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Thoughts from the mind of GAmoore@..., 07-11-2001:

>  >> Actually, as I recall the Memorymoog had 18 oscillators - as many as 3
>>>  per voice. However, even under normal conditions you had to let it warm
>>>  up 10 minutes then hit a 'tune' button. I suspect the oscillators were
>>>  always drifting out of tune a tiny amount. Maybe that is part of their
>>>  charm.
>>
>  >And the Polymoog had, I think it was 3 or 4 oscillators per key, times 88! 
>
>Are you sure? The Polymoog came out a few years before the Memorymoog as
>I recall and was pretty cheesy. Anyway, that same pitch wandering could
>be programmed into to a softsynth, couldn't it?

The polymoog had a custom-made chip per key.  Each chip contained 
(more or less probably) an entire monophonic synthesizer.  That's the 
only way they were able to build polyphonic synths at the time.

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