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

The Korg Poly-61 was released in 1982 as the successor to the Polysix. It was somewhat of a step up from the Polysix, as it has 2 DCOs for better reliability. It also retained the arpeggiator of the Polysix. The Poly-61 can provide cool gritty basses or trippy analog sounds and fx. However, its filter only has 7 steps of resonance and is not as fat as the Polysix's filter. It also uses the same method of programming the Poly-800 and Yamaha DX-7 use, so it's not a very useful synth for real-time-tweaking junkies. The first Poly-61s didn't have MIDI, but the Poly-61M released in 1984 corrects this. Overall, the Poly-61 is still a decent synth, and it can be acquired for practically nothing!
from: www.vintagesynth.com/korg/pol...

[@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 :-)

[@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.

[@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

[@scooterputin2409]

You get some fantastic sounds out of this my man

[@Bernd_Bruening]

Thank you!

[@bcbudrecords]

Great video thank you !

[@grimlywallace9358]

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

[@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

[@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]

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