Discussion about the Korg PolySix synthesizer

Hello,

 I have spent the better part of the day sifting through old posts to 
this forum, which proved very useful... I suffer from a certain 
degree of phobia and ignorance when it comes to digital circuitry, 
but it looks like I have no choice but to befriend the KLM-367 
somehow, since most everything important goes through there. My first 
analog synth, and the major problem is positively in the digital 
section of it...somehow that doesn't surprise me. Anyway...

 A number of people describe problems that (from my memory) I have 
with my Polysix:

-Octave selector not working
-Waveform selector not working
-Sub osc. selector not working
-MG "MOD" selector consistently modulates VCO pitch regardless of   
setting
-General patch memory problems 

 In addition, mine some times will "crash", and messing with the 
tape enable/write enable selectors brings it back to life.  

 It seems common for these malfuctions to be part of the problem of 
a failing KLM-367. Even so, major parts of the analog synth 
(virtually all pots) work okay, so the damage is likely to be 
somewhat limited, at least confined to the 367 board.

 Clearly the stock battery in my P6 was replaced before the board
suffered serious damage, so I have some hope of being able to sort 
this out.

 It's going to be a few days before I get an opportunity to get back 
to my shop to work on the machine, so I'll stay tuned here for 
further input and go on reading old posts to prepare me for the 
upcoming job.

Regards to all, from

Thomas/analogfuture