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Korg Poly-61 Synthesizer

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. I've not powered up the non-working Poly-61 yet. I have a funny feeling it doesn't work.

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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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