Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: Discussion about the Korg PolySix synthesizer

you'll know if it's been changed if it's still the original fat blue varta style one rather than a modern button cell (in a holder usually). Some people do swap them for 'new' rechargables but i'd still cut it out and do the mod properly for future safety.
see the old crow site - the pics are all you need to compare to see if you have a dangerous battery type still fitted :)
cut it out NOW if it's the original. Tomorrow could be the day it takes a dump all over your klm pcb :) - better to go without patch storage a while if you can't do the mod straight away than risk battery damage.
"Forgive me for being dense. I can really just hook this thing up to a normal tape recorder and record patch data to a regular cassette tape?? Blows my mind?"
Nothing special about that! That's how home computers did it in the early 80s to - it's just a series of tones modulated/demodulated into data the synth understands. And MOST people don't use a tape deck but just record WAV files of the tape dump to their computer these days. There is a librarian app out there somewhere that can help with this if you are stuck. P6 tape dump/load is very reliable and easy to use considering it's age (less flaky than my other tape dump synths i've had)
welcome to polysix - i have 2 of them - they rock :)
good luck

To: PolySix@yahoogroups.com
From: stillbirth120385@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:58:54 +0000
Subject: [PolySix] Questions




























Greetings. Just bought a polysix on Monday and I'm loving it. Never heard anything that sounds quite like it. Anyway I posted these questions on another message board yesterday and got some great responses but figured I should post it here as well and see what people had to say!!



Battery

So far it seems like the battery is holding up fine. However I doubt it's been changed. Is there any easy way to determine if this is the case? Would I notice something immediately if there was a problem with the battery? Should I get it changed as soon as possible to avoid corrosion? If there is corrosion before I get the battery changed, will there be irreparable damage? What kind of battery should it be replaced with and how much should this end up costing? Will this prevent me from having to change the battery again in the future?



CV/Triggers

Is there anything that I can send to clock the arpegiator that could cause any harm to the synth? Should it work fine with a gate , trigger, or clock from any euro module; namely things like the MFB Seq 02, RCD, Maths, or even Wogglebug? Should it work fine with the Dr-50 drum machine?



What can I do with cv'ing the filter?



There's no way to control the pitches from an external source without getting a midi mod right?



The polysix itself can't control anything externally via cv or any other method right?



Midi

Would most agree this is a good place to get the parts for adding midi? http://www.chd-el.cz/index.php?id=399

Any other comments regarding midi?



Saving patches

Forgive me for being dense. I can really just hook this thing up to a normal tape recorder and record patch data to a regular cassette tape?? Blows my mind?

Also I saw on another form somebody mentioning saving patch data simply to their computer? What program would I need to do this in?



I'm sure I'll have plenty of other questions as time goes on.

Forgive me if I'm dense or the questions are redundant. If they annoy you, you can just not respond instead of calling me a dumb ass.



Any answers are greatly greatly appreciated.



Thanks a ton,

Luke


















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