The Poly Monster is essentially the voice board of a Korg Polysix, modified to have individual parameters for each voice.
Don't worry, i didn't mutilate the PCB or any hard-to-find components. It has nothing added or subtracted from the board but contains
6 individual synthesizers that each have:
1 x VCO with Square / Saw and Suboctave 1 or 2 octaves down, PW on the main with Key and PW CV inputs
1 x 4-Pole Lowpass VCF (SSM2044) with cutoff, adsr to cutoff, external to cutoff and resonance knob, has CV inputs
for cutoff and resonance and a direct audio input into the filter
1 x VC ADSR (ssm2056) with a direct EG OUT jack
1 x VCA with either Gate or ADSR mode switch and a direct VCA out
1 x Mixer knob that sets the volume in the main output mix
There will be soundsamples in a while, i promise.
I decided to make the unit extra nice and paint and print, typical being-sexist-to-5-year-old-girls-pink combined with green knobs.
Side artwork done mostly drunkenly at Thanksgiving by Me, Nicolette le faye, Michael Farley, Logan Terkelsen and at another occasion
by Ryan Wirth. Top and back artwork by the awesome baltimore artist Mike Riley and the underside was specifically made for me
by the all-amazing artist and friend Celina Perez. All text design by yours truly and yes, that is a scrotum with a jetpack and a monster entirely made of tits with bacon-legs. No reason to grow up if you can choose not to...
