Discussion about the Korg PolySix synthesizer

Thanks Jed!

On 14 mei 2011, at 14:42, Jed Jorgensen wrote:

> Thanks, Ben! Glad to have you as our moderator!
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> Jed
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> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 1:20 AM, Ben Stuyts <ben@stuyts.com> wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> I've been on this list since 2008 but this is my first post here. I saw
>> Ken's request for a new moderator and thought this might be a good idea to
>> give something back to the community for a change. Ken suggested to send an
>> introduction to the list. I've done some moderation in the past on a small
>> closed list. I understand from Ken that there's not too much work involved
>> in moderating this list, so if there are no objections I'd like to give it a
>> try.
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>> I'm a hobby musician (keys, drums, bas) with a home studio. I play bass in
>> a band and I do recordings of classical and rock music. I enjoy analog synth
>> gear, and have a collection of about 25 synths plus some other related
>> stuff. The collection varies from small monophonic synths to the bigger
>> poly's and a home-built modular (MOTM style). Some of them in great working
>> condition and some are fixer-uppers. I restore them myself. (Electronics,
>> software and hardware engineering is my daytime job.)
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>> I used to fool around with a Polysix back in my university days. No way I
>> could afford to own it back then, but I liked the sound and setup. After
>> university, I got more interested in other things, and unfortunately missed
>> out on all the analog gear going out of fashion and being dumped at the side
>> of the street. Since about 5 years I got into the collecting habit.
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>> I have two Polysixes, both with battery damage. One I'm repairing the old
>> fashioned way, cleaning the board, removing oxidized traces and pulling new
>> ones. The other I might build a new KLM-367 for. I got my first Polysix a
>> while ago thinking it was in pretty good shape. No visible battery damage,
>> and it played fine. But when I got it home and took a closer look, I saw
>> that the battery was already leaking, so I took it apart, cleaned the KLM
>> board and set it aside for a while. Now it's mostly done, I just need to
>> pull the last few traces and put everything back together. The other (dead)
>> Polysix was a bargain, and came with another synth I bought. It has major
>> battery damage, not sure if the KLM board is salvageable.
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> Ben
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