Discussion about the Korg PolySix synthesizer

I believe so too, this is a group with a very high s/n ratio fortunately. Hopefully it's just a matter of cleaning up some spam  every now and then.

And indeed, many thanks to Ken! He did a fine job.

I hope this will also stop me from procrastinating and finally finish at least one of those PolySix's. By the way, from looking back over the past messages it seems that a lot of people are working on restoring their PolySix, or having other kinds of electronic and/or mechanical problems with it. One thing is missing though; So people: once you're done fixing it, go make some music and post links here! :-)

Ben


On 15 mei 2011, at 16:02, backshall1 (dsl) wrote:

> This isn't a particularly rowdy bunch and may not need much "moderating",
> but there's still work involved keeping the group going. Thanks for stepping
> up, Ben. And thanks to Ken for the great job he's done in the past.
> 
> Don B
> 
>  _____  
> 
> From: PolySix@yahoogroups.com [mailto:PolySix@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> Ben Stuyts
> Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2011 9:36 AM
> To: PolySix@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [PolySix] Introduction
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks Arturo, I'll do my best.
> 
> On 14 mei 2011, at 17:38, Arturo B wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hey! Indeed, thanks for volunteering.
>> 
>> ============================================ 
>> Arturo Brisindi
>> 
>> [Musics]
>> mydadvsyours.com | soundcloud.com/tapewobble
>> 
>> [Studios]
>> galleryrecording.weebly.com | tapewobble.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> To: PolySix@yahoogroups.com <mailto:PolySix%40yahoogroups.com> 
>>> From: ben@stuyts.com <mailto:ben%40stuyts.com> 
>>> Date: Sat, 14 May 2011 14:58:27 +0200
>>> Subject: Re: [PolySix] Introduction
>>> 
>>> Thanks Jed!
>>> 
>>> On 14 mei 2011, at 14:42, Jed Jorgensen wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Thanks, Ben! Glad to have you as our moderator!
>>>> 
>>>> Jed
>>>> 
>>>> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 1:20 AM, Ben Stuyts <ben@stuyts.com
> <mailto:ben%40stuyts.com> > wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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