Both also allow for creating/ saving user tuning tables natively.
This thread is ridiculous.
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Love On A Real Polysynth
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The real question is: what is the Bob Dylan of polysynths
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Just because I can I made recordings of the chord progressions with a:
Digitone (Simple Lead JM, default factory patch)
Prologue 16 (Marina, default factory patch)
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They sound so good! I luv the DN!
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They sound great, did you record them with an Octatrack?
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wow… i kinda can’t believe that digitone clip is fm and not analogue, though my ears are not that experienced. sounds great to me, especially for fm.
The tail on the DN’s sound is delightful.
Time I get me a DN Keys
No, because I’ve read that there are some serious issues with the Octatrack regarding sound quality 
Simply recorded with USB class compliant mode of the Digitone actually. So the Digitone signal never left the digital domain. The Korg Prologue was connected to the inputs of the Digitone so that one was recorded using the ADC of the Digitone.
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You wouldn’t have to ask if it was recorded on an OT amirite
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You do have one, @Tchu, right? Right?
(OT can also be used as a poly synth, although I can’t vouch for the sound quality.)
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I love real polysynth
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(Some) off topic posts scrubbed.
Let’s keep things on topic please. This is not a spill over topic for your Moog rants. That thread was closed for good reasons.
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In an effort to get things back on topic, I’ll respond to the OP…
I’ll have to check on the Hydrasynth KB’s unison mode (I don’t use it much) but I have found it to be an ideal poly synth. Yes, only 8 voices, but with the 3 OSCs, and all those FX and modulation, those 8 voices can sound quite meaty.
Chord mode is solid and when you keep it engaged while using the arp, it will arpeggiate the whole chord polyphonically, not monophonically. I love this.
Otherwise, have a look at the Nord Lead 3. It has a Unison Stack feature and a fair bit of modulation as well (for a Nord). Could give you what you desire.
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Yeah I’m gonna need to see a pic of this bad boy
As requested:
It’s the world’s heaviest, clunkiest keytar. It’s a presets synth, but you can edit the sounds a little, I haven’t worked out if they can be saved. I don’t think so. Most of the controls have little effect. I guess it’s got a 2-pole filter, but it’s so gentle it might even be 1-pole. The resonance doesn’t.
I rather like it, to be honest. I’ve commented in the “most melancholy synths” thread that it’s quite sad. When the filter’s taken some top end off, it’s distant, dusty, cheap-sounding like an early 90s home keyboard and it goes out of tune. It reminds me of Boards of Canada.
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Is it just the angle or are those keys unusually long?