[sdiy] Poly 800 (was DSP MIDI Synth (was Re: 566 Functional Replacement))

[Mike HEQX]

I have two Poly800s that I use regularly to perform in my new wave band. 
It is a wacky little instrument for sure. I don't spend a lot of trying 
to program around it's limitations because it will drive you insane. I 
now embrace it for it's organ, string and bass sounds. I have the filter 
and cutoff mod on both and that makes it far more enjoyable. You would 
not want to try to play it like a piano, it's just not that kind of synth.

Mike


On 4/1/2018 10:01 AM, Andre Majorel wrote:
> On 2018-04-01 23:44 +1000, Adam Inglis wrote:
>>> On 1 Apr 2018, at 8:42 PM, Andre Majorel <aym-htnys at teaser.fr> wrote:
>>>
>>> You can tell it's paraphonic by
>>> the way the cutoff frequency jumps around when you play
>>> arpeggios.
>>
>> I don???t understand - why would it do that? Is that because
>> of a preset amount of key tracking summed to  the filter
>> control signal?
> That or modulation of cutoff frequency by EG3. Every new note
> retriggers EG3 so opens up the VCF. The effect on the new note
> is expected. What is disconcerting is that it also affects all
> previous notes that have not yet died out.
>
>> Sounds like it could be a very cool effect anyway...
> It's certainly unusual. :-)
>