The Logic Off Topic list

Thoughts from the mind of Bruce Bartlett, 07-11-2001:

>  >The polymoog had a custom-made chip per key.  Each chip contained
>  >(more or less probably) an entire monophonic synthesizer.  That's the
>>only way they were able to build polyphonic synths at the time.
>
>Not quite. The Polymoog used  two master oscillators routed through
>divide-down chips, like electronic organs, string synths, and a few early
>Korg poly synths. This is why it sounded so thin and crappy. So it did not
>have a complete mono synth on each key -- but it did have a filter and amp
>for each key...

That's why I included the "more or less probably", as I was not 
entirely sure. Thanks for setting things straight.

cheers,
HJ
-- 
     Hendrik Jan Veenstra
     email: mailto:h@...
     www:   http://www.ision.nl/users/h/index.html