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Re: Polysix Overdrive Mod

2015-12-10 by chipaudette@yahoo.com

After deciding that the diode distortion sounded bad, I poked around the Polysix schematic and found a bunch of LM13600 in there that were just begging to be overdriven. Perhaps that's the compression and grit that I'm looking for?

So, I gave it a try. You can see a demo of the results here:

http://synthhacker.blogspot.com/2015/12/polysix-ota-overdrive.html

I think that it's a pretty interesting sound. I don't want it active all of the time, but I think that it's a cool effect. Now I just need to figure out how to make it usable without requiring that clip leads hanging out of my synth!

Chip

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