Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

On 11 Nov 2008, at 21:07, Atom Smasher wrote:

> On Tue, 11 Nov 2008, Alex Drinkwater wrote:
>
>> All true. The Hawk mod does have a 'Portamento Mono' mode, which is
>> essentially a legato effect, as you describe, with automatic  
>> portamento
>> between overlapping notes. It's very cool. There's no equivalent to  
>> the
>> 'accent' effect though, but I can't imagine it being massively  
>> difficult
>> to add. Mike would know more about that though..
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>
> if you can route velocity to DCA/DCF/etc then you can have your  
> accent.
>
> just program a sequence that only uses velocity "1" for no accent and
> velocity "127" for accent.

My thoughts exactly. Currently, you can't, however.

>> The only problem with Portamanento Mono mode is that you can't really
>> use it with the builtin sequencer,
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>
> i wouldn't consider that a lack of feature... maybe more a lack of
> external sequencer?

I just like the idea of being able to sequence basslines on the EX-800  
itself. Like the original 303, it forces you to think in a different  
way, and gets you away from the screen for a while.
And, since the Hawk mod is all about extending the synth in different  
ways, I still think it would make a worthwhile addition.

Also, the more complex idea of making the sequencer capable of  
recording arbitrary parameter-changes would be even cooler, in my  
opinion.

a|x


>
>> I'm uploading an example of the current Hawk mod Portamento Mono  
>> mode in
>> use, sequenced from an d recorded in Ableton Live, with realtime
>> control-tweaking from my Novation XStation controller.
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> if you're running it from abelton, forget that the poly even has a  
> built
> in sequencer. really.
>
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