Korg Mono/Poly

Hello,

I'm also very interested, it would be nice if you can finish this project.
You could do running this board in parallel to the original filter-vca?

 so not to replace the original ssm

Martin

 

Hi Chris

> I noticed on your website that you are working on a new VCA and VCF board that
> would make the Mono/Poly a real polyphonic synth. Have you made any progress with
> this modification, or is it currently on hold?
Yep. It is on hold. And I am not sure, whether I will continue.

I stopped it in November 2009, as I got a broken Polysix, which I tried
to resurrect. I wanted to add individual switches for the VCO to the
Polysix like in the MonoPoly. This way I would have had the same
arpeggiator tricks with different VCO settings as with the MonoPoly. But
then again, I had to sell the Polysix again, because I definitely ran
out of "storage credit" by my girlfriend ;-) (I bought some other gear
too the last years...).

Now the MonoPoly project has returned to my attention again, but I have
only a little time for it. I have redesigned the pcbs for the quad
envelopes (based on SSM2051's from a broken Poly61) in July, but no
other progress happened since then until now (October).

As said I am not sure, whether I will finish this project, as planned.
Maybe I will change the quad Envelope to a 3HE compatibel module. I
bought also a prototype of the Doepfer Quad FilterVcaPanner
http://www.doepfer.de/a1352.htm / http://www.doepfer.de/A1352.gif. So
these two might be a good extension for the monopoly too.

Florain

Hi Martin

ste.mari@libero.it schrieb:

> I'm also very interested, it would be nice if you can finish
> this project.

Ok, if you can convice my boss, that I don't have to come to work the
next two months, but he still pays my salary - then I might think it
over ;-)

> You could do running this board in parallel to the original
> filter-vca? so not to replace the original ssm

My plan was to have a four-voice Filter/VCA/Envelopes board, where I can
select between a four voice mode and the original single voice mode (the
single voicemode is much better for unisono and chordmemory). This board
should replace the original board, but it still would work with SSM2044
for the filter (I bought them already from technology transplant), but
with SSM2051 for the envelopes instead of the more discrete circuit of
the original envelope.

Florian