Korg POLYSIX Service Manual page 25

KORG POLYS1X
OWNERS MANUAL ADDENDUM
In addition to the information found in your Owner's Manual, we have prepared this Owner's Manual
Addendum with supplemental information for your use.
KEY ASSIGN MODE
1) HOLD MODE
This function provides indefinite sustain for UNISON, CHORD MEMORY, and POLY Assign Modes,
in effect, the synthesizer behaves as if the player was constantly holding down the note or notes played',
and allows him to initiate a sound on the POLYSIX and then play other instruments at the same time
Wote: [he Envelope Generator's SUSTAIN LEVEL control must be set to some value other then "0"
for indefinite sustain, or sounds played in the HOLD mode may eventually disappear through the normal
EG Decay function.
The effect will be different, depending on the Keyboard Assign mode selected. In UNISON mode the
last note played will sustain indefinitely, or until HOLD is cancelled. CHORD MEMORYworks essential¬
ly the same, except that an interval or chord is sustained based on the last note played, rather than a
single Unison note.
In POLY mode, each key played will activate the next voice in sequence, up to the maximum of 6, all
with indefinite sustain; thus, a "note layering" effect is created. Beyond the maximum, the earliest notes
are cancelled and re-assigned to the latest note or notes played, in the order originally played. This re¬
assignment function allows the user to create "overlapping" chordal effects, since the 6 most recently
played notes will be the ones sounding at any given time.
In addition, notes can be "doubled up" by simply replaying them more than once in succession. Each
key repetition will "stack" the next voice in sequence on that note, up to the maximum number avail¬
able. This,function is particularly useful when using the CHORD MEMORY function to create
"weighted" chords by giving prominence to selected notes within the chord. For example, with POLY
and HOLD modes activated, play C twice, G above once, and C one octave higher three times, and then
depress CHORD MEMORY. The resulting monophonic sound is just as strong as in UNISON mode, and
yet has a distinctive timbre which is unavailable by any other means.
Doubling also allows the remaining voices to be utilized whenever the memorized chord is less than
6 notes. (As an example, you can play a C and G three times each with POLY and HOLD modes
activated, and then depress CHORD MEMORY. The resulting open fifth interval will utilize all six
voices, and therefore possess considerably more power than the two voice sound that would have
resulted without using HOLD. Once memorized, this interval can be recalled at any time by redepressinq
CHORD MEMORY. y u y
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