Korg Poly-61 - no talking - part 1/2

[@rayluko2824]

My very first synth that I bought myself with money saved up from delivering newspapers when I was 15 years old, and I loved it so much! 2nd synth was a Juno 106, and as a junior and senior in high school with this two boards, I was in heaven! The years were 1984-86. Great DCO/Analog filter times, lol!

[@paypower66]

Yes, me too, my first synth together with the juno 60 and also the poly 800 added a few years later... which I still have :-)

[@catboyzee]

Very synth I ever bought, purchased it back in 1985 until I sold it some years later. Some days I miss it. Great sounds and fun to play. Thanks for the memory lane moment.

[@mikaelsjodin1963]

Thank you for a good demonstration. Very nice that you didn´t add any external effects, so that we can hear what the instrument actually sounds like. My Poly-61 (purchased in 1983) still works perfectly.

[@TheRumanx]

you don't hear the delays?

[@mikaelsjodin1963]

@@TheRumanx In the first minutes of the video I didn´t hear any effects. But later the delays can be heard, mostly on the percussive sounds.

[@brianthompson646]

Hopefully you replaced the battery in it. Otherwise that thing will get acid all over the board. Ask me how I know.

[@mikaelsjodin1963]

@@brianthompson646 Yes it´s been changed!

[@scooterputin2409]

You get some fantastic sounds out of this my man

[@Bernd_Bruening]

Thank you!

[@grimlywallace9358]

Between this and the keen on keys Juno poly 61 demo.. I am now having to buy this keeb.

[@GeorgiosZaimis]

Very nice synthesizer; I think I listened its 80s-vibe sound here for the first time. Thank you for the interesting demonstration!

[@brianptguitarkeyboardcover9957]

Thanks for the demo, thinking about getting one. great playing

[@bcbudrecords]

Great video thank you !

[@klarenzjeong8031]

The very 1st digital synthesizer even without MIDI

[@djlab586]

Synth hybrid, DCO, analo filter

[@klarenzjeong8031]

@@djlab586It did look like digital

[@TheTerracide]

@@djlab586not hybrid .. pure analog signal path a dco is 100% analog

[@calyx93]

There were MANY digital and analog/digital hybrid synths long before the Poly 61. Synclavier? PPG Wave? Fairlight CMI? RMI Computer Keyboard I and II, RMI Harmonic Synthesizer, DK Synergy, Yamaha GS1 and GS2 - the list goes on. Get yer facts right ;)

[@florianfriedrich2889]

Awsome patches, well done! 👌 Did you program those yourself?

[@Bernd_Bruening]

Thank you! Yes, I programmed the patches myself (without a programmer)

[@matthardyworship]

Hey I’m just about to buy one of these! Do you have a list of your programmed sounds? Numbers for each parameter Or a recommended place to find some

[@Bernd_Bruening]

I haven’t got the Poly 61 anymore. I did most of the sounds myself. The factory presets are a good start.

[@matthardyworship]

Cheers, last Saturday I actually drove an hour to buy one off someone, but when I got there it didn't work at all! @@Bernd_Bruening

[@yingtianfu]

1:21

[@Pepijn_a.k.a._Akikaze]

A terribly limited synthesizer with a cumbersome user interface. A like for the demo, not for the instrument.

[@Bernd_Bruening]

I’m building the new Tauntek poly61 mainboard right now. It has some new features like midi, a 2nd LFO, new waveforms for LFO and VCO. All parameters can be edited via midi cc. I’m probably going to make a video for it.