Korg Polysix - old, busted hotness

It's old, slightly broken, but fully analog. Watch as I wank out on this shabby old broken thing. Third and final installment of Coffeehouse synth demos.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Korg
• Polysix
• analog
• synth
• keyboard
• demo
• solo
• Racer-X
• Scarified

[dfgfgd]

Haha awesome video. Was that a little Racer X I heard in the beginning?

[hamsterdunce]

Very little, but yes. :o)

[hamsterdunce]

I warned the actual owner of this, yes. I think it has since been serviced!

[Freedomcall82]

dude how come they cant make cool synths like this today the 80's and 70's were gold!

[earlyfailures]

@djmrbrown00 i hate you.

[Erik2Ammo]

@djmrbrown00

Are you serious? :O

I would go crazy when I saw it for that price!

[lordoid]

@thesaintofelsewhere: Of coursethe Polysix is fully analog (6 x SSM2056 EG, 6 x SSM2044 VCF etc.) Even the Effect-Section is - wich is really nice. The later Poly61 has DCOs but analog Filter.

[thesaintofelsewhere]

Only the filters are analog.

[sounddoctorin]

Nice sounds. I thought I heard a funny trigger on a key at one time near the beginning. If you have contact troubles check out the video I just posted. I've got a fix for these finally!

[SynthGirl1977]

The power supply board on mine just took a dump, but I never had the battery issue, they sound great, love mine, I'll fix it and keep using it, awesome video, cool that it works even though it's that hammered, lol.

[djmrbrown00]

i found one in a thrift store for 40$

[joshgura]

the chips inside only have a lifetime of around 15 years before they essentially rot. there are about 50 4000-series CMOS chips that might need replacing, using sockets for future repair.

[sephardimm]

..."partly fuctionell". Mine functioned completely - exept the oscillators, you couldn't it anymore. It was like playing an oriental scale, so I gave it away for 100€(it couldnt be fixed).

[mewrth]

IMy friend has a Polysix with the following problems:

-16' footage plays 4'

-He told me the memory's dead

-Scratchy pots (easy to repair)

-Higher keys have problem making contact (that's typical for the age)

-You can't turn off the LFO

can somebody please help us? it would be much appreciated. Thanks