Discussion about the Korg PolySix synthesizer

Hello!

My name is Frank Carvalho. Let me introduce myself. (Ken Leonard may 
remember my name from the Mellotron list). Last year I tried to join 
the old list, but with very little success, and now I suddenly find 
this list. So I am happy to finally have found an active forum for 
PolySix discussion. 

We used to have a PolySix in my band some 14 years ago, although it 
wasn't mine, and I wasnt really allowed by the keyboardist to play 
around too much with it. Later, when I convinced him to borrow it to 
me it had become a victim of the infamous battery leak. We didn't 
know back then what was wrong, so we gave it away to a service man as 
a spare part item. Then, some years ago I started to get really back 
into analog synths again, and looked for another PolySix. I got one 
very cheap, that didn't have any symptoms of the leakage, and only 
had some tape on the keys that should be removed. I immediately 
opened it and switched the battery, that miraculously showed no sign 
of the leakage.

Needless to say that I love the distinctive sound of this synth. I 
always liked its brass sounds - Emerson style - but these days I like 
the filter and modulation stuff even more.

Now, I've been browsing the net for sound-files of original sounds, 
and I am surprised to find relatively few such dumps around. This is 
a bit of a surprise really as so many P6s were sold originally. Maybe 
it would be great to have a site for peoples own original sounds?
Has anyone ever considered making an editor to read and edit sound 
dumps. I guess it should be possible if the sound dumps can be 
interpreted somehow - or is this idea just too way out?
And one more thing. I think I've seen a mod somewhere that will add a 
glide to the synth. Is it an easy operation to perform... or should I 
say, has anyone tried it?

Cheers

Frank Carvalho
Denmark