Discussion about the Korg PolySix synthesizer

Yup.  Went in again over the weekend.  Checked continutity from all 
traces coming from ICs 30 and 31, plus the processor.  Checked 
continuity on all traces coming from the connectors at the top of the 
board.

I found one instance where wires were touching near the solder 
points.  Put another set of fresh chips in the IC 30 and 31 slots.  I 
removed a few jumps I did at the beginning of this series of looks at 
367.

Before this round, I had most of the patch memory working again but 
still had some odd behavior with the knobs.  After this round, the 
patch memory system is on the fritz again.  

Ugh. I want to keep her and am considering one of Crow's new boards 
(if he is still making them), but I'm weighing my cost versus 
options.  I keep thinking MIDI would be nice seeing as I have a child 
on the way and will do most of my work in sequencers for a while.  
MIDI, of course, is an expensive "option" for the Polysix.

--- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com, "toorglick" <toorglick@y...> wrote:

> Ugh. I want to keep her and am considering one of Crow's new boards 
> (if he is still making them), but I'm weighing my cost versus 
> options.  I keep thinking MIDI would be nice seeing as I have a child 
> on the way and will do most of my work in sequencers for a while.  
> MIDI, of course, is an expensive "option" for the Polysix.

Crow's boards are very easy to use -- bought one of his bare boards a
few months ago, repopulated it with the components from the old board
(plus a few new CMOS & opamp ICs) and it worked just fine.

MIDI for the Polysix isn't that expensive... (if you're not talking
about FULL MIDI).

Speaking of which, I have a fully repaird Polysix (with MIDI IN) for
sale for $275.