Where is the battery in a Poly-61?

Lefty7 · Post by **Lefty7** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:37 pm

I have an old Poly-61, well cared for, near mint. It could still offer some valuable use, even if only donated to some school kids to play around with.
(Wish someone had made me that offer years ago.)

Its memory-retention battery is ex. I went into the unit some time ago, looking for the battery, but could not locate it. (Also, didn't know what type battery I was looking for.)

Can anyone help or direct me to where I might find out?

Synthoid · Post by **Synthoid** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:54 pm

Information at this website:

http://www.bustedgear.com/repair_Korg_P ... pes_7.html

Google is your friend...

Lefty7 · Post by **Lefty7** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:37 pm

Synthoid, Thanks for the help/link!

Synthoid · Post by **Synthoid** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:47 pm

Hope all goes well with your battery change.

I have an old Ensoniq ESQ-1 that's due for battery replacement. Fortunately, it's easy to work on.

Lefty7 · Post by **Lefty7** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:23 pm

Thanks. It's one of those jobs that I'll work up to. There's no rush, but this has baffled me since I went in there searching - now, over a year ago.

I'm sorry to admit that I vaguely remember seeing that, but didn't recognize it as the battery! Live and learn. Anyway, having been in there once, I don't think the swap will be too big of a deal. We'll see.

Actually, I'm looking forward to hearing the old Poly again. It's been unplayed for years. I can still recall the excitement of having one of those new, and having the ability to shape and toy with its sounds. And going crazy with the arpeggiator. With that classic synth sound from the era. It will always have its own particular charm for me.

So I appreciate the help very much. Will likely mention something here when Poly sings again.

Synthoid · Post by **Synthoid** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:47 am

Lefty7 wrote:Actually, I'm looking forward to hearing the old Poly again. It's been unplayed for years. I can still recall the excitement of having one of those new, and having the ability to shape and toy with its sounds. And going crazy with the arpeggiator. With that classic synth sound from the era. It will always have its own particular charm for me.

There's something special about synths of that era. If I had more room in the studio, I'd pick up one or two.

I will say though, that my Radias keyboard has been more fun than expected. It has many features that I really didn't know much about when I bought it. I didn't dive into serious programming until about a month ago... and I discover something new each time I use it.

Lefty7 · Post by **Lefty7** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 4:07 pm

Yes. One of the fun things about these instruments, (unlike guitars and basses - which I'm also into), is that many of their capabilities can remain unused, like unread chapters of a book, until you find yourself on that page.

I sometimes wonder what Spike Jones or Frank Zappa, for that matter, would've done if they had had access to this type of musical technology.

Having recently enjoyed my annual holiday listening of Jones' masterful version of the Nutcracker Suite, (a tradition in my house), what he did, live in the studio, still amazes me.

Had those guys had a modern synth/workstation, they might never have left the house...

Synthoid · Post by **Synthoid** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 4:44 pm

Lefty7 wrote:I sometimes wonder what Spike Jones or Frank Zappa, for that matter, would've done if they had had access to this type of musical technology.

Frank Zappa used synthesizers in his music. He spent a great deal of time with the New England Digital Synclavier system as well:

Detail picture of a Synclavier system:

Lefty7 · Post by **Lefty7** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 5:57 pm

Neat photos!

Yeah, I knew FZ had a few fingers in the then-current synth pie; wasn't aware of the specifics, though. It's just that the technology - and resulting possibilities - moved forward so rapidly there for awhile.

I guess in my mind I was going back farther, trying to imagine the Mothers with sampling. Yeow.