Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

daMn, that sucks man

Dunno about using it as a MIDI controller, that'd be a good idea. depending 
on how it's arranged you might be able to totally avert the DCO's and the 
EG's, but if it's in the same IC, then I figure not.

peaz,
Joshua

At 05:19 AM 3/26/02, you wrote:
>Ill let you know how mine go as Ive got to go back and see the tech whos 
>looking at them now. They are fragile things though, which blow quite easily.
>
>Wheres everyone elses opinions on this?
>
>B
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: RichPJ_98 [mailto:richpj_98@...]
>Sent: 26 March 2002 11:14
>To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [korgpolyex] Re: New, and got a problem...
>
>
>Thanks Paul, I think you're the guy I got in touch with through
>sospubs.co.uk!
>
>Rich
>
>
>--- In korgpolyex@y..., "Bennett, Paul" <p.bennett@s...> wrote:
> > Ive got two dead polys which Ive been trying to fix for ages. Moral
>of the story, have a little patience or have a dead keyboard.
> >
> > B
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: RichPJ_98 [mailto:richpj_98@y...]
> > Sent: 26 March 2002 11:06
> > To: korgpolyex@y...
> > Subject: [korgpolyex] New, and got a problem...
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've got an old Poly 800 Mk 1 from which I bought about 10 years
> > ago.  A long time ago I managed to connect it up to an Amiga via
>midi
> > which totally wiped out all the sounds.  Eventually with the advent
> > of the internet I managed to get some sound banks downloaded and
> > transferred them to minidisc in order to attempt to reload the
>sounds.
> >
> > Now, impatient as I am, I didn't bother to go and get a new correct
> > power supply, just thought I'd use what I had around the house.  I
> > managed to find a 9V PSU from another keyboard.  Didn't realise it
> > was giving out 1A current though.  A black cloud of smoke issued
>from
> > my Poly 800.
> >
> > I realise it's probably beyond repair, and I've been in touch with
> > another guy who has done the same thing and he reckons I'd need a
>new
> > board which you can no longer get hold of...
> >
> > Anyway, my question, and it's a long shot:  Does anyone know of a
>way
> > I can salvage this?  I'd even just like to use it as a midi
> > controller, bypassing the sound generation part of it.  Has anyone
> > out there got this sort of detailed knowledge to lend me a hand?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any advice, no matter how small :)
> >
> > Rich
> >
> >
> >
> >
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