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

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.

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.