the main difference with the Poly-800 series as opposed to other polysynths of the era is that all eight oscillators are first routed through their own amplifier, and then through a *shared* 4-pole filter. this makes it a unique instrument to play harmonically -- something between a polysynth and a monosynth. all of the other synths you mentioned use the more traditional polysynth architecture which provides each voice it's own filter and amplifier, with the filter before the amplifier. -pc
On Feb 14, 2011, at 3:44 PM, k9k9dog wrote:wondering what a block diagram of this synth
would look like. as in, a kind of signal flow
diagram or something like that.
just wondering about theoretical possibilities
(and impossibilities) for future ideas;
for instance, taking separate harmonics and
rerouting them, ringmod options, stuff like that?
i'd like to know more about what's going on inside,
how it compares,say, to juno's jp's and jx's. some
kind of assessment/description of the osc+filter etc.
circuitry.