Discussion about the Korg PolySix synthesizer

Welcome, Frank!

>>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.<<

That's great news! I was very lucky in the same way when I came across and bought a Polysix two years ago. The battery was just barely beginning to corrode and I had it replaced. Oddly, the Polysix I bought was the very same one I had grudgingly sold 11 years earlier, programs I had created intact and all!

>>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.<<

Yeah, the brass sounds are great. I just got a Korg G3 guitar effects box and route the P6 through that too which adds some cool delay to the brass.  I programmed a quite convincing guitar sound and put it through distortion/overdrive and voila! Heavy Metal!!

>>Maybe it would be great to have a site for peoples own original sounds?<<

There are some at Kristofer Ulfves' Polysix Digest site, http://www.ing.umu.se/~me96kus/p6digi.html
and I am posting a set of mine soon at my Polysix page, http://www.ellsmusic.net/polysix.html.

>>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?<<

Good question. Sys-ex strings can be, but audio I'm not sure about.

>>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?<<

There's a little note at Kristofer's site, http://www.ing.umu.se/~me96kus/stuff/p6digi30
I've not got the guts to do any kind of soldering or anything on my P6 (just got a Kenton MIDI kit that I'm going to have *professionals* install!).

- Ells
http://www.ellsmusic.net
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