studio alreadyā¦
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Soarer, were you able get any really good bass sounds from the Opsix? I donāt mean just traditional bass patches, but specifically patches with a good amount of low frequency content. Iāve listened to soo many videos of it now really wanting to like it, but it sounds so āflatā and limp compared to the Digitone or the EFM. I mean, just listening to something like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUXpJmvBeok of the EFM, then playing my Digitone, then watching a bunch of videos of the Opsixā¦ the Opsix is totally lifeless!