Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

Pretty close...
Id say the Fizmo is like playing a cat that morphs into a violin that morphs into machinery that morphs into bells that morph into... etc etc.
Its pretty unique
Lucifer

KurtF <darkside@frontiernet.net> wrote:

>FIZMO is not like Proteus at all. Proteus type are ROMplers and very good ones. I have a Proteus 2000 with additional ROM chips for more sounds. FIZMO is a transwave synthesizer that blends together different sections of base sound waves into new morphing combinations. It's sort of the difference between playing a recording of a violin and playing a violin. Except FIZMO isn't good for violins, while the Proteus is. If I'm explaining that clearly enough. Or maybe closer, Proteus is like playing a recording of a cat, while FIZMO is like playing a cat. Or does that make it more confusing?
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>--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, Jason Adkins <jason_ralf808@...> wrote:
>>
>> Hiya,
>> 
>> I have never used an Fizmo is it like a Emu Proteus?
>> 
>> On 22 Dec 2012, at 22:58, L wrote:
>> 
>> > Thats good to know. I had problems with my Ensoniq Fizmo because of  
>> > the cheap wall wart that came with it.
>> > Lucifer
>> >
>> > backshall1 <backshall1@...> wrote:
>> >
>> > >Somehow, nobody seems to have pointed out the major differences  
>> > between a
>> > >modern-day regulated switching supply and an old fashioned large  
>> > transformer
>> > >type adapter.
>> > >
>> > >The old transformer type adapters are non-regulated, and the  
>> > voltage varies
>> > >with the current that is being used. If it is rated for 9VDC at  
>> > 300ma, it
>> > >probably measures 12-13 volts when nothing is plugged into it. The  
>> > voltage
>> > >will drop as you draw more current, and if your equipment really  
>> > needs more
>> > >than 300ma then the voltage will drop below 9 volts. A large  
>> > transformer
>> > >type adapter that is rated for 1000ma might measure as high as 20V  
>> > with no
>> > >load on it, and only drop to 15 volts with only a 300ma load on it.  
>> > That
>> > >might put a bit too much stress on the 9v to 5v regulator circuit  
>> > inside the
>> > >Poly-800.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >On the other hand, if you are using a newer switching-type adapter,  
>> > it is
>> > >probably much smaller since it does not need a big transformer in  
>> > it, and it
>> > >will put out a regulated 9V at any current level from 0-1000ma, so  
>> > there is
>> > >no problem using one rated for 1000ma. A/C adapters rarely have  
>> > markings on
>> > >them to show whether they are switching supplies or not. You can  
>> > usually
>> > >tell from the size. If not, just check the voltage output with  
>> > nothing
>> > >plugged into it. If it is 11 volts or higher, it is an old  
>> > transformer type.
>> > >If it is above 15 volts, then you may be shortening the life of  
>> > some of the
>> > >power transistors in the 5V regulator in the Poly-800.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >Don Backshall
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > _____
>> > >
>> > >From: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com  
>> > [mailto:korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com] On
>> > >Behalf Of Gordon JC Pearce
>> > >Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2012 1:40 PM
>> > >To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
>> > >Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] Re: New Power Adaptor for Poly 800 and  
>> > question
>> > >about multi mods (Hawk)
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >On 22/12/12 06:45, Jill Saphic wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> thats what the manual says to use, and the KORG website..
>> > >> You will damage your little plastic Poly800 seriously if you go  
>> > above
>> > >> 300MA, maybe not immediately, but it will be all about
>> > >
>> > >You know how your car battery can provide 200A or so to the starter
>> > >motor? How come the little 200mA interior light doesn't blow up when
>> > >you wire it across a 200A battery?
>> > >
>> > >--
>> > >Gordonjcp MM0YEQ
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
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