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Newsletter, Issue 1
6 Sections (one per voice):
  1) Welcome to the poly6 list!
  2) MIDI Modification information..
  3) Sounds, Patches..
  4) Quick Explanation: Envelope Generator
  5) Miscellaneous Mentionings
  6) Places of Internet Interest

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| |    Welcome to the poly6 list!
| |      maintained by Zhentil..
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If you have any problems, send them to zhentil@ibm.net. I will try my
hardest to make this an easy and helpful list. Just send your
tips/methods/suggestions to poly6-list@cornflakes.pair.com! To recap what
has been discussed, I will put the most notable stuff in this news letter.

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  __) |  MIDI Modification info..
 / __/    and alternatives?
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 MIDI implementation? It's possible, but is it reliable? Everyone I know
who has gotten this modification says their occilators no longer work
properly and the sound just doesnt produce the same tone. Not worth it, in
my opinion, and the poly6 is truly a delicate and sensitive beast!
  If you MUST desecrate that which is holy, a Korg technician or a
retrofitting expert can probably pull off this mod for $100 USD. Expensive
for something that could in fact ruin your synth.
  Alternatives? Everyone is trying to find alternatives for actually
PLAYING their synths! I understand, all those knobs to turn, heh heh.
There's a built in Arpeggiator and there is a trigger (can be triggered
from a drum machine with any jack-xxxx interface) in the back.
  Playing the synth manually is an unpracticle thing, especially if you
use
it for live performance. Feel free to post your methods.

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  |_ \   Sounds.. Patches..
 ___) |      Programs..
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 This section will be a constant. Any new patches/programs/sounds
created/shared/discovered will be put here. After all, imitation is the
highest form of flattery. Just to tweak the sound perfectly, it won't be
unoriginality to use the patches placed here.
 My Poly6 is sadly being fixed now, but I will have it by the end of this
week. I can only recall one patch right away fully.

Zap sound - to be sampled into a drum machine or to be triggered from the
arp.
Source: Saw wave
   VCF                 EG          MG: Off
Cutoff: 0           Attack: 0
Resonance: 10       Decay: 4       Basically the purpose is just to be
EG Intensity: +5    Sustain: 0     a small zap-like drum. Sounds very
KBD Track: 0        Release: 0     good when triggered quickly in two's.

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| || |_   Quick Explanation
|__   _|   Envelope Generator
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 The purpose of the Envelope Generator (EG) is to alter the volume of the
sound over a period of time. There are four components: Attack, Decay,
Sustain, and Release. The following chart shows how each of these occur
over time:

                |     *
                |    *|**
        Volume  |   * |  ***
         Level  |---*-|-----*******---
                |   * |     |     |*
                |  *  |     |     | **
                |  *  |     |     |   **
                |__*__|_____|_____|_____*
                   A     D     S     R

 As shown in the chart, Attack is how long it takes the sound to evolve
into full volume. Decay controls the amount of time it takes to reach the
sustain pitch. Sustain is basically what pitch the note stays at when you
hold in the key. Release varies the length of the time it takes to fall
from the sustain level to 0 after the key is released. Higher numbers
produce longer release times. Remember, to get the perfect tone,
experiment!
 Most analog synthesizers have this basic scheme for envelope generators.
Some are graphical, while others are knob driven such as the poly6.
  Next newsletter's quick explanation, Modulation Generator!

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|___ \    Miscellaneous
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 This section will contain other random stuff spewed forth onto this list
serve. I only have one thing to add to this section right now. Tears for
Fears used a poly6! Hah hah!

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| '_ \     Places of Internet
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Synthsite's Polysix info page:
http://www.sonicstate.com/synth/korg_polysix.html

Music Machine's Polysix info forum (images, tuning info, technical
run-downs):
http://www.analogue.org/machines/manufacturers/Korg/PolySix

Vintage Synth's Polysix info page (ignore the price stated, it's too
high):
http://www.pacificnet.net/~hypno/vs/korg/poly6.html

Another informative Polysix info page:
http://wet.kiss.uni-lj.si/~k4fe0077/synths/polysix
More coming soon.
Signing off! (mailto:zhentil@ibm.net)

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