Discussion about the Korg PolySix synthesizer

Thanks, Ben! Glad to have you as our moderator!

Jed

On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 1:20 AM, Ben Stuyts <ben@stuyts.com> wrote:

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> Hi,
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> I've been on this list since 2008 but this is my first post here. I saw
> Ken's request for a new moderator and thought this might be a good idea to
> give something back to the community for a change. Ken suggested to send an
> introduction to the list. I've done some moderation in the past on a small
> closed list. I understand from Ken that there's not too much work involved
> in moderating this list, so if there are no objections I'd like to give it a
> try.
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> I'm a hobby musician (keys, drums, bas) with a home studio. I play bass in
> a band and I do recordings of classical and rock music. I enjoy analog synth
> gear, and have a collection of about 25 synths plus some other related
> stuff. The collection varies from small monophonic synths to the bigger
> poly's and a home-built modular (MOTM style). Some of them in great working
> condition and some are fixer-uppers. I restore them myself. (Electronics,
> software and hardware engineering is my daytime job.)
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> I used to fool around with a Polysix back in my university days. No way I
> could afford to own it back then, but I liked the sound and setup. After
> university, I got more interested in other things, and unfortunately missed
> out on all the analog gear going out of fashion and being dumped at the side
> of the street. Since about 5 years I got into the collecting habit.
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> I have two Polysixes, both with battery damage. One I'm repairing the old
> fashioned way, cleaning the board, removing oxidized traces and pulling new
> ones. The other I might build a new KLM-367 for. I got my first Polysix a
> while ago thinking it was in pretty good shape. No visible battery damage,
> and it played fine. But when I got it home and took a closer look, I saw
> that the battery was already leaking, so I took it apart, cleaned the KLM
> board and set it aside for a while. Now it's mostly done, I just need to
> pull the last few traces and put everything back together. The other (dead)
> Polysix was a bargain, and came with another synth I bought. It has major
> battery damage, not sure if the KLM board is salvageable.
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> Kind regards,
> Ben
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