Discussion about the Korg PolySix synthesizer

Hey! Indeed, thanks for volunteering.

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Arturo Brisindi

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> To: PolySix@yahoogroups.com
> From: ben@stuyts.com
> Date: Sat, 14 May 2011 14:58:27 +0200
> Subject: Re: [PolySix] Introduction
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> Thanks Jed!
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> On 14 mei 2011, at 14:42, Jed Jorgensen wrote:
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> > 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,
> >> 
> >> 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.
> >> 
> >> 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.)
> >> 
> >> 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.
> >> 
> >> 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.
> >> 
> >> Kind regards,
> >> Ben
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
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