Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

" meant Audacity not bloody Auidty "  No worries, I am the last person in the world to be judgmental over grammar/typos.  I knew exactly what you meant.  
Thanks for the advice,  Silly me didn't think of simple 
contact cleaner.  I'll give it a shot and keep y'all posted.
And this is a first run Mk-1,  no internal battery but it looks like an easy fix to add a cell,  I have a lithium cell and holder coming from eBay I'll solder in.
Speaking of which,   I'm eye-balling a MKII for circa $300 on eBay....might be a little steep for my budget since I already bought an Akai miniak, an old Casio cz-1000 and an M-audio Venom this year....wife will not be happy when a 4th 'board shows up at the door.


Cheers

--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, Jason Adkins <jason_ralf808@...> wrote:
>
> Sorry I meant Audacity not bloody Auidty idiot that I am.
> Actually I think I used a  mini 3.5mm mono lead with a 6,3mm stereo  
> converter on the EX-800 end.
> I would try to use some contact cleaner on your Poly800 on the lo/high  
> switch first before pulling it to bits,great thing about the EX-800 is  
> it doesn't use batteries its psu only and internal battery (which is  
> fun to replace) your Poly 800 might keep the data you have with all  
> the batteries in it? Has your Poly 800 got an internal battery to? If  
> i I can find one at a reasonable price I'd much rather have the Poly  
> 800 MK11 purely because of the DDL.
> 
> 
> 
> On 19 Jun 2013, at 17:08, daveyray913 wrote:
> 
> > Thanks much for the reply, I was getting worried no one wanted to  
> > converse with me, or had no ideas to assist me.
> >
> > Yea, I wouldn't be so cruel as to sell this gangly ol' beast to an  
> > unsuspecting customer. I may donate it to Michael if I wind up  
> > buying one that's more functional. Have my eye on one on EBay right  
> > now....but…
> >
> > Sadly, I tried pretty much what you did to no avail. ( I even also  
> > use Audacity , nice little program, I use it often to digitally slow  
> > down songs I'm trying to learn to get the nuances.)
> > I have several copies of the original factory load from various  
> > sources. One's a digital copy I made from the original cassette I  
> > still have which worked last time I had the 'board out 5 years ago.  
> > I even tried user made patch sets people had posted...Oh and I'm  
> > fairly certain I did not use MKII loads by accident.
> >
> > I can't be the only guy that has this issue. I've read many many  
> > forums of Poly800 users having trouble getting it to load patches  
> > but usually some sage advice on volume/gain and setting the switches  
> > correctly solves it. Unfortunately, I think my problem is hardware  
> > related on the poly itself. I've tried every combination of high/low  
> > + volume + gain + different wires ( mono/balanced/stereo/unbalanced)  
> > + crying a little and even bargaining with a crossroads demon. No  
> > luck.
> > My Tape/Load toggle switch is getting a little funky, If I bump the  
> > Poly it sometimes will leave the `load' screen back to `11P' and I  
> > have to switch it back and forth a couple times to get it to work  
> > again. So, for giggles, I'm going to try putting in new toggle  
> > switches on the back panel just to be sure that's not it. I'm taking  
> > trip to Radio 'Snack' tonight for parts.
> >
> > I'm also installing a dedicated memory battery on board, SO I can at  
> > least manually load patches and not worry about losing them when the  
> > C batteries fail.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Daveyray
> >
> > --- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, Jason Adkins <jason_ralf808@>  
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hiya,yep that is one interesting story,I'm amazed it is working at
> > > all,remind me not to buy your Poly800 if you ever put it on ebay.!
> > > Anyway,this may not be any help to ypu i have an EX-800 and I
> > > downloaded the .wav file of factory presets of the web,I connected  
> > the
> > > tape in to the internal audio out on my iBook using a mono jack lead
> > > with and using freeware program Audity (a freeware sound editor)
> > > played it into the EX-800 and I got the same error I then change the
> > > gain switch on back from low to high and it worked perfectly.
> > > The other thing it maybe is your .wav file is corrupted,I can  
> > email my
> > > one if you want.
> > >
> > > j
> > >
> > > On 17 Jun 2013, at 15:12, daveyray913 wrote:
> > >
> > > > 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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