From Kenny Balys Sent Thu, May 31st 2018, 06:02
From Kenny Balys Sent Thu, May 31st 2018, 06:02
I really like the Six Trak and generally all 3394 synths. Dieter's 3394 based Dark Energy has to be one of the most cutting mono synths extant. The Six Trak factory sounds are an ear curdling journey through all of the sounds that 1980s patch designers were forced (likely at gun point) to plop in. Horrid brassy sounds, vapid church organ crap, smelly strings... then in the higher patch digits, come glorious sound effects. As a creepy synthesizer the Six Trak comes out at night to hunt. Its a seriously nice synth. This is my third one. First two got restored and sold in the 90s to pay rent (ahem... I spent my rent on them and had to undo this later) On 31.05.18 05:47 , Kylee Kennedy wrote: > That OS really makes the SixTrak a super fun instrument. I really > like the 3394 CEMs filter over some of the earlier CEMs. Just being > able to change patches with the encoder pot was worth the upgrade. I > owned two in need of TLC. Fixed up one easily with the calibration > process. Sold it for cost to a friend. The other did need a new > CEM...simply swapping the chips around revealed that issue. Found a > dead SCI Max for cheap on eBay. Borrowed a key and CEM chip from it > to complete my second one. I like playing the SixTrak from my > Prophet T8, you get more octaves than the tiny keyboard on it. > > I was talking with Dieter at NAMM and he was trying to convince Mrs. > Curtis to reissue 3394s next. > > Kylee > >