Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

Thanks much,  I had it open and didn't SEE any solder breaks but I'll recheck with a voltmeter or try replacing the jacks all together while I'm already changing out the toggle switches. 
And Yes,  I 'm a bit verbose.   I'll try to keep my posts shorter and more pithy.

At this point I'm seriously thinking of just snagging a functioning EX-800 or another poly800 on eBay to make my life easier.


--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, Sami Jumppanen <sami.jumppanen@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Daveyray,
> I only have EX and don't know about the problem, but I wanted to say you
> got a really good long story there! :)
> 
> If I would suspect something knowing nothing it's the tape load connector
> soldering that needs to be fixed. I've once soldered the MIDI in connector
> of Boss Dr-550 and rotary switch (umm not exactly related) of Alesis
> Microverb II. Well, the point is everything gets difficult when parts begin
> to disconnect.
> 
> If I could just find the schematics of EX... but we're talking about Poly,
> I recall there are schematics available right? I should take a look and see
> if there are weak links. I can't promise that immediately though.
> 
> Sami Jumppanen
> http://samijum.pp.fi
> - SGS2 -
> 17.6.2013 17.12 "daveyray913" <sinisterthewicked@...> kirjoitti:
> 
> > **
> >
> >
> > Hello All,
> > I've been a Korg Poly-800 mk1 owner since circa 1988. Traded in my first
> > synth, a Casio CZ-1000 + $150, for the upgrade and it was well worth it.
> > (on a side note: last week I had an impulse buy moment on eBay and picked
> > up a CZ-1000 again. It's fun, but much thinner sounding than I remembered)
> >
> > BACKSTORY (if interested):
> > My Poly has been through hell and back. It survived me pounding on it for
> > years, a nephew once, unknown to me, took it from my closest at was
> > pounding on as a toy for a month or two while I was in college, and it
> > survived a house fire in 1992 where a thoughtful firefighter threw it out a
> > window to save it and it was promptly stomped on accidentally by another
> > fireman breaking some keys. It still worked but since then I've just used
> > another midi controller to play it. I'm hoping to fix the keys soon too but
> > I have another more pressing issue:
> > Sorry, I have a bad habit of making a short story long. I'll ge onto..
> >
> > THE PROBLEM:
> > My Poly's been shelved for several years and now I'm hoping to dust it off
> > and Mod it and also would LOVE to add it to my rig in my band BUT I'm
> > trying to make sure it's 100% operational first. I browsed your topics and
> > I found a few that talk about ERR/load issues but my problem seemed just
> > different enough where I couldn't find a solution. As I'm sure many of you
> > have experienced, dealing with the tape interface to load patches can be
> > frustrating and I had it down to a science last time I had the Poly running
> > ~ 5 years ago. But this time, no matter what I attempt, I cannot load from
> > a tape/wav/audio source. It has given me a LOAD-ERR message over 1000X now
> > no matter what levels or audio device, or with using new cables, different
> > sources for the load files I try… I even got desperate and tried running
> > the signal thru compressors and EQ etc. but still no dice. I can see that
> > it's `hearing' the signal since the `LoAd' lights are twinkling and I'm
> > getting the Err message at the end.
> > Good News: The synth itself is functioning. I put in new C's and I can
> > manually type in and edit patches and they keep in memory.
> >
> > Is this a known problem? Is there a fix like a bad resistor to replace? Or
> > is there a better way to load patches on a Poly 800 mk1? I tried a
> > sysex/midi patch dump but… it's doesn't seem to work through Ableton since
> > the poly 800 mk1's midi is so rudimentary.
> >
> > OR….Will the Hawk-800 installation solve my patch loading issue?
> >
> > Thank you kindly!
> > Daveyray of Jesse's First Time
> > www.JFTROCKS.COM
> >
> >  
> >
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