images via this auction."The Korg Poly-61 was released in 1982 as the successor to the Polysix. It was somewhat of a step up [not really - the Polysix is more highly regarded] from the Polysix, as it has 2 DCOs for better reliability. It also retained the arpeggiator of the Polysix. It has a very dirty sharp sound much like the Yamaha DX7. This is good if you are into the lo-fi sound of electronica. The Poly-61 can provide cool gritty basses or trippy analog sounds and fx.
Also added is the familiar Korg joystick, which can be used to modulate the VCO or the VCF. However, its filter only has 7 steps of resonance and is not as fat as the Polysix's filter. It also uses the same method of programming the Poly-800 and Yamaha DX-7
Specifications:
Polyphony - 6 Voices Oscillators - DCO1:sawtooth, pulse, and square; DCO-2: sawtooth, square LFO - 1 LFO can modulate the DCOs or the Filter Filter - 1 lowpass filter w/ ADSR Memory - 64 patches VCA - ADSR Keyboard - 61 keys Arpeg/Seq - Arpeggiator with external sync Effects - Chorus Control - MIDI (on later Poly-61M models) Date Produced - 1982 - 1986"
you can get the arpeggiator sound from:Tangerine Dream-White Eagle(title track)
ReplyDeleteout of these things!!
My first synth - picked one up on ebay a year ago or so and it was in excellent condition all for a little over $100. Great board and memories!
ReplyDeleteI think synth auctions that quote VSE verbatim (which is to say almost all of them) should come with a disclaimer to that effect, or just a link to the VSE page. It would save everyone the time spent actually reading the description to see whether anyone has anything original to say.
ReplyDeleteThis only really bugs me because I own an Xpander and I'm sick of seeing them described on eBay as having CV & gate outputs because the errors/ambiguities in the VSE entry are never corrected.