Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

Maybe all that is necessary is to have someone replace the 2 potentiometers 
on the joystick board with new ones, might be easier than tracking down the 
whole joystick board. If the pots are old and dirty/scratchy, they might be 
sendin' out some weird voltage garbage which is confusin' the midi stream.

just a thought

p9

--- In korgpolyex@y..., "boneyhands" <boneyhands@y...> wrote:
> I'm a new member... I've had my Korg poly 800 about 9 years now, I 
> love it! I havent had any problems with it until recently...it seems 
> like after all of these years, the joystick has finally given out. It 
> sends random CC's to the computer every minute or so.. I took the 
> keyboard apart, used some deoxit on the connector but that did not 
> help. The joystick part actually seems to be a bit loose, so 
> everytime i hit the keyboard it wiggles just enough to send a small 
> MIDI message. Obviously the Korg poly 800 is a horrible controller 
> but its the only external keyboard I have right now, and I imagine 
> the joystick is only going to get worse. Do any of you have a dead 
> korg poly 800 with a functional joystick that you could sell to me so 
> i can replace it? :)
> 
> after reading the messages i know there are a few of you out there 
> with dead korgs...
> 
> ok!
> 
> thanks!