Discussion about the Korg PolySix synthesizer

Alright, I'm really a bassist (so please, bear with me), but over
the past few years I've gotten into analog synths. To consumate this
lust, I purchased an old polysix a while back and didn't know what I
was getting myself into...
It was only AFTER I bought it that I found out about the battery
leakage problem. I've opened it, and yeah, she leaked pretty bad. The
memory was messed up before, but I'm not sure if some of these other
problems can be totally caused by the battery-

Manual switch won't work - Switches back to initial sound when I
flip a select switch or two - Once an effect is on (chorus is the
only one I can get), It won't change or turn off - 16' 8' 4' knob
doesn't work (in fact, I think that whole section may be a little
messed) - The only modulation I can get is vibrato, anything else
just decreases the volume - Any movement of the attenuator silences
the instrument...

These, however, are just the things I can remember. Recently, after
not using it for a few months, I fired it up and horrible noises came
out of it when I pressed a key. The note is still in the background,
but in the fore is, well... if a synth could fart, that's what it
would sound like.
Can anybody give me a clue as to if it's the battery alone doing
this or what? Besides getting the battery/board replaced, what else
can be done?

Scott Frenchek

Hi,

It sounds very likely to battery damage, but there may be a different
problem, which only can be solved when the board is cured from the
"battery desease".

What to do depends on where you are living. Maybe you have a friend
who is technician and can restore the KLM-367 board. If you are living
in the US you can send your KLM-367 for repair to Scott Rider; if
you are in continental Europe you may send it to me, if you are in the
UK there is a synth repair center mentioned in a different post.

Good luck!

Johannes


PolySix@yahoogroups.com wrote:

>
>
> Alright, I'm really a bassist (so please, bear with me), but over
> the past few years I've gotten into analog synths. To consumate this
> lust, I purchased an old polysix a while back and didn't know what I
> was getting myself into...
> It was only AFTER I bought it that I found out about the battery
> leakage problem. I've opened it, and yeah, she leaked pretty bad. The
> memory was messed up before, but I'm not sure if some of these other
> problems can be totally caused by the battery-
>
> Manual switch won't work - Switches back to initial sound when I
> flip a select switch or two - Once an effect is on (chorus is the
> only one I can get), It won't change or turn off - 16' 8' 4' knob
> doesn't work (in fact, I think that whole section may be a little
> messed) - The only modulation I can get is vibrato, anything else
> just decreases the volume - Any movement of the attenuator silences
> the instrument...
>
> These, however, are just the things I can remember. Recently, after
> not using it for a few months, I fired it up and horrible noises came
> out of it when I pressed a key. The note is still in the background,
> but in the fore is, well... if a synth could fart, that's what it
> would sound like.
> Can anybody give me a clue as to if it's the battery alone doing
> this or what? Besides getting the battery/board replaced, what else
> can be done?
>
> Scott Frenchek
>
>
>
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