Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

I wasn't sure how to vote on this either because the questions were a 
single choice. So I guess we can hash it out here and get a much 
better understanding.

Jose, you definitely cannot part with 16,000 patches you've worked so 
hard to create. I hope you have these backed up about 50 layers deep! 
Can someone who has a midi eprom save all these as sysex for you? 
That would solve the problem but you would have to send them and 
decide if they should be shared or not.
 
An eprom that sends sysex and has the tape functions would enable all 
the work anyone has to get saved. Then if the new super enhanced 
version was used the EX could become everything Mike designed it for. 
The best of both worlds would be a switch to boot with the rom you 
intend to use for the moment. Swapping chips could lead to disaster.

This is just my opinion. Also Mike, I would be willing to help. Do 
you have the firmware from a Poly800 II? I can send it next time I 
have the thing apart. If anyone has the MDX image and wants to share 
it with the group I can make eproms for the cost of shipping. Has 
anyone tried this MDX eprom in an EX-800? I intend on getting an EX 
soon if I can find one that needs some TLC. 

Fran   

--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, "jusufzemplin" <jusuf@...> wrote:
>
> Jose , you hited exactly my question about method of transformating 
> old tapes/wavs to sys-ex datas. And that was, why I voted for 
middle-
> way. I can imagine manual writing with my 7-8 banks, but your 
> colletion...
> If it will not be possible by technical way (i believe it will be), 
> we can help us by human way -  kind of distribution of work.
> 
> 
> 
> --- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, 
> "josevazcurvo" <homem_eletronico@> wrote:
> >
> > This was a tough test.
> > 
> > Sure, to have everything on board would be super. But... You 
can't 
> > deny that swapping socketed ICs is much simpler. Don't matter 
what 
> > your technical expertise level is.
> > 
> > The only thing I couldn't figure out of the easy ROM replacement 
> > (c'mon, I'm lazy with my hobbies) is: How do I make syx files 
from 
> > the sounds I gathered on tape for the last twenty years?
> > 
> > The only solution would be: Load the tapes before the ROM upgrade 
> and 
> > fill in the blanks on a spreadsheet. And then make it backwards 
> after 
> > the ROM upgrade. (at almost 240 banks of 64 patches per cassette 
> that 
> > would take for ever)
> > 
> > Probably the funniest route would be: swap the ROM, drool with 
the 
> > new synth for a while and soon we'll have a bigger and better 
> > organized library in months.
> > 
> > I don't want to promote either choice. Let everyone be heard by 
> > themselves at the poll.
> > 
> > Thank you,
> > 
> > Jose Curvo
> >
>