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Re: [PolySix] Worth fixing?

2003-04-18 by Ellsworth Hall

Thanks to everyone for the tips. Will have a go with the IC25 and see what happens and go from there. - Ells ... From: sam enos To: PolySix@yahoogroups.com

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Re: [PolySix] Worth fixing?

2003-04-16 by Ellsworth Hall

Thanks so very much!! I will check this out and let you know what happens. I so appreciate the info as I d love to get Poly back to making new sounds. - Ells

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Re: [PolySix] Worth fixing?

2003-04-16 by sam enos

You really need to check the board where the battery is if u can use a miroscope the traces are very very touchy.. ... Check to make sure IC25 (called a 4011

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Re: [PolySix] Worth fixing?

2003-04-16 by The Old Crow

... Check to make sure IC25 (called a 4011 quad NAND gate) doesn t have corroded pins or traces. A safe bet would be to replace IC25--this one you can get at

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Worth fixing?

2003-04-15 by Ellsworth Hall

Hey all, I have a Polysix that I had MIDIed up back in 01. Battery was replaced 2 years before that. Worked fine until last fall when at first it wouldn t

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Gracias y adios!

2003-04-14 by polymex2003

Thank you all for your advices, I left my p6 with the doc last saturday. I ll let you know the results . . . Gracias y adios!! Fritz

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Re: Tuning

2003-04-11 by ghwelles

OK Johannes, I tried your tuning method . . . and it WORKS! My Synth now is in tune. THANKS. They should call you, like Steve Martin s heroic dog,

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Re: [PolySix] Re: Tuning

2003-04-11 by David Davis

Yeah, this sounds wierd to me?! Pianos get stretch-tuned because their strings don t behave like perfect linear harmonic oscillators, so the harmonics

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Re: [PolySix] Re: Tuning

2003-04-11 by Tony Allgood

... English word..) created by the stretched tuning. I must admit having tuned a few P6s in my time, I prefer the sound of unstretched tuning on any synth.

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Re: [PolySix] Re: Tuning

2003-04-10 by Henry Welles

THANKS I will try that immediately! ... The description in the adjustment procedure is for the Old Production , you are right. This maps as follows to the

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Re: [PolySix] Re: Tuning

2003-04-10 by Johannes Hausensteiner

The description in the adjustment procedure is for the Old Production , you are right. This maps as follows to the New Production (n.b. old/new is only

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Quick Check for Polysix Synths

2003-04-10 by Frank Blades

This information has arrived from my electronic expert Charles who has spent the last week or so fiddling around inside my poly6. This checkis somethign that

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RE: [PolySix] My new synth

2003-04-10 by Frank Blades

Hi Fritz, I m not an expert - and there ARE experts on the list... What I would do is get a copy of Old Crow s Synth Shop: Korg Polysix Upgrade & Repair

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Re: [PolySix] My new synth

2003-04-09 by Henry Welles

I am in the same boat. The battery repair mod may help. Also you can tune and calibrate the unit by adjusting the appropriate variable resistors, but there

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My new synth

2003-04-09 by polymex2003

Hi, I m new around here and I m a recent owner of a Polysix. (I don t speak very good english, so sorry!!) I just bought it three days ago and yes, it s a

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Re: [PolySix] Re: Tuning

2003-04-07 by Henry Welles

Thanks for the reply: I have the procedure form the manual, and it was very unclear, and referred to VRs that did not exist and did not refere to ones that did

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Re: [PolySix] Re: Tuning

2003-04-07 by Johannes Hausensteiner

I do not know about the Poly-61; as far as I know it has DCOs, which generate the frequency in a digital manner. So out of tune in only a region of the

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Poly Six Problems

2003-04-07 by ghwelles

I bought a Poly six on E-bay. Of course it has some problems. I did the OldCrow battery mod and trace repair to resolve any problems associated with

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Re: [PolySix] Re: Tuning

2003-04-07 by David Davis

Mine is like that too! To be honest, I ve never really found it to be that big a problem, but I have wondered if there s a simple calibration I could do to fix

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Re: Tuning

2003-04-07 by ghwelles

... keyboard is in tune and it gets more and more of of tune as you go towards the bass end. Any suggestions on how to fix it? ... I have the exact same

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patches

2003-04-07 by slimjimsouthpaw

Anybody have any suggestions for patch settings to achieve really long filter sweeps? Especially in unison mode. I can usually get a good amount of sweeping

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mods and cleanup

2003-04-04 by slimjimsouthpaw

Hi all, Just got a PolySix and love it. I was wondering a couple of things however. Has anybody thought about or successfully done a mod that would add

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Polysix problems

2003-04-03 by Frank Blades

Bloody hell!!! I get the SSM 2044 chip problem sorted out - and I find a bloody SSM2056 chip has blown two. Stil, that should be it - and I might have a new

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Re: Polysix w/case for sale

2003-04-02 by Andrew Dennison

Hi there... Is this still available? If so, how much are you asking and where are you located? Thanks, Andrew.. The patch in fig. 2-23 gives the sound of a

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RE: [PolySix] Polysix w/case for sale

2003-03-31 by Frank Blades

excellent shape - I didn t realise there were different shaped poly6 s:) Mine s a rectangular shape - does that make it worht more? (or is this a boast that

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Re: [PolySix] SRAM Needed!

2003-03-28 by Ellsworth Hall

Dear Old Crow, I was wondering if you had an idea as to what I should do next. Thought the IC32 in my Polysix was going up, but appears not (see below).

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Re: How easy is it to get SSM 2044 chip?

2003-03-26 by Frank Blades

I ve found a guy in USA selling six SSM 2044 chips on eBay. I obviously only need one, so if anyone is interested in some or all of the remaining five, I ll be

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How easy is it to get SSM 2044 chip?

2003-03-24 by Frank Blades

Hi guys, Having built up confidence to look at Old Crow s fix your poly6 pages with a screwdriver in my hand...I lost my nerve:) So, I have my tame

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Re: [PolySix] Re: SRAM Needed!

2003-03-21 by Ellsworth

... Thanks for the heads up, Jim! I was wondering about that myself which is why I posted. I can t edit in Manual mode either. Just have a kind of blip sound

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Re: SRAM Needed!

2003-03-20 by springpan

Ells, Be careful! If your Polysix will hold its presets when they are changed or the unit is turned off, I would say offhand that the SRAM chip is probably

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Re: SRAM Needed!

2003-03-19 by yrbesque

... I too am going to get one of these as my Polysix is right now just a preset machine (hey, at least they are the presets I programmed into it!). I was

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Re: [PolySix] korg annoucements!

2003-03-15 by Stefan Rinass

Cool, if VST´s comes out, then the real KORG´s get cheaper. A MS-20 for EUR 100-why not? Ouhouh....why Ppl won´t learn it: Emulation is emulation, and

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looking for parts

2003-03-15 by gohei

my ds8 got damaged in shipping and i m having an extremely hard time finding replacement keys. parts is parts, the korg affiliate said that the A and D keys

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Re: FS: Polysix spares

2003-03-07 by kissthebats

... the ... based in ... How much for the keys or the hole thing? E-mail me vampp73@hotmail.com

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Re: help..UK

2003-03-07 by kissthebats

... to ... polysix because there mite not be the origional battery on the board.My opinion is that you change your battery to a lithium coin type 3.5 its not

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AW: [PolySix] Re: help..UK

2003-03-05 by Ullrich Peter

... http://www.synth.clara.net/synths.html His email address in 1999 was: dragonser@clara.net Maybe it is still his email address... Ciao Peter |/ (o o)

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Re: help..UK

2003-03-05 by elefohuk

I used Peter Blackett of Dragon Servicing to fix the autotune on my Polysix. He is in Carshalton, South London. I can t remember his web site address, but do a

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help..UK

2003-03-04 by dagga36 <dagga36@yahoo.com>

I m in London and need to get the Battery on my Polysix changed.. Anyone know where and how much it will set me back?. Not prepared to do it myself.

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FS: Polysix w/ original box

2003-03-03 by synthpimp <mhz@io.com>

I have a near mint Polysix for sale. It includes the original box, manual, patch book, and factory cassette tape. It looks factory new so I m asking a

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