Eml synthesizers

>> Hey Daniel,

>> I have them, will try to get them scanned and posted to the files section

>> over the weekend.
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>> regards,
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>> Mike B
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>Thanks! 
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>I've been intrigued by that little box since i first saw a picture of
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>it ten years ago!
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>Maybe it's clone-time? :)
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>/Daniel

Daniel,
     IMO the Polybox was overhyped although there's no question that it's a
very unique little beast.
Basically it is designed to track the pitch of one voice.  Then it has 12
voices tuned chromatically  apart from each other which can be played on
the 12 keys  and will sound  relative to the tracked pitch. The original
pitch always being the low "C"  on the keyboard. For example,  press the
"E" key of the Polybox keyboard and you would hear a voice that is a major
3rd above the tracked pitch. You can play "chords" or any combination of
the 12 keys or all of them. It does a couple of other tricks like it can go
up or down a full octave and has some phasing effects. It won't  read more
than one voice and if you try, it will only respond  with some chaotic
squawks.  Same goes for noise and other sounds with no distinct single
pitch----of course chaotic squawks have their value too.
 It does not translate envelope or filter from the original voice; the
orignal timbre is not preserved. The new voices are basically either on or
off as you play the keys  and they are  pretty much of a generic sawtooth
sound  which you can fool with a bit on the Poly's controls.  You could, of
course, run the Poly's output  thru other effects and  filters and such  to
further modify it, but that's as much as it does on it's own.

Mike Berman
digiboy@...