> To: emlsynth@yahoogroups.com > From: "Mike B (digiboy)" <digiboy@...> > Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 14:03:09 -0400 > Reply-to: emlsynth@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [emlsynth] polybox schemos? Hi! I know that the polybox is pretty simple but i really like that kind of machines! I have a few other weird little boxes such as Perl Syncussion and Korg x-911 guitarsynthesizer so maybe i'll like the polybox! I'm also on the lookout for a Paia Gnome... marjan wrote: > Is it based around PLL (4046 or so)?> I think so, and maybe some sort of octave divider too... btw, nice to see a fellow s-diyer! :) /Daniel, Sweden > Daniel, > IMO the Polybox was overhyped although there's no question that it's a > very unique little beast. > Basically it is designed to track the pitch of one voice. Then it has 12 > voices tuned chromatically apart from each other which can be played on > the 12 keys and will sound relative to the tracked pitch. The original > pitch always being the low "C" on the keyboard. For example, press the > "E" key of the Polybox keyboard and you would hear a voice that is a major > 3rd above the tracked pitch. You can play "chords" or any combination of > the 12 keys or all of them. It does a couple of other tricks like it can go > up or down a full octave and has some phasing effects. It won't read more > than one voice and if you try, it will only respond with some chaotic > squawks. Same goes for noise and other sounds with no distinct single > pitch----of course chaotic squawks have their value too. > It does not translate envelope or filter from the original voice; the > orignal timbre is not preserved. The new voices are basically either on or > off as you play the keys and they are pretty much of a generic sawtooth > sound which you can fool with a bit on the Poly's controls. You could, of > course, run the Poly's output thru other effects and filters and such to > further modify it, but that's as much as it does on it's own.
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Re: [emlsynth] polybox schemos?
2001-09-05 by Daniel Araya