Discussion about the Korg PolySix synthesizer

I'm afraid you discovered the huge flaw in the crappy MIDITec MIDI kit
- you lose all the arp, chord, hold functions! :(

Doug

--- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com, "koifish3543" <koifish3543@...> wrote:
>
> Just picked up a PolySix that I'm hoping to breed with my Mono/Poly
> and get a litter of Khaoss pads.
> 
> The cool but strange thing is that this keyboard has a MIDITec midi
> retrofit kit in it.  Midi control does seem to be working, but the
> weird thing is this:  The MIDITec kit repurposes the buttons for Poly,
> Unison, Chord and Hold as well as the arpeggiator button.  These
> buttons have a nice almost PolySix-color label over them that says
> Poly 1, Unison 2, Omni 4, Prog Ch 8, and 16 where the arpeggiator
> button is.  Under the buttons formerly known as Chord and Hold I have
> Inc and Dec.  By using the arp button as a shift, I can use Inc and
> Dec to raise and lower MIDI channels.  I get how the channel numbers
> are displayed using the 1,2,4,8 lights and it all seems just ducky.
> 
> The trouble is, I want the original PolySix functionality back on
> those buttons.  My assumption is that there should be a shift mode to
> switch back to the original functionality, but for the life of me I
> can't find it.  As a result, I have no ability to use Chord, Hold or
> (gasp) the arpeggiator.  The buttons stubbornly remain in their
> MIDITec state rather than their PolySix state.
> 
> Maybe I'm giving MIDITec too much credit, but I can't imagine PolySix
> owners giving up those functions just to have MIDI.
> 
> Anyone ever encountered this situation before?  Is there some secret
> Vulcan Death Grip that needs to be applied to set things right?
>