It was KorgвЂ™s first to go knobless and after the one-two punch of the Mono/Poly and Polysix, well, I can see why people might turn their heads away in shame. ItвЂ™s no MS-20 but your Juno-106 would certainly tut tut its impertinence. And lastly the filter resonance can get downright, well, impolite. It has a grittiness that is unexpected considering it employs DCOs and not VCOs. It also does great drones thanks to the hold button. Underestimate its potential for bass at your peril. I was expecting something similar to the Poly-800 but the 61 has a lot more low end, for one. ItвЂ™s a 6-voice dual DCO analog synth with a whole lot of character. I must not be the only person with a blind spot for the 61 because I managed to get one recently in decent shape for $150. IвЂ™ve been through more Poly-800s than I care to count, I have the Polysix iPad app, and I certainly wouldnвЂ™t mind a Mono/Poly, but a Poly-61? It also looks incredibly synthwave with its gray color scheme and grid-patterned front panel. Nobody really talks about it, despite it having been used by big names of electronic music like Boards Of Canada and Com Truise. Sandwiched between the famous and desirable Polysix, and the Poly-800, the synth that everyone loves to hate, the Poly-61 is easily forgotten. This was my history with the Poly-61, KorgвЂ™s 1982 polysynth. But for whatever reason you havenвЂ™t given it the time of day. Maybe itвЂ™s even (in the parlance of our times) a beast. It could have nothing to do with the sound of the synth itself. Sometimes, for whatever reason, a synth will stay off your radar.

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