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Re: Mod questions

2007-03-29 by jusufzemplin

....but it is useful..ful..ful..ful..)   
I will try it. I did something like 3. VCF input I tried to connect 
instead of noise-producing transistor - there is very sensitive 
input, for me it works very vell vith bass guitar...

--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, "John Riegen" <john.riegen@...> 
wrote:
>
> please can you stop sending the same messages?
> I received about 20 messages, with the same contents
> John Riegen
>   -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>   Van: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com 
[mailto:korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com]Namens
> radek_tymecki
>   Verzonden: donderdag 29 maart 2007 0:08
>   Aan: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
>   Onderwerp: [korgpolyex] Re: Mod questions
> 
> 
>   :)
> 
>   I've found some more infos about mods... Anyone can try em?
> 
>   1.
>   "It seems that the most flexible way of Modifying the 12db/24db 
filter
>   capabilities would be to add direct output jacks for each of the 
two
>   filter
>   modes
>   + one audio input jack into the chorus unit. This, I think, would 
be
>   the most
>   non-limiting mod you could do."
> 
>   2.
>   "Another worthwhile mod (while on the subject), would be to add 
an On/Off
>   switch to turn the Noise Gate into bypass mode. I've found that 
the
>   Noise Gate
>   (Which is FET "F1" on the KLM-598 board), can indroduce a slight 
click
>   when
>   it switches + it seemed to be that it cut off the tails of 
the "Release
>   envelopes".
>   To add the bypass switch, use a SPST toggle switch to open/close a
>   connection between Transistor "DTA1" emitter & collector pin (One 
will
>   be the
>   middle pin of the transistor the other will connect to 
Resistor "R19"."
> 
>   3.
>   "Also, If you've added the VCF Audio Input mod I posted, here's a 
cool
>   trick.
>   While monitoring from the headphone output, patch one of the Poly-
800's
>   Line Outs back into the VCF audio Input. What this does is setup 
a Voltage
>   Controlled feedback loop, IE. Envelope 3 will control the 
feedback level.
>   So Imagine you set up Envelope 3 with a long Attack + Long Release
>   Envelope, when you hit a note, both resonance + Chorus feedback 
will
>   fade in
>   with the Attack, release the note and it fades out... Pretty nice
>   patch, you
>   have
>   to tweak the onboard resonance + the master volume knob to get 
useable
>   results, but once you found it, it's a beautiful sound."
> 
> 
> 
>   
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