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Korg iPolysix on sale
From 30 to 20 US.
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And iMS-20 too! :-)
Can somebody tell me about iPolySix? I have Gadget and really like some of the sounds in there.
Good presets? User friendly for making sounds?
And it also has a drum machine - any good?
Thanks!
I really want to buy this, iMS-20, and iElectribe, but having all those apps locked to midi channel 1 is a no-go for me.
The Polysix is rather simple, but that can be part of its appeal. One OSC (plus sub), one EG and one LFO. And a LP/HP filter. Kinda like a Korg Juno 6(0). It sounds great. The drum machine lets you create sounds in the regular synth area and then use them as drum sounds. Nice, but not essential. But, in my opinion, it isn't a must-have synth. Certainly not at the price (even on sale at $20).
I don't agree that iPolySix is simple at all. Practically everything can be automated, the synth is far more exacting than anything in Gadget, and the sequencer is surprisingly in-depth (although not as good as iMS-20). Decent MIDI implementation.
iPolySix and iMS-20 are mandatory buys, imo
Yes the sound from Ipoly is very good indeed. Must have? Excellent and fun to play without a doubt. Check out MeZanook videos about that.
Ah, courses and the horses they run on.
I would suggest that for most of us iPolySix is not mandatory, but for a smaller number it may be. I found it capable but fairly dull now we're living in Thor/Nave/And The Rest World, but also reassuringly familiar, but it didn't get much play.
And then, frustrated one day and not getting anywhere, I opened it up and suddenly found it smarter than I'd remembered (shades of Mark Twain and his dad etc).
I DO agree that the sequencer isn't upto the iMS-20 and the truth is I still rarely go to back to it, but it's a nice bench player if your first team is already stacked.
Well iPolysix is a strange synth, it has a sequencer, automation, patterns and even a song mode. There are in fact two synth engines + a drum synth (in reality a third synth engine with pads) that one can use.
I originally got it because of the sequncer, but I am not using it much if at all. I much prefer the Gadget sequencer and I like other synths more.
Can be safely skipped if you have any of Thor, Sunrizer, Zeta, etc. I wouldn't buy it again now that I have Gadget even if it's arguably more powerful than a typical synth inside Gadget.
@raz said:
This is a good analysis, and I think you've nailed what I suspect to be the "right" answer, which is that I don't need it. I've really just got a problem of "paralysis by options" right now. It's not that I regret the money spent on apps that I hardly use (this is what I enjoy right now and it's truly displacing spending on more expensive hobbies, including "collecting" guitar gear
). But simply adding all these new apps and content doesn't actually cause me to do anything musical. It just encourages me to play with apps. Which, hey, I really enjoy...but that wasn't supposed to be the point.
The appeal of Korg iPolySix to me is that I really enjoy the warmth of the synths in Gadget, and suspect there would be a lot to like about the sounds from iPolySix. But at a closer glance, it doesn't have sound-shaping depth or out-of-the-box presets as many of the other excellent synths I've recently purchased, yet barely scratched the surface.
Not ruling out the temptation of buying it, but you've explained to me why I probably shouldn't.
@StormJH1 I think you're on it Mister. Be an example to us all...
@JohnnyGoodyear said:
Over half of my spirited rants end with me clicking "Buy".
Actions would speak louder than words on my part.
Stay strong @stormjh1. Agree with the above, fun box but pretty redundant these days (and takes over midi channels 1-8). I used to have a hardware polysix and it really does sound like it (including the stuff I didn't like!).
@StormJH1 I pretty much stopped buying synths because it's leading to less music creation on my part, I don't even care what supersynth is coming next.
I really love the EG and envelope on this thing. The randomizer on the sequencer is great, too (although not as good as iMS-20's, which can do randomization per-drum, instead of all drums at once on iPolySix).
my first synth was ims-20 and reading this getting me to skip ipoly. Gonna buy Gadget, but also thinking about electribe, is it worth then?
I'd say skip iElectribe if you're getting Gadget. Between the Tokyo and London gadgets, you get most of the iElectribe functionality.
@CalCutta said:
That's interesting. I just bought iElectribe because of the 9.99 sale, but it hadn't even occurred to me that the beat boxes in Gadget duplicate/supersede it. I would be comfortable with the statement that London is "better" than iElectribe, but I'm not sure they're the same. I love the analog sounds in Tokyo, but it's very limited within those 4 instrument parameters. Also, there's something to be said about loading up Gadget and opening a particular gadget track just to export a drum beat for a separate DAW.
I'll have to have more time with iElectribe to know if it was worth it. I primarily got it because Stroke Machine is disappointing me with performance issues and skipping notes.
iElectribe's synth parameters are deeper than Tokyo's to be sure but I don't think it's that far off (at least once automation's involved), and Gadget's sequencer is better.
And London and iElectribe are certainly not the same, London's sample-based. I guess I would just put the emphasis on automation.
Got the Gadget only (had ms20) like you said guys. Getting too much synths these days (bought thor on sale too, animoog for iphone, waiting only for ipad version when on sale)
Need to get a mixer, better and few more volcas
Thanks to this thread I ended up breaking out my Samson Carbon 49 and hooked it up to the ipoly. MMMM there are some really sweet fat full sounds in this little beast that is for sure. I love revisiting the old standbys now and again like this for inspiration. Remixing on this is a ton of fun as well.