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

I was given a Poly-61 in rather poor shape by my cousin, who nabbed a
beautiful PolySix for next to nothing.  The Poly-61 is now usable,
though some of the parameter buttons are still flakey.  I recently
moved it from home to school and lost about forty presets, all
original creations.  As long as it is plugged in, my new presets
remain.  Was my loss a result of a dead battery?  If so, what type of
battery does it use?

While I'm posting, for the first time I might add, I suppose I will
ask about external storage as well.  Is there any other way to store
patches externally other than on tape?  Keep in mind I have a Poly-61
and not a Poly-61M.  While I am aware that computers and synthesizers
used cassettes for storage, I never personally experienced their use.
 Is there any special type of cassette recorder needed for storage? 
Does it have to be specifically geared for data storage?  Also, does
anyone have ideas on where one could be purchased?  Thanks in advance.

InkBlot

Sounds like a dead battery to me - I had the same sort of problem with a Juno 60. From what I remember, the standard advice is to replace the battery with a 3 

While I'm posting, for the first time I might add, I suppose I will
ask about external storage as well. Is there any other way to store
patches externally other than on tape?

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http://analog.no/patch/index.htm

There was proably the Original Tape source....

@Glen: Didn\ufffdt manage it (until now) to get the new DiskDrive working on
the DSS, less a problem of the hardware, more a problem of my available
time. The 2nd drive which i\ufffdve got as a replacement was also death (Disk
Motor didn\ufffdt work, no rotation). I have to buy two or three -new-
drives, then i\ufffdll try it again. But i\ufffdm sure that the last solution
worked. Do you proably have some schematics/descriptions of the
SCSI-Extension for the DSS?

Stef


Bob Rossa schrieb:

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> */Jez <jezosaurus@...>/* wrote:
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>         While I'm posting, for the first time I might add, I suppose I
>         will
>         ask about external storage as well. Is there any other way to
>         store
>         patches externally other than on tape?
>
>
> I have successfully recorded the audio of the Poly 61 patch dump into
> a wave file and played it back into the thing and it worked.
> I found the factory patches online somewhere in a wave file and was
> able to reliably switch between preset sets using this method.
> You just need something that records and plays back audio.
> Bob
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