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Poly six for sale

2003-08-27 by ghwelles

I am selling my Poly six. The VCOS are all in tune but it is old and not in the greatest condition cosmetically or operationally. I did the battery

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Re: [PolySix] Crow's New Boards!

2003-08-27 by The Old Crow

I forgot to mention, one of the mods I ve done is to add a 2nd set of VCOs. Patch info for octave and detune interval is saved in a little PIC with a given

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Re: [PolySix] Crow's New Boards!

2003-08-27 by The Old Crow

I plan to use a PIC18F6520 in the T64 (0.5mm TQFP) package. It has all sorts of internal features: dual UARTs, 4 timer/counters, I2C, SPI, multiple A/D..you

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Re: [PolySix] Crow's New Boards!

2003-08-27 by Stefan Rinass

Hi, ... yes, maybe some Kind of a ATMEL MCU like the 8535 would me IMO interesting for this board cause of 8K Code Space, 512 Bytes of EEPROM (a bit few), 32

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Re: [PolySix] Crow's New Boards!

2003-08-27 by The Old Crow

Hi Cynthia--I also do design work for Paul Schrieber of SynthTech, so I m also making stuff on the modular front. Anyway: ... Well, it needed doing a long

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Re: [PolySix] Crow's New Boards!

2003-08-27 by David Davis

Yup - or even more simply, using a minidisc recorder instead of a cassette recorder can make all those old cassette interfaces MUCH more reliable these days!

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Re: [PolySix] Patch Manager

2003-08-27 by Johannes Hausensteiner

Hi, I uploaded the patch manager to the files section of the list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PolySix/files/P6PATCH.ZIP Johannes

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Re: [PolySix] Crow's New Boards!

2003-08-27 by dko4342@vip.cybercity.dk

... something ... Well, since all modern computers have good quality audio I/O, we are back to the point where the cassette interface is useful again. True, it

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Crow's New Boards!

2003-08-27 by Cynthia Webster

on 8/26/03 9:08 AM, PolySix@yahoogroups.com at PolySix@yahoogroups.com ... Wow! My hat is off to you crow, Well done! (What a monumental undertaking you have

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Re: [PolySix] Patch Manager

2003-08-25 by Yanbu

Please send me the link to your site! I want to try this out, PLEASE! THank you. -Rich ... From: Johannes Hausensteiner To:

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I finally managed to make new a KLM-367

2003-08-25 by The Old Crow

After years of procrastinating, I spent this past weekend creating schematic and PCB files for the KLM-367A. It has gotten to the point where it takes less

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Patch Manager

2003-08-25 by Johannes Hausensteiner

Hello everybody, In response to this post to this list from 16.Dec. ... I finished now the first step of my Polysix patch manager working with the tape

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Question !! Replace Broken Pot

2003-08-19 by del_poolp

Hello, I will want to know where to find the potentiometer which one can have in Polysix or a equivalent (I have 3 to change) 1 - Pot 1MA 2 - Pot 2MA Sorry

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battery change

2003-08-11 by jonasbrogren

I want to change the battery in my polysix. What kind/ type of new battery should i use ( V/mA, battery code etc.) ? /Jonas

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Problem with a KORG EX-8000

2003-08-06 by poly_user2002

Hi all, i know thislist is not for the EX-8000, but i could not find any forums/user groups about the DW/EX-8000. The Problem is, that only two Sounds came out

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Re: [PolySix] tapes w/ patches

2003-07-07 by Dave Garfield

Hi, aprox & List! You didn t mention if your Polysix has the absolutely-necessary battery replacement/modification. If not, or if you aren t sure, Open Up

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tapes w/ patches

2003-07-03 by aprox21

It seems that my Polysix has lost its internal memory, because none of the programs work, and it only makes one sound (like its dying). I need to program new

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Robert Rich Show Cancelled

2003-06-24 by Bill Fox

It is with the deepest regrets that I have had to cancel Robert s appearance at the Soundscapes Concert Series on July 12. Everyone who paid for tickets in

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Vco's and Vcf's and Vca's, Oh My!

2003-06-20 by meathooke

Okay...So the vcf s in this thing are ssm 2044 s and the eg s are ssm 2056 s......Does anyone have a clue what the vco chips are? -Meathook

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Re: I'm new !!

2003-06-12 by Ken Leonard

... the ... It looks like what they have is a MIDI converter to a pulse for the arpeggiator trigger on the PolySix, not a MIDI kit for the PolySix, unless I

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Re: I'm new !!

2003-06-12 by oberheimer

does http://www.dinsync.com/ have any good midi convertors (for the polysix) because they have the cheapest midi converters i have seen + they have a midi

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it's alive...

2003-05-28 by Jay

Well... after my fears of the Polysix being dead, it turns out that my shakey solder joints were the culprit on the 74LS08 beside the battery. My tech took

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Re: [PolySix] One voice louder

2003-05-23 by Henry Welles

Thanks, I will look into it. ... There arent any individual volume pots. It might be well that one of the transistors which form the VCA is gone. Check Q5 and

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Re: [PolySix] One voice louder

2003-05-23 by Johannes Hausensteiner

There arent any individual volume pots. It might be well that one of the transistors which form the VCA is gone. Check Q5 and Q6 (standard although matched

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Re: [PolySix] Re: One voice louder

2003-05-23 by Chromatest Pantsmaker

... From: ghwelles ... Have you looked at oldcrows.net? I don t know that there are individual volume adjustments... ... open the case

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Re: One voice louder

2003-05-23 by ghwelles

Good point: the same channel stays louder regardless of what chipset is in it. The volume pot idea is interesting, which pot controls the voice channel

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Re: [PolySix] One voice louder

2003-05-23 by Chromatest Pantsmaker

... From: ghwelles ... no difference as in that chipset is still louder, or that channel is still louder. I d think the chips would

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One voice louder

2003-05-23 by ghwelles

On my poly six one of the six voices is louder than the rest and slightly distorted. I swapped the filter and sound generating chips between voices and there

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Re: [PolySix] Re: VCO Problems??

2003-05-23 by Chromatest Pantsmaker

... keep looking at the traces... you ll find more bad ones. get a magnifying glass... you ll find more. check pin to pin with a continuity tester... you ll

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Re: VCO Problems??

2003-05-23 by Jay

*sniff*... fixed the traces, ran without the battery, i couldn t find any reason why not to within the service schematics, besides i hardly ever save a patch,

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VCO Problems??

2003-05-22 by Jay

Hey everyone, well here s the info if anyone is interested. I work at a music store, we have a repair department, and i ended up finding a pretty beat up

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Re: I'm new !!

2003-05-09 by kissthebats

midi converter korg or roland. Here it is check this out It may help.http://www.dinsync.com/ ... Anyone know a midi retrofit s kit that ok ?

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Re: I'm new !!

2003-05-09 by kissthebats

HI you know you should really think of retrofitting the polysix after you have put it in or installed it the vintage propertys are gone if I was you I would

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Re: [PolySix] I'm new !!

2003-05-09 by David Davis

... Well, I hope the one you can get via http://www.analog.no/ is good ..... I m still waiting for the bloody service tech I gave mine to to fit it though!

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AW: [PolySix] I'm new !!

2003-05-09 by Ullrich Peter

... You can use the nice MIDI retrofit from Virtual Music. It is small, works fine and is very easky to install!

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I'm new !!

2003-05-09 by cex_marionetti

Hi all, i get a second hand polysix (but really optimal state) i spent 350 Euros for this machine. Anyone know a midi retrofit s kit that ok ? Thank s a lot

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RE: [PolySix] Worth fixing?

2003-04-28 by David Davis

One thing I particularly like is setting the resonance on the VCFs so they are just about gurgling into self-oscillation, but not quite.... ....and setting the

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RE: [PolySix] Worth fixing?

2003-04-28 by Frank Blades

My poly6 is now back in the land of the living - and I now wnat to start worign out what I can do with it! Interesting sounds a-plenty please:) Frank ... From:

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Re: [PolySix] Worth fixing?

2003-04-28 by Orlandi Marco_Arcadio

... I m following this interesting thread, and I invite all Polysix owners to exchange sound patches ...esperimental ecc. Marco

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