Discussion about the Korg PolySix synthesizer

is your polysix still available for sell?
maybe i would buy it. 

Sebastian

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "toorglick" <toorglick@yahoo.com>
To: <PolySix@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 4:31 PM
Subject: [PolySix] Re: Son of a b****


>I was never able to figure out what the cause was.  I went through 
> everything on that side of the board and couldn't find a bad 
> connection or failed component.  Good luck!
> 
> 
> --- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com, "brainslayer666" <brainslayer@c...> 
> wrote:
>> in the last month we are talking about an lfo issue that sounds 
> like 
>> a distortion. and voila, now i get the same problem. really 
> strange. 
>> if i adjust the phaser/chorus speed, i get strange sounds and i'm 
>> unable to restore it back. and from this point its impossible to 
>> disable the lfo level too. some sliders are doing really strange 
>> things (sustain adjusts cutoff eg). 
>> mmh so far it can't be the IC30/31 problem, since i already 
> replaced 
>> it. (and i changed it again, to check if something is damaged again)
>> did someone found a solution for this problem?  
>> 
>> 
>> --- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com, "BrainSlayer" <brainslayer@c...> 
>> wrote:
>> > if you trigger the lfo to frequency oscillation and adjust the 
> lfo 
>> frequency to maximum, you will get also very heavy distorted 
> sounds. 
>> and that sounds like the IC30/31 problem. but i discovered also 
>> other issues that effects the lfo. the cables from the board to the 
>> top the control board are very short. sometimes if i open my case 
>> they lost the contact and i get strange effects too
>> >   ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >   From: toorglick 
>> >   To: PolySix@yahoogroups.com 
>> >   Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 5:58 PM
>> >   Subject: [PolySix] Re: Son of a b****
>> > 
>> > 
>> >   Yeah, it sounds more like the or *a* LFO gone haywire, but at a 
>> >   frequency where it sounds more like distortion.  
>> > 
>> >   The only other conclusion I can come to is that I fried IC30 
>> when 
>> >   installing the new chip.  The electronics store I go to didn't 
>> have 
>> >   any 14 pin IC sockets.  Maybe I'll stop by Radio Shack to see 
> if 
>> they 
>> >   do.  That and the initial I repairs I made weren't robust 
> enough 
>> or 
>> >   didn't catch everything breaking down.
>> > 
>> >   Fortunately I have five more 74LS08's left!
>> > 
>> >   One thing I noticed while checking traces and other connections 
>> on 
>> >   the board is that not all of the connections read the same 
>> value, 
>> >   though they all fall within certain value groups, as it were.  
>> Would 
>> >   anyone mind telling me what I should be seeing?
>> > 
>> >   Also, can anyone tell me what R17 is?  On the schem it's 
>> called "RKC 
>> >   1/8 88 10k".  What does it do?  Can I get a new one readily?  
>> > 
>> >   The reason I ask is because I'm thinking about starting from 
>> scratch; 
>> >   removing the jumps I made before; replacing ICs 30 & 31 and 
>> possibly 
>> >   R17.  Since I've had my Polysix and have seen pictures of 
>> others' 
>> >   KLM367s it looks as though mine was/is in pretty rough shape.  
> A 
>> lot 
>> >   of the solder points above the battery area are dull, and some 
>> have 
>> >   visibly corroded.  I've checked them all, include a lot of what-
>> are-
>> >   they-called? vias? (the areas where the path switches from the 
>> bottom 
>> >   to the top and vice-versa) and all check out, but some 
>> look "bad."
>> > 
>> >   Anyway, that's my story.  I really prefer to be playing instead 
>> of 
>> >   fixing, but nothing sounds like a *real* Polysix and thus I'm 
>> >   addicted.  Any input is appreciated.
>> > 
>> > 
>> >   --- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com, "BrainSlayer" 
> <brainslayer@c...> 
>> >   wrote:
>> >   > sounds like a lfo problem
>> >   >   ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >   >   From: reidar@j... 
>> >   >   To: PolySix@yahoogroups.com 
>> >   >   Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 1:47 AM
>> >   >   Subject: Re: [PolySix] Son of a b****
>> >   > 
>> >   > 
>> >   > 
>> >   >   That sounds like what my P6 is doing too - like the mod 
>> wheel is 
>> >   fully on.
>> >   >   Everything is 'bubbling'.  I have found that the PWM width 
>> >   control seems to
>> >   >   have the best effect on it, but also, if I leave the P6 
>> switched 
>> >   on for an
>> >   >   hour or so, it goes away.  I'm not an electronics-type, so 
> I 
>> >   really don't
>> >   >   have a clue, but the fact that it goes away (usually) after 
>> a 
>> >   long warm-up
>> >   >   might mean something to some of you?
>> >   > 
>> >   >   Reidar
>> >   > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
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