CV/Triggers
- Not sure about harm, I imagine if you're sending something that's gate or cv, you should be fine. I wouldn't recommend using mains power in the socket, but that's just a guess.
- P6 takes an s-trigger, so if you're sending gate, you need to add a resistor and a transistor to the lead to get it to work. See
http://www.doepfer.de/faq/gen_faq.htm for a quick tutorial about how to do it
very simple electronics.
- CV to fcm is really simple. Just plug in a cv source and off you go> I'm using a doepfer maq16/3 step sequencer with mine, and can set each note cutoff with the front panel knob using cv out from the back. Not sure if you need a particular voltage to make it run.
- Midi. I'm a bit new to this, but have a couple of different things on the go at the moment. The elekroservis kit is on order and taken a long time to get to me, but it's a cheap and very basic (notes and sysex in only) kind of thing. I've also got a P6M kit that's about to go to Andrew Jury for building (I'm not really a kit guy). It's far more expensive at around $600 all up, but lots more features like volume, cutoff and mod control, sysex patch saving (to a midi sequencer if you're not familiar), and a noise generator added. I'm still unsure if every parameter like resonance and env adsr etc. can be controlled via midi, might be a question someone with one installed can answer.
So, midi-wise it depends what you need, but I think the P6M is worth the money. I'm getting the elekroservis one for a friend who doesn't wanna pay the price, the P6M is for me.
- P6 won't send anything out as far as I can remember, unless you install the P6M kit.
Good luck
--- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com, "stillbirth120385" <stillbirth120385@...> wrote:
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> 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!!
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> 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?
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> 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?
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> What can I do with cv'ing the filter?
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> There's no way to control the pitches from an external source without getting a midi mod right?
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> The polysix itself can't control anything externally via cv or any other method right?
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> 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?
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> 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?
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> 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.
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> Any answers are greatly greatly appreciated.
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> Thanks a ton,
> Luke
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