[sdiy] An interesting 4 voice SCI pro one...

[Michael Bacich]

On Jan 4, 2007, at 2:03 PM, Nicholas Gregorich wrote:

> Why don't polysynths with unison mode have a dedicated output jack  
> for voice 1 for example, before the summing stage of all the  
> voices?  It seems to make sense when mode unison modes are too  
> sloppy or thick.  Does anyone have experience in this kind of  
> modification?

How about a rotary switch that lets you cancel as many voices as you  
want?  It would be so easy to do -- simply short the voice output to  
ground somewhere before where the voices are summed together.  It  
could be done with a rotary switch, individual toggles, or with fancy- 
schmancy electronic switching.

I hate the sound of big polysynth unison mode.  Who can ever use that  
in actual music?  Certainly not me.  It instantly destroys any type  
of decent bass sound, that's for sure, and for lead sounds, it's way  
too big, messy, and obnoxious, like a drunken guest at a party who  
talks too loud and too close to your face.