[A6] A6 - Poly Numan factory program?

[MelloT at aol.com]

Well, of course, Numan could not be part of it. But since the original  
Polymoog sound is called VOX HUMANA, I thought anyone who cared would recognize  
Humana Numana. 
 
I find this patch fascinating, though not tricky: It IS a great sound in an  
arrangement, not so impressive on its own, something that is hard to know when 
 trying a synth at a store. I call them "bread and butter" sounds - ones you 
can  use a lot, but may not be so impressive as "a sound". Hammond organ or 
Solina  string synth are actually quite plain and limited, but so many uses can 
be found  for it. Good string pads and bass sounds are often fairly 
dull-sounding, but  work in an arrangement. 
 
The Oberheim OB-Mx I have does Vox Humana it well - it's a bit dirtier -  
more like the Moog original, but yet not as rich as the A6 version. The key is  
the filter tone (you need a Moog filter shape, which the A6 and OB-Mx have  - 
most synths don't have it), the modulation of the waveforms and pitch,  plus 
having two different waveforms on each oscillator. I suppose just having  the 
Polymoog in front is the key to getting it right - you had to know how THEY  
once got that sound...
_________________________________________________________________________
 
Buying an A6: Of course, the A6 does many more sounds than ALL old analog  
synths, and it is expensive. But it does so much I think the price is quite  
fair. (Polymoogs used to be $5,000 in 1970's money!) I would recommend buying  
one you could try out first, but if you can save quite a bit, maybe shipping is  
fine. 
 
BrianK