Korg DW8000, Mono/Poly, MS-20...

Congratuations on your new (used) DW-8000.  I have been a proud owner 
of this great sounding synth since it first hit the shops early 
1986.  Yes, you answered your own question, check the write 
enable/disable switch and make sure writing is enabled.


--- In DW8000@yahoogroups.com, "a_deuteronomy" <radam72850@h...> 
wrote:
> Background: Played a DW8000 in the local music shop back in the mid 
> 80's and stated:"I GOTTA GET ME ONE OF THESE!!!" but the bucks ($$) 
> weren't there for a father of four so I put it aside.
>  
> Fast Forward to Today: With my youngest graduating college next 
week, 
> I'm picking up where I left off. Buying what I've always wanted... 
> Guitars, Amps, a Hammond (& Leslie, of course), then...  I ran 
across 
> an old DW8K in a 2nd hand music store (enter: Choir, heavenly 
music, 
> etc.). It was pretty hammered but sounded JUST AS COOL as day 1. 
> Found a good one on ebay and it's mine, all mine. Now, let's get to 
> the gritty...
> 
> I was fortunate enough to print out the DW8K manual ONE DAY before 
> divinemasquerade.com bit the dust (what a shame)! I've resurrected 
an 
> old AT333 PC (Win98SE) and am in the process of trying to get 
> aruggeri's software functional (yes, I've heard about the win98 
> trouble) but this seems to work somewhat for me... I think. I 
say "I 
> think" because I'm a MIDI novice. Put me behind the backside of an 
A-
> 100 and I'm right at home. With PC's and MIDI... duh?????  I get 
the 
> Live Patch page to work, I don't seem to understand setting up the 
> sysex files for a 64 patch download. It says it goes, but I only 
> change 1 channel not 64. If I leave that channel and come back, it 
> reverts back to the original sound (I guess this is where 
> write/enable comes in?). There are some other questions about when 
> the MIDI cables are hooked up and doing screwy things with the 
> keyboard, but I've taken up enough space. I wouldn't be surprised 
to 
> hear "Ho.. Hum.. how many times do we have to go over this?" but, 
any 
> help would be appreciated... even off line.