Welcome, Frank!
>>Then, some years ago I started to get really back
into analog synths again, and looked for another PolySix. I got one
very cheap, that didn't have any symptoms of the leakage, and only
had some tape on the keys that should be removed. I immediately
opened it and switched the battery, that miraculously showed no sign
of the leakage.<<
That's great news! I was very lucky in the same way when I came across and bought a Polysix two years ago. The battery was just barely beginning to corrode and I had it replaced. Oddly, the Polysix I bought was the very same one I had grudgingly sold 11 years earlier, programs I had created intact and all!
>>Needless to say that I love the distinctive sound of this synth. I
always liked its brass sounds - Emerson style - but these days I like
the filter and modulation stuff even more.<<
Yeah, the brass sounds are great. I just got a Korg G3 guitar effects box and route the P6 through that too which adds some cool delay to the brass. I programmed a quite convincing guitar sound and put it through distortion/overdrive and voila! Heavy Metal!!
>>Maybe it would be great to have a site for peoples own original sounds?<<
There are some at Kristofer Ulfves' Polysix Digest site,
http://www.ing.umu.se/~me96kus/p6digi.htmland I am posting a set of mine soon at my Polysix page,
http://www.ellsmusic.net/polysix.html. >>Has anyone ever considered making an editor to read and edit sound
dumps. I guess it should be possible if the sound dumps can be
interpreted somehow - or is this idea just too way out?<<
Good question. Sys-ex strings can be, but audio I'm not sure about.
>>And one more thing. I think I've seen a mod somewhere that will add a
glide to the synth. Is it an easy operation to perform... or should I
say, has anyone tried it?<<
There's a little note at Kristofer's site,
http://www.ing.umu.se/~me96kus/stuff/p6digi30I've not got the guts to do any kind of soldering or anything on my P6 (just got a Kenton MIDI kit that I'm going to have ∗professionals∗ install!).
- Ells
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