The Korg Poly-61 was released in 1982 as the successor to the Polysix. It’s the first synth that adopted what KORG calls “Digital Access Control” user interface that is also used in POLY-800. I answered an advert which was offering two of these (one working, one not). The working one works well. The non-working one does not. The battery blew up inside and made a corrosive mess. I think I’ll turn the non-working one into a clock or something.
Polyriffic spec-o-meg-a-rama…
- 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
- Arpeggiator with external sync
- Effects – Chorus
- Control – MIDI (on later Poly-61M models)
- Date Produced – 1982 – 1986
Acquired: 2008
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