Discussion about the Korg PolySix synthesizer

Do you know any CDs/ LPs where the poly 6 explicitly is used ?
Any contemporary artists who use it ?

/Jonas Brogren

Well it was used on most of mine for sale @
http://www.corruptiverecords.co.uk ;-)

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> Do you know any CDs/ LPs where the poly 6 explicitly is used ?
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Etcetera - "Tales of Ardour and Deceit" (2003).

 

My own band and release. But it has a lot of PolySix on it.

 

/Frank

 

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Do you know any CDs/ LPs where the poly 6 explicitly is used ?
Any contemporary artists who use it ?

/Jonas Brogren




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Didn\ufffdt Europe used it for the "Final Countdown" (the main lead) around a 
bunch of DX7/DX9 Synths?


Stef

Jonas Brogren wrote:

>Do you know any CDs/ LPs where the poly 6 explicitly is used ?
>Any contemporary artists who use it ?
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> Didn\ufffdt Europe used it for the "Final Countdown" (the main lead) around a
> bunch of DX7/DX9 Synths?

They did???
This would be cool news to me. I can't say I am surprised though. 
The sound could easily be the P6, and the time is right. It's just 
that "Final Countdown" is the ultimate 80'ies kitch song. And to 
think that it was done on a P6 is just too cool. 
You also mentioned something about "around a bunch of DX7s". What
do you mean? Do you mean to say "played in unison" or "backed up by"
the DX7?
I have my P6 in a two keyboard setup, with a DX7 at the bottom and
the P6 at the top. I could have sworn that FM and analog synthesis 
doesn't go well together, but I have to admit that they really 
complement each other nicely. No, I don't have any "FM Rhodes" sounds
in my DX7. I hate that sound.
I have built a number of brass and ensemble sounds on the DX7 with 
some analog character to them. Played in unison with the P6 the sound 
gets even fatter than the P6 is already.

I once (10+ years ago) read an article in a German Keyboard magazine
that the composer of the famous "The Final Contdown" (analog synth)
brass riff got his hands on a Polysix and he was so inspired of the
brass sounds that he composed this tune. As far as I remember the
recorrding was not taken with the Polysix. (The reason why I did not
keep a copy of this article ;-) )



dko4342@vip.cybercity.dk wrote:

>>Didn\ufffdt Europe used it for the "Final Countdown" (the main lead) around a
>>bunch of DX7/DX9 Synths?
> 
> 
> They did???
> This would be cool news to me. I can't say I am surprised though. 
> The sound could easily be the P6, and the time is right. It's just 
> that "Final Countdown" is the ultimate 80'ies kitch song. And to 
> think that it was done on a P6 is just too cool. 
> You also mentioned something about "around a bunch of DX7s". What
> do you mean? Do you mean to say "played in unison" or "backed up by"
> the DX7?
> I have my P6 in a two keyboard setup, with a DX7 at the bottom and
> the P6 at the top. I could have sworn that FM and analog synthesis 
> doesn't go well together, but I have to admit that they really 
> complement each other nicely. No, I don't have any "FM Rhodes" sounds
> in my DX7. I hate that sound.
> I have built a number of brass and ensemble sounds on the DX7 with 
> some analog character to them. Played in unison with the P6 the sound 
> gets even fatter than the P6 is already.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> PolySix "Digiest" Page: http://www.acc.umu.se/~amber/Poly6 
> Yahoo! Groups Links
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dko4342@vip.cybercity.dk wrote:

>>Didn\ufffdt Europe used it for the "Final Countdown" (the main lead) around a
>>bunch of DX7/DX9 Synths?
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>They did???
>This would be cool news to me. I can't say I am surprised though. 
>The sound could easily be the P6, and the time is right. It's just 
>that "Final Countdown" is the ultimate 80'ies kitch song. 
>
Don\ufffdt think so. IMO most 80\ufffds Bands which used Synthesizers could deal 
better with Synths as most actual Bands, which only wanna arrive with 
software the most complex sounds. According to my opinion is that 
nowadays no more art.


>And to 
>think that it was done on a P6 is just too cool. 
>You also mentioned something about "around a bunch of DX7s". What
>do you mean? Do you mean to say "played in unison" or "backed up by"
>the DX7?
>
As it seems on this Photo  www.phasereffect.com/img/v1.jpg  (taken from 
a Video Clip of the "Final Countdown") and if those are really DX7 
Synths (for me they look for 99% like them or i must be blind, the knobs 
are not green colored, but hey, it\ufffds a old video) they were responsible 
for the backrounds sounds. Unfortunaly you cannot see the Synth which 
plays the main-lead (it stands before him and you cannot recognize 
anything except brown wood).



Greetings

Stef

>I have my P6 in a two keyboard setup, with a DX7 at the bottom and
>the P6 at the top. I could have sworn that FM and analog synthesis 
>doesn't go well together, but I have to admit that they really 
>complement each other nicely. No, I don't have any "FM Rhodes" sounds
>in my DX7. I hate that sound.
>I have built a number of brass and ensemble sounds on the DX7 with 
>some analog character to them. Played in unison with the P6 the sound 
>gets even fatter than the P6 is already.
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>PolySix "Digiest" Page: http://www.acc.umu.se/~amber/Poly6 
>Yahoo! Groups Links
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>• As it seems on this Photo  www.phasereffect.com/img/v1.jpg  (taken
from 
>a Video Clip of the "Final Countdown") and if those are really DX7 
>Synths (for me they look for 99% like them or i must be blind, the
knobs 
>are not green colored, but hey, it´s a old video) they were responsible

>for the backrounds sounds. Unfortunaly you cannot see the Synth which 
>plays the main-lead (it stands before him and you cannot recognize 
>anything except brown wood).

Hmmm. I am not convinced that these are DX7s. They appear to be too deep
to be DX7s. And what is that thing mounted on the top keyboard. I am
sure
it's a programmer of some sort. That could indicate a DCO-based analog
synth. A JX8P perhaps? 

Of course to deserve respect an 80'ies band just HAD to have a DX7
somewhere.

Frank

H Frank,

>Hmmm. I am not convinced that these are DX7s. They appear to be too deep
>to be DX7s. And what is that thing mounted on the top keyboard. I am
>sure
>it's a programmer of some sort. That could indicate a DCO-based analog
>synth. A JX8P perhaps? 
>
>  
>
Yup, your are right, i was too fast with my theory. The lower one seems 
to be a JX8-P,  the upper one a Roland Alpha Juno 1/2. Shame on me ;-)

Stef

They both look to me like JX-8P, the upper is with the PG800 proably.

Actually I just went and downloaded the song (curious...) and I think 
it does sound a JX machine.



--- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Rinass <st@r...> wrote:
> H Frank,
> 
> >Hmmm. I am not convinced that these are DX7s. They appear to be 
too deep
> >to be DX7s. And what is that thing mounted on the top keyboard. I 
am
> >sure
> >it's a programmer of some sort. That could indicate a DCO-based 
analog
> >synth. A JX8P perhaps? 
> >
> >  
> >
> Yup, your are right, i was too fast with my theory. The lower one 
seems 
> to be a JX8-P,  the upper one a Roland Alpha Juno 1/2. Shame on 
me ;-)
> 
> Stef

If I hear right, I guess the arpeggio line at the start of Tears for 
Fears "start of the break down" is a P6. 


--- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Rinass <st@r...> wrote:
> Didn´t Europe used it for the "Final Countdown" (the main lead) 
around a 

> bunch of DX7/DX9 Synths?
> 
> 
> Stef
> 
> Jonas Brogren wrote:
> 
> >Do you know any CDs/ LPs where the poly 6 explicitly is used ?
> >Any contemporary artists who use it ?
> >
> >/Jonas Brogren
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >PolySix "Digiest" Page: http://www.acc.umu.se/~amber/Poly6 
> >Yahoo! Groups Links
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> >
> >
> > 
> >
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> >

--- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Rinass <st@...> wrote:
>
> Didn´t Europe used it for the "Final Countdown" (the main lead)
around a 
> bunch of DX7/DX9 Synths?


I remember a concertvideo where a Korg DW-8000 was used for the riff.
I have a DW-8000 and it could easily create that brass sound.

/Hjulskov

--- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com, "Jonas Brogren" <jonasbrogren@...>
wrote:
>
> Do you know any CDs/ LPs where the poly 6 explicitly is used ?
> Any contemporary artists who use it ?
>
> /Jonas Brogren
>


It was used for bass (and polysynth rezzy sounds) on the recent
Aethellis album. Some audio clips here
<http://www.geocities.com/goodtchessi/aethellis/aethellismedley.m3u>  .



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> --- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com, "Jonas Brogren" <jonasbrogren@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Do you know any CDs/ LPs where the poly 6 explicitly is used ?
> > Any contemporary artists who use it ?
> >
> > /Jonas Brogren

I also used on our album "Across the Spectrum":
http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/115750-02.htm

Listen to the lead-part in "Jazz d\ufffdAvenir" - that's the Polysix! ;)

/Kristofer Ulfves, Uppsala, Sweden