Discussion about the Korg PolySix synthesizer

Hi,

It sounds very likely to battery damage, but there may be a different
problem, which only can be solved when the board is cured from the
"battery desease".

What to do depends on where you are living. Maybe you have a friend
who is technician and can restore the KLM-367 board. If you are living
in the US you can send your KLM-367 for repair to Scott Rider; if
you are in continental Europe you may send it to me, if you are in the
UK there is a synth repair center mentioned in a different post.

Good luck!

Johannes


PolySix@yahoogroups.com wrote:
>   
> 
>   Alright, I'm really a bassist (so please, bear with me), but over 
> the past few years I've gotten into analog synths. To consumate this 
> lust, I purchased an old polysix a while back and didn't know what I 
> was getting myself into...
>   It was only AFTER I bought it that I found out about the battery 
> leakage problem. I've opened it, and yeah, she leaked pretty bad. The 
> memory was messed up before, but I'm not sure if some of these other 
> problems can be totally caused by the battery-
> 
>   Manual switch won't work - Switches back to initial sound when I 
> flip a select switch or two - Once an effect is on (chorus is the 
> only one I can get), It won't change or turn off - 16' 8' 4' knob 
> doesn't work (in fact, I think that whole section may be a little 
> messed) - The only modulation I can get is vibrato, anything else 
> just decreases the volume - Any movement of the attenuator silences 
> the instrument... 
>   
>   These, however, are just the things I can remember. Recently, after 
> not using it for a few months, I fired it up and horrible noises came 
> out of it when I pressed a key. The note is still in the background, 
> but in the fore is, well... if a synth could fart, that's what it 
> would sound like.
>   Can anybody give me a clue as to if it's the battery alone doing 
> this or what? Besides getting the battery/board replaced, what else 
> can be done?
> 
> Scott Frenchek
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