Korg Polysix midi retrofit description

Latest firmware is 2.1 (mars 2000)

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"Korg USA proudly announces the PS6-MRK MIDI Retrofit Kit for the Korg Poly-6 Synthesizer. Thanks to modern software/hardware technology, a great classic analog synthesizer, the Korg Poly-6, has now been upgraded with one of the most advanced and comprehensive MIDI Retrofits ever devised for a pre-MIDI synthesizer. With MIDI, your Poly-6 can now join the MIDI revolution, easily connecting with other MIDI synthesizers, expander modules, sequencers, drum machines, personal computers and more ... "

- so far the original text of the MIDI retrofit kit produced by Korg in 1986.
This has now come true once more with the present retrofit kit designed by Ricard Wolf (Sweden) and Johannes Hausensteiner (Austria).

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Features:

  • MIDI IN functionality: note on, note off, all notes off, bend wheel, mod wheel, program change, data entry, volume, sustain pedal, chord memory pedal, arpeggio switch, data increment, data decrement, NRPN fine and coarse, MIDI clock, start and stop (for the arpeggiator), sysex program dump, mode messages, active sensing.
  • MIDI OUT functionality: note on, note off, all notes off, bend wheel, mod wheel, program change, sustain pedal, chord memory pedal, arpeggio switch, sysex program dump, active sensing.


Other features:

  • Individually selectable MIDI in and out channels 1..16.
  • Omni on/off, local on/off, and poly/mono mode messages received.
  • Arpeggiator can sync to MIDI clock at one of eight different clock rates.
  • Arpeggiated notes are sent over MIDI OUT.
  • Expands memory to 128 programs, grouped in 4 groups (1..4) of 4 banks (A..D) of 8 programs (1..8).
  • Edit recall functionality.
  • Chord memory pedal can now function as sustain pedal (switchable) with automatic pedal polarity detection.
  • Sysex dumps in banks of 32 or 128 programs can be sent and received.
  • 128 program tape dump available, as well as 32 program format compatible with the original Polysix.
  • 8 selectable key assign modes; dual and triple voice capability: up to three voices can be layered on the same note
  • for fatter polyphonic sound.


Unique features (you cannot get them anywhere else .. ):

  • Individual parameter control in realtime via MIDI CC.
  • Programmable noise generator.
  • Programmable bend wheel (VCO/VCF).
  • Programmable mod wheel (VCO/VCF/VCA).
  • Editor / librarian program with patch chart input/output.

You can download the User manual here.


Things to come:

  • Keyboard split / key window function.
  • Programmable key assign mode.


Future upgrade policy:

  • Once you have purchased the MIDI retrofit kit all future software / firmware (EPROM programming file) enhancements come to you for free. Hardware upgrades you will get for cost price.
  		 

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