Rhodes Chroma Polaris

Hey all,

First of all, I hope somebody is still out there. It looks like it's 
been a while since the last post.

I just recently picked up a Chroma Polaris and I'm loving what it can 
do. I just came across this group in my search across the web for 
some info on the board. I saw a couple people having possible copies 
of the original factory patches for the board. I would love to get a 
copy of those patches if anyone has them. I'll pay or trade or 
however you want to work it. I would also love the original tape if 
anyone is interested in selling it. Thanks for your time.  Kris.

--- In chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com, "kornelious23"
<kornelious23@y...> wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> First of all, I hope somebody is still out there. It looks like it's 
> been a while since the last post.
> 
> I just recently picked up a Chroma Polaris and I'm loving what it can 
> do. I just came across this group in my search across the web for 
> some info on the board. I saw a couple people having possible copies 
> of the original factory patches for the board. I would love to get a 
> copy of those patches if anyone has them. I'll pay or trade or 
> however you want to work it. I would also love the original tape if 
> anyone is interested in selling it. Thanks for your time.  Kris.

Hey, I'm still here.
I bought a repro tape from e-bay a while back. I haven't had a chance
to try it yet, however. I did convert it to wav and mp3. I've been
meaning to upload it to the "Files" section of this board. I'll see if
I can put a push on that. Start bugging me if it takes more than a
week or so.
5-11under

Hiya,

That's really cool!
Hopefully this will work for all of us. And make a Sounddiver library since
that also supports the Polaris nowadays. It even might be saved as sysex.
Which is a bit smaller than a mp3. ;)

Cheers

> Hey, I'm still here.
> I bought a repro tape from e-bay a while back. I haven't had a chance
> to try it yet, however. I did convert it to wav and mp3. I've been
> meaning to upload it to the "Files" section of this board. I'll see if
> I can put a push on that. Start bugging me if it takes more than a
> week or so.
> 5-11under
>

I haven't read the manual in a while, but is there a way to send the
patch information from the Polaris to the MIDI out port? Otherwise,
how is one to make sysex file (or CC commands)?
5-11under


--- In chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com, "fuse" <fuse@d...> wrote:
> Hiya,
> 
> That's really cool!
> Hopefully this will work for all of us. And make a Sounddiver
library since
> that also supports the Polaris nowadays. It even might be saved as
sysex.

> Which is a bit smaller than a mp3. ;)
> 
> Cheers
> 
> > Hey, I'm still here.
> > I bought a repro tape from e-bay a while back. I haven't had a chance
> > to try it yet, however. I did convert it to wav and mp3. I've been
> > meaning to upload it to the "Files" section of this board. I'll see if
> > I can put a push on that. Start bugging me if it takes more than a
> > week or so.
> > 5-11under
> >

After going through the manual the only thing I came upon that would 
do that is the Midi Panel Switch: Lower Function-Cassette-8. It will  
send parameter and program changes to another Polaris or a computer. 
I'm not sure if it will send like how a sysex dump would do because 
I've never tried it. There's also the sending of a program: Lower 
Function-Cassette-12, but once again not sure if that's what you're 
after. I'm going to try these the next chance I get to see if it 
winds up as sysex or something else. Sorry for the rather basic 
response, I'm learning as we speak.  Kris.




--- In chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com, hdk2000hdk <no_reply@y...> 
wrote:
> I haven't read the manual in a while, but is there a way to send the
> patch information from the Polaris to the MIDI out port? Otherwise,
> how is one to make sysex file (or CC commands)?
> 5-11under
> 
> 
> --- In chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com, "fuse" <fuse@d...> wrote:
> > Hiya,
> > 
> > That's really cool!
> > Hopefully this will work for all of us. And make a Sounddiver
> library since
> > that also supports the Polaris nowadays. It even might be saved as
> sysex.
> > Which is a bit smaller than a mp3. ;)
> > 
> > Cheers
> > 
> > > Hey, I'm still here.
> > > I bought a repro tape from e-bay a while back. I haven't had a 
chance
> > > to try it yet, however. I did convert it to wav and mp3. I've 
been
> > > meaning to upload it to the "Files" section of this board. I'll 
see if
> > > I can put a push on that. Start bugging me if it takes more 
than a

> > > week or so.
> > > 5-11under
> > >

Hmmmm......
If I remember correctly, the Polaris sends ALL
information to the cassette and midi outputs at the
same time. This should send a sysex dump to a midi
storage device.

Jon D 

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