Discussion about the Korg PolySix synthesizer

Thanks Arturo, I'll do my best.

On 14 mei 2011, at 17:38, Arturo B wrote:

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> Hey! Indeed, thanks for volunteering.
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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!
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>>> Jed
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>>> 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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