Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

At first glance, I thought 'wow, 4 addl banks of 64?!, I'd never 
fill all those up.'. Considering that there will be new parameters 
available for editing, those banks could be useful. How about 
dedicating one bank to sequence banks (allowing multiple sequences 
to be stored in memory) I personally dont use the sequencer at all, 
but I might use it more often if I can store multiple sequences and 
access them via program change or other 'on the fly method'.

 Refresh me, will the mod be able to take advantage of any of the 
hardware mods (i.e. Moog SLayer and FM mod?) If so, I guarantee 
those banks will get filled!!! Also, what's the possibility of 
adding addl' filter features (i.E Bandpass, 12\24 LPF, peak.) I 
remeber that there were addl envelopes that were possibly going to 
be implemented as well (Panning envelope or Random pan a 
possibility?) Just a few things to think about...

Erik 

 --- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, Michael Hawkins 
<korgpolyex800@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Poly fans,
> 
> Here's another little software progress update for today.
> 
> I've completed the guts of the global mode code. You press the 
step key to get into global mode. You are then presented with 11 GL 
11 on the display. You then use the numeric keypad to select the 
desired global parameter and use the up down buttons to set the 
value. There are potentially 64 different global parameters. Global 
11 is an important one because it is used to execute specific 
commands (up to 63 commands are possible). The command that you 
execute is determined by the data value of global parameter 11. 
Current planned commands are:
> 
> 11 - No Operation
> 12 - All Notes Off - (for those panic stuck note situations)
> 13 - Sysex dump all operating patches
> 14 - Sysex dump sequencer data
> 15 - Sysex dump single patch from operating bank
> 16 - Sysex dump all patches from selected patch bank
> 17 - Sysex dump single patch from selected patch bank
> 18 - Sysex dump all patches from all banks
> 21 - Copy operating bank to selected bank
> 22 - Copy selected bank to operating bank
> 23 - Copy current operating patch to selected patch in selected 
bank
> 24 - Copy selected patch in selected bank to current operating 
patch
> 
> To execute a command, you select global parameter 11 then set the 
parameter value to the desired (as table above shows) command number 
and then press the write key to execute it.
> 
> Then, the current global parameters for controlling the function 
of the EX800 are as follows:
> 
> 21 - Omni On, Off/auto - The module will come up with omni off 
when set to off here, 0 or 1
> 22 - Keyboard MIDI TX channel - 0=off, 1-16 is TX channel
> 23 - Joystick MIDI TX channel - 0=off, 1-16 is TX channel
> 24 - Local keyboard control on off - 0 or 1
> 25 - Local joystick control on off - 0 or 1
> 26 - Sequencer MIDI TX channel - 0=off, 1-16 is TX channel
> 27 - Joystick X axis MSB assigned CC change number - 0-63
> 28 - Joystick Y axis MSB assigned CC change number - 0 - 63
> 
> 31 - Extended playing range on off - 0 or 1
> 
> Now you can see I have already started allocating various globals 
that will be used with the Poly 800 (for joystick and keyboard for 
example) and the only executable global I have working as of right 
now is the All Notes Off command (which I just got working last 
night) but you get the idea. Also, you may have noticed that some of 
the commands mention the "operating" patch bank and the "selected 
patch bank". This is referring to the four additional banks of 
patches that I envisage will be available when I write the software 
to support them. The question is, who of us really needs another 
four banks of 64 patches? Or is that just plain overkill for this 
instrument?
> 
> Mike H.
> 
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