Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

On Tue, 11 Nov 2008, Alex Drinkwater wrote:

> 1. A dedicated '303-style' bassline sequencer mode.
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using an MC-202 to sequence external gear via CV/gate has always been a 
cool trick...

doing that doesn't require mods to a half-baked sequencer, though. a good 
303 emulation can be done simply with a key-on legato (not sure if that's 
the proper term) and proper routing of velocity to "accent" (with whatever 
you want to assign to accent, and just use two velocity values to control 
accent off and accent on).

so if the hawk-800 has a key-on legato feature (should be easy if it 
doesn't already have it?) then you can get a 303 behavior out it... but 
don't count on 303 sounds. it would probably sound more like using an 
MC-202 to control CV/gate gear... but with the addition of an accent 
feature.

the same trick works on plenty of other synths, ranging from the casio 
CZ-101 (but only the CZ-1 deals with velocity/accent) to some of the 
better hardware 303 emulators.


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