Coupla Mono/poly questions

[Moho Disco]

Um, why did my post just post twice?

Lava

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Moho Disco <moho at mohodisco.com>
To: <synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 10:21 AM
Subject: Coupla Mono/poly questions


> When the Mono/poly first came out, its noise source
> was a digital MM5837 chip.  Later, they switched to
> a discrete analog circuit.  It has been suggested to me
> that the reason they did this was because the MM5837
> became rare.  It has also been suggested to me that 
> the digital source was not "random" enough, so they
> went with the discrete circuit to get a purer sound. 
> My guess is the former, since I can't see Korg giving
> a crap about whether their noise source sounded 
> random enough... nonetheless, does anybody have
> any other ideas why Korg might have done this?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Lava
>