MATRIXSYNTH: KORG MONOPOLY - HQ DEMO synthesizer 1981 Korg Mono Poly


Sunday, February 07, 2010

KORG MONOPOLY - HQ DEMO synthesizer 1981 Korg Mono Poly

KORG MONOPOLY Analog Synth DEMO | Mono Poly

YouTube Uploaded by AnalogAudio1 on Feb 7, 2010

"The Korg MonoPoly came out 1981 and was the last analogue monophonic synthesizer from Korg. Actually, the MonoPoly is a monophonic synth - but you can play it polyphonically, too - if necessary.

The Korg/Mono Poly is a very flexible synthesizer: It has 4 oscillators, oscillator sync, cross modulation, PWM, 24 dB Filter, 2 ADSR envelopes, 2 LFO's with many waveforms, ARPEGGIATOR, CHORD MEMORY and portamento.

It is built around SSM chips like the Korg Polysix. I think, with the MONOPOLY Korg wanted to produce a synth as an alternative to the Minimoog and Sequential Circuits Pro One.

The most characteristic thing on the MonoPoly is the arpeggiator, when it triggers the oscillators in poly-mode. Every step of the arpeggiator triggers a different oscillator - unique patterns can be produced.

The MonoPoly sounds great - it produces fat basses and leads - but also FX sounds, bells, like you can hear in the video.

I played the Korg MonoPoly sometimes with a Roland DEP-5 for delay effects and a Lexicon MPX-500 for reverbs."

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