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

OK so i started out life as a trombone player....

My DW8000 sits atop my roland RD-150    ,  88 keys but no organ voice
so I use my DW8000 mostly for the organ ish # 28  patch & for a fat 
split bass 

the korg boots up on default 11 patch   from there how do I plug in a
programmed patch?   what is the very first step  does the very first
line DCO 1 mean   what is that  where is that   Can you save your
patch  or do you have to punch all those lines?    

NO clue     jd

I'll have a go at this even though I don't own one of these fine 
machines.  DW-8000 owners please respond if the following 
instructions can be improved.  The "Rezrov" and "Euroharp" 
patches are the only ones applicable for your machine.  In the Group 
Files section is the DW8000 manual called dw8kmanual-small.pdf.  Get 
familiar with it.  All the programmed sounds can be saved to tape as 
a backup.

Audition all the patches in your machine and find one that you like 
the least. Look at my post of the "Rezrov" patch and, following the 
instructions in the manual, change the parameters of the patch you 
like least to the ones for "Rezrov".  Do you like the sound of 
Rezrov better than the existing patch?  If you do, write "Rezrov" to 
memory over the old patch.  If you don't,  leave the old patch as 
is.  Do the same thing with the "Euroharp" patch.


--- In DW8000@yahoogroups.com, "jimb0jimb0" <dotsonj@...> wrote:
>
> OK so i started out life as a trombone player....
> 
> My DW8000 sits atop my roland RD-150    ,  88 keys but no organ 
voice
> so I use my DW8000 mostly for the organ ish # 28  patch & for a 
fat 
> split bass 
> 
> the korg boots up on default 11 patch   from there how do I plug 
in a
> programmed patch?   what is the very first step  does the very 
first

> line DCO 1 mean   what is that  where is that   Can you save your
> patch  or do you have to punch all those lines?    
> 
> NO clue     jd
>

--- In DW8000@yahoogroups.com, "jimb0jimb0" <dotsonj@...> wrote:
>
> OK so i started out life as a trombone player....
> 
> My DW8000 sits atop my roland RD-150    ,  88 keys but no organ 
voice
> so I use my DW8000 mostly for the organ ish # 28  patch & for a fat 
> split bass 
> 
> the korg boots up on default 11 patch   from there how do I plug in 
a
> programmed patch?   what is the very first step  does the very first
> line DCO 1 mean   what is that  where is that   Can you save your
> patch  or do you have to punch all those lines?    
> 
> NO clue     jd
>

JD,
First, I suggest you visit the "Files" section and download (maybe 
even print) a copy of the DW8Kmanuel.pdf .  If you read the section 
on "Creating Sounds" you'll realize you are about to open up a new 
world that's been sitting in front of you this whole time and never 
knew it.  The sounds you can get from this old synth are remarkable.  
Understand this is 20+ year old technology and not quite as easy as 
looking on an LCD screen for "strings" or "harmonica" but programing 
is not difficult.  What might be difficult is saving that very cool 
sound that you discover.  There are programs available on e-bay and 
other sources (including one in the files section) that allow you to 
save through MIDI to your PC. If this is not do-able, you might want 
to resort to the old tape drive method (again, see the manual). I 
have a pdf copy of the manual if you have trouble downloading but 
it's about 15 Gig. Good luck. I hope you find your way.

RA

--- In DW8000@yahoogroups.com, "jimb0jimb0" <dotsonj@...> wrote:
>
> OK so i started out life as a trombone player....
> 
> My DW8000 sits atop my roland RD-150    ,  88 keys but no organ 
voice
> so I use my DW8000 mostly for the organ ish # 28  patch & for a fat 
> split bass 
> 
> the korg boots up on default 11 patch   from there how do I plug in 
a
> programmed patch?   what is the very first step  does the very first
> line DCO 1 mean   what is that  where is that   Can you save your
> patch  or do you have to punch all those lines?    
> 
> NO clue     jd
>

JD,

Correction... the manual pdf file is 15 Meg not 15 Gig.  Sorry, My 
Bad!

RA