[sdiy] Six/6 voice synths

[Colin f]

> Just a quick question; Is there any technical reason why so many  
> polyphonic synths have six voices?

I think it's purely economics.
Look inside a Jupiter 6. There are one full, and one half-empty 4 voice
card. It could easily have been a Jupiter 8 MkII (in name), but the extra
bits must have pushed the purchase price too high for the marketing types.

Cheers,
Colin f