Full Bucket Music has introduced a new virtual instrument which closely simulates the early ’80s Poly-61 polyphonic synthesizer from KORG.
At first glance, the Poly-61 is a pretty boring and limited machine. Even the second DCO with its “staircase sawtooth” implementation looks like an uninspired appendix (it is not!). To make the instrument a little bit more flexible, I decided to break my own rules and to add and enhance a few parameters without loosing compatibility to the original design. For example, since I had to implement a dedicated envelope generator for the “gated” VCA mode anyway, I created the “new” parameters 52 to 55 (A, D, S, R) which results in a fully editable second EG2.
I also imagined what the instrument could have been if KORG would have followed the good old Polysix and Mono/Poly style. This resulted in an alternative panel view and the addition of the classic Effects section – but this time with a proper Phaser effect, not the Flanger type thingy of the Polysix. Furthermore, you now can switch the filter back to a 4-pole lowpass.
I will not conceal the fact that I deliberately dropped the arpeggiator like I did with the FB-7999. I’m sure you’ll find better alternatives on your master keyboard or in your DAW.
Fury-68 features
- Extended polyphony and Unison mode.
- Increased parameter resolution.
- Optional enhancement parameters (VCA envelope generator etc.).
- Additional Phaser, Chorus and Ensemble section.
- Alternative parameter panel with preset browser.
- Supports MTS-ESP by ODDSound dynamic micro-tuning.
The synth is free to download for Windows and macOS in VST/VST3, AU, AAX and CLAP formats.
More information: Full Bucket Music
