Discussion about the Korg PolySix synthesizer

Hi James,

I have sent you a personal message about your issue. Check your mail!

Cheers,
Andy


On 19/09/2011 05:01, "James Meagher" <w.james.meagher@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Hello all
> A few months ago I bought a Polysix from an acquaintance the day before
> he moved to Toronto. I went to his house and played it and found only
> two things wrong - the sub-osc switch did nothing (appeared to be stuck
> at -1 octave), and the envelope sustain was stuck at 100%. He had had
> the battery changed a few years previous (there was no apparent damage
> to the board) and also fixed all the key contact issues the board had
> when he bought it. Other than my two noted issues everything else seemed
> to work just fine.
> I took it home and immediately left town for a few days. When I returned
> I plugged the synth in and was shocked that all it would do was make a
> horrible screeching sound and the controls were about 95% unresponsive.
> I took it to my tech and when he plugged it in on his bench it
> immediately worked as it should. So he fixed the sub-osc and sustain
> issues and I took it home again.Back at home it worked well for a few
> days and in that time I decided to have a MIDI board made for it and
> with a fair bit of excitement (the board sounded sweet!) I sent my money
> to fine member of this group to make me the MIDI board.
> Now, out of the blue, the board has started totally acting up again.
> Every time I turn it on it's a totally different beast, and at least 90%
> of the time it's a beast that doesn't want to make sweet sounds. Every
> once it a while it'll start up and work just fine - but most often not.
> I've made a video that details the Polysix's specific behaviour. I
> apologize for its length (16 minutes), but as I said, every time I turn
> it on it's a different animal, so I've run through a few versions of its
> bad behaviour. Around the 9 minute mark it almost starts working again
> . . . sort of.
> If you have any ideas what I might be dealing with here I'd love to
> know.
> The video is here:http://vimeo.com/29242638 <http://vimeo.com/29242638>
> Cheers,James
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