NOTE: Mike Metlay cannot provide any further help regarding the PolySix. he does not own one, does not know where to find one, and cannot answer your questions helpfully. thanks. From daedalus@tezcat.com Wed May 8 11:31:38 1996 8 May 96 14:31:05 +0500 8 May 96 12:06:53 +0500 Date: Tue, 7 May 1996 10:35:29 -0500 From: daedalus@tezcat.com (Steve) Subject: Re: korg poly6 Cc: analogue@hyperreal.com >Could someone please clarify for me the difference between a Korg Poly6 and >a Poly61M. I checked the archieves and there appears to be something more >than the Poly61M being a MIDI'ed version of the Poly6. However the exact >difference wasn't given in terms of sound and control. The Ploy6 appears to >a have a reasonable rating among seasoned synth users. How does the Poly61M >compare? I have seen a Poly61m for sale for 250 UK pounds (v. good >condition). A fair price? >Cheers. One is not a version of the other. The Korg Poly61 is a 2-DCO 6-voice polysynth with no velocity sensitivity and *very* limited MIDI implementation on the "M" model (only receives/transmits on channel 1 or omni, receives program change, etc.). It was released as a budget keyboard for people who still wanted a real synth. Its main plusses are that you can get some very good sounds out of it if you are an experienced synthesist and you are planning to sequence it rather than play it (it responds really well to sequenced control, but just sounds oafish and sloppy when played). On the minus side is that all of the parameters are digital (even though the synth itself is analogue) so you end up often wanting a value *between* the steps. Considering the price difference between UK/US, I would say that the price listed is fair. If you end up getting it, (or if you have any specific questions), just mail me back and I can answer pretty much anything you might need to know about it. It's a good cheap polysynth if you're not dead set on something that is multitimbral. Worth considering also is that the 61M is MIDI but the Poly6 is not. The Poly6 is only single-oscillator, but seems somehow to end up with fatter sounds than other single-osc polys. All in all, I would say give the 61M a try. **************************************************** I can't walk a mile in your moccasins, but I can think for an hour in your hat. **************************************************** From atomic@netcom.comThu Jun 22 10:02:41 1995 Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 08:05:56 -0700 (PDT) From: atomic city To: windy chien Cc: analogue@hyperreal.com Subject: Re: differences between korgs? windy chien writes-- > >hi folks. i'm new here. great list. great content. can anyone please >enlighten me as to the differences between a korg poly6 and korg poly61? HUGE difference, both soundwise and controlwise. The Polysix had only one VCO per voice, but had a full front panel with lots of knobs. The Poly61 had two oscillators, but a brutally stupid two-buttons-two-LEDs interface with very coarse control of all features. The 61 was later issued as the Poly61M, Korg's very first MIDI synth, but the Polysix was only MIDIed by retrofit. Korg's retrofits were designed by a small private firm run by a friend of mine, who also designed the SCSI retrofit for the DSS-1. There's been some talk on here of doing a rerun of the Polysix boards, but I didn't recognize the email address on the last posting about it; Richard Marshall and I were looking into it with the original designer, who has the rights to the schematics (not Korg), but hadn't taken the idea anywhere. I'd certainly love a retroed Polysix. It was a graet mod. mike -- mike metlay * atomic city * p. o. box 81175 * pittsburgh, pa 15217-0675 atomic@netcom.com *********************** http://pd.net/atomic-city ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "Switch to Dr. Pepper for the nose-sensory experience. I wrote better Pascal when I got off Pepsi. Pepsi has too many bubbles and burns your snot membranes, anyway." (d. chandler)