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Re: What's better Polysix or mono/poly?

2003-12-24 by the_lonesomes

I'm only going to use it in the studio, and I'm especially looking to 
create weird sounds (but not just sound effects). 
From what I read these are the main differences I see:
Poly six has seperate ADSR envelopes for each oscilator, while the 
monopoly has ADSR controlling all the oscilators at once.
On the other hand, the mono/poly has seperate ADSR for VCF and VCA. 
Is this correct?
What other differences are there?
Thanks
Adi

--- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com, Alessandro Bufalini <aleaudio@y...> 
wrote:
> Il giorno 24/dic/03, alle 19:10, the_lonesomes ha scritto:
> 
> > Hi!
> > I played once with a mono/poly and loved it. So far I only own
> > monophonic synths.
> > I found someone who sells it quite high (i'm in israel I can't 
buy it
> > through ebay because of the high taxes).
> > Then I found someone who sells a polysix for a very reasonable 
price.
> > How different are the two? What are the differences? How do you
> > program the different oscillators on the polysix with so little
> > knobs? (I know that on the monopoly there are seperate knobs for 
each
> > osc).
> > Please help me! (before someone else buys them)
> > Thanks
> > Adi
> >
> 
> Hi!
> I owned a Mono/poly and i changed it for a Poly6.
> The M/P played better, fatter and was more flexible (talking about 
> sound) but I play live so i needed to store and recall on the fly 
my 
> patches; 6 voices (instead of 4) are much better if you put both 
your 
> hands on the keyboard, and 5 octaves are better than 4!!!!
> I mean: if you work in studio mono/poly is better; if you work on 
stage 
> you'll find Polysix more useful.
> That's my opinion!!! ;-)
> 
> *******Merry Christmas!!!!! *******
> 
> AleX
> 
> Ps. Maybe i'll buy a Elka Synthex; any feedback??

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