Discussion about the Korg PolySix synthesizer

Hi John and welcome to the list,

>I shall attempt to investigate (using the help of your wonderful
oldcrows keyboard maintenance article) to see about the iffy key, but Im
not sure about the totally dead key(D2). Any ideas?

The totally dead key may also be simply a dirty contact. Quite often
they either work or not at all. Cleaning normally solves the problem.
However, it may be a dead rubber cup. This is harder to fix, and you'll
probably need to find someone who will give you an old one.

>the output socket of the poly6 is at a dodgy angle and upon bringing it
home I found that it only works on the right channel...

eh... the polysix is only a mono instrument. Stereo jack plugs will only
give you one sided outputs. So its probably working.

>Should I sell the poly6 asap and trade up for a MS2k...

You mean trade down... the MS2K is just a ... sorry I won't go down that
road. Call me a luddite :-)

>The Poly6 has the same old battery, which needs replacing...

It may have well already leaked. Most of them have or you could really
be very lucky. I think you should take it to a repair tech and let him
work wonders. Peter Blackett is in North London. Should be in the Yellow
Pages as Dragon Services... If not mail me, I'll give his details. He
also has a webpage, although the URL is not stored on my system. Nice
chap.

I can also do it, but you'll need to send the board/synth up to me.

Please do not attempt to do this any work on the P6 unless you are
totally happy with the instructions on Scott Rider's (old crows)pages.

Regards,

Tony Allgood
Penrith, Cumbria, England

www.oakleysound.com
My music: www.mp3.com/taklamakan