Discussion about the Korg PolySix synthesizer

This isn't a particularly rowdy bunch and may not need much "moderating",
but there's still work involved keeping the group going. Thanks for stepping
up, Ben. And thanks to Ken for the great job he's done in the past.
 
Don B

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From: PolySix@yahoogroups.com [mailto:PolySix@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Ben Stuyts
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2011 9:36 AM
To: PolySix@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [PolySix] Introduction


  

Thanks Arturo, I'll do my best.

On 14 mei 2011, at 17:38, Arturo B wrote:

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> Hey! Indeed, thanks for volunteering.
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> Arturo Brisindi
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>> To: PolySix@yahoogroups.com <mailto:PolySix%40yahoogroups.com> 
>> From: ben@stuyts.com <mailto:ben%40stuyts.com> 
>> Date: Sat, 14 May 2011 14:58:27 +0200
>> Subject: Re: [PolySix] Introduction
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>> Thanks Jed!
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>> On 14 mei 2011, at 14:42, Jed Jorgensen wrote:
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>>> Thanks, Ben! Glad to have you as our moderator!
>>> 
>>> Jed
>>> 
>>> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 1:20 AM, Ben Stuyts <ben@stuyts.com
<mailto:ben%40stuyts.com> > wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> 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.
>>>> 
>>>> 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.)
>>>> 
>>>> 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.
>>>> 
>>>> 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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