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{{Short description|Polyphonic analogue synthesizer}}
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{{Infobox synthesizer |
image = Sequential_Circuits_Six-Trak_front.png |
image_caption = Sequential Circuits Six-Trak |
synth_name = Six-Trak |
synth_manufacturer = [[Sequential Circuits]] |
synthesis_type = [[Analog synthesizer|Analog]] [[Subtractive synthesis|Subtractive]] |
oscillator = 6 VCO |
polyphony = 6 |
left_control = Pitch, Modulation |
keyboard = 49-key |
dates = 1984 |
ext_control = MIDI |
}}

The '''Six-Trak''' was an [[analogue synthesizer]] manufactured by [[Sequential Circuits]] in [[San Jose, California]] and released in January 1984, notable for being one of the first [[multi-timbral]] synthesizers. It is a six-voice [[Polyphony_and_monophony_in_instruments#Polyphonic|polyphonic]] synthesizer with one oscillator-per-voice equipped with [[MIDI]], arpeggiator and an on-board six-channel digital [[music sequencer|sequencer]] which allows individual or grouped track recording.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Goldstein|first=Dan|date=Mar 1984|title=Sequential Circuits Six Trak Polysynth|pages=12-13|url=https://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/sequential-circuits-six-trak-polysynth/1577|magazine=Electronics & Music Maker|publisher=Maplin Publications|location=United Kingdom|access-date=2025-02-19}}</ref> It was designed as an inexpensive and easily portable 'scratch-pad' machine for trying out arrangements. The synthesizer has both a polyphonic and a unison (monophonic) mode.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vintagesynth.com/sequential-circuits/six-trak|title=Sequential Circuits Six-Trak {{!}} Vintage Synth Explorer|website=www.vintagesynth.com|language=en|access-date=2025-02-19}}</ref>

The Six-Trak is prominently featured and can be heard on the 1998 minimalist [[space music]] CD release ''The Dream Garden'', by musician/composer Dane Rochelle. More recently it has been used by composer [http://www.christopherdegroot.com/ Christopher de Groot] for the 2012 soundtrack to Australian feature film "Sororal".   

The synthesizer used CEM3394, a complete monophonic analog synth chip manufactured by [[Curtis Electromusic Specialties]], which was used in other synthesizers made by Sequential Circuits such as the Multi-Trak, Max and [[Split-8]]. The Six-Trak contained 6 chips for 6 voices of different timbre program.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bloderer| first=Theo|date=2014-03-22|title=Sequential Six-Trak – the unsung hero of MIDI-CC|url=https://greatsynthesizers.com/en/review/sequential-six-trak-the-unsung-hero-of-midi-cc/|website=www.greatsynthesizers.com|access-date=2025-02-19}}</ref>

==Notable Users==
* [[Atrax Morgue|Marco Corbelli (Atrax Morgue)]]
* [[Gui Boratto]]
* [[Cirrus (band)|Cirrus]]
* [[Helios Creed]]
* [[Überzone]]
* [[Guerilla Toss]]
* [[Solitaire (musician)]]
* [[Ruki Vverh!]]
* [[Chromeo]]
* [[Chris Tabron|Chris Tabron / The Ten Paces]]
* [[Luis Delgado (musician)|Luis Delgado]]
* [[Mitch Margo]]
* [[Thus Owls]]
* [[Benny Blanco]]
* [[Oneohtrix Point Never]]
[[Category:Sequential Circuits synthesizers]]
[[Category:Analog synthesizers]]
[[Category:Polyphonic synthesizers]]

==References==
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