" didn't mean you fucked your mother" Ha! So glad I misinterpreted that. You are right of course. I'm married to one of those `women' things. And they can be quite hysterical at times (no offense to any ladies on this forum). If my Little Casio SK-1 wasn't in such rough shape, I'd consider circuit-bending that! It is a fun & cheap little toy, and it was my very 1st keyboard when I was 13-ish. I started digging into the Poly last night. I found some very interesting things inside: A couple moth cocoons, a 5 cent nickel (now THAT could have cause serious short circuits), and a tiny round wad of duct tape. Why? From its shape I guess it was wadded up and put into a rubber boot of one of the key contacts that was no longer depressing far enough? I took it in to have the joystick repaired once; it had to be the service tech that did that, it wasn't me. I think I can move the patient out of ICU and into the recovery ward. I did the isopropyl and cotton swab trick and got all the key contacts working again. I ordered 4 replacement keys and also fixed a crackling/misfiring ¼" output jack with a little solder. I think it's almost time to order me a Hawk800 kit. Exciting! --- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, Jason Adkins <jason_ralf808@...> wrote: > > Hi, > > no I didn't mean you fucked your mother I meant ALL women are > Hysterical... > Regarding the SK1,Casio always makes great gear,I used to have one > myself,i love the drum sounds in that (like i love the Vl-Tone) and > the 4/6/8-bit sampling is interesting my first sampler then another > home keyboard Yamaha VSS-100 I think (crap) then an Akai X7000 great > but used bloody 2.8inch quickdisks as storage and had a stupid way of > giving it 6 seperate out's,was a 13 pin din to 6 jacks,nightmare to > solder up and kept needing repairing. > > The Poly800 is worth bothering with,its real analogue not virtual and > has as I have said a million times before you can tell the difference. > > J > > > On 20 Jun 2013, at 17:28, daveyray913 wrote: > > > Ha, are you getting cheeky with me mate? I may be misinterpreting. > > > > Yea, I'm pretty certain it was my mother, not my girlfriend. Greek > > king of Thebes, Oedipus, I am not. > > > > The gear on the floor was drown in black, sooty, very hot water for > > over 2 hours...it had no hope of functioning ever again, and besides > > the prolonged heat melted part of the DX11. > > Trust me, I know dead when I see it. I do still have one other item > > that survived even though it melted a bit.. a Casio SK-1 still > > works too. > > > > It's pretty obvious which keys were broken; they were sticking up at > > Picasso-esque odd angles. > > > > And besides, this all happened a long time ago, I just happen to > > still have my poly800 and recently have been feeling nostalgic > > enough to try and fix it. > > > > "...And this is where I met the leprechaun... He told me to burn > > things." > > > > --- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, Jason Adkins <jason_ralf808@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Hysterical mother,Hysterical girlfriend take your pick.. > > > Yeah I'd def want to see a big photo of a firemans boot on your Poly > > > 800 then we could tell which bit might be broken. > > > The moral of this story is:- don't burn your house down. > > > > > > The stuff that got wet,should actually function once dryed out > > > especially that DX11 which only got slightly wet,ok yiou might > > have to > > > do some cleaning up ,contacts erc but should be ok I'd guess most of > > > your stuff is DC ? If so they might work if dryed out. > > > > > > > > > On 20 Jun 2013, at 15:37, daveyray913 wrote: > > > > > > > Luckily the Poly was in a 1/2 exposed basement studio. I don't > > think > > > > the smoke hit it too hard. It was tossed about 8' out a near > > ground > > > > level window, so it was more of a hard slide than a fall I'm > > > > guessing. (I didn't see, I was busy on the street trying to calm > > my > > > > hysterical mother) Then...it was kicked/stomped on by fireman I > > > > guess to get it out of the way(BTW: all we Americans are ham- > > fisted, > > > > that goes w/o saying :) ) It did get a little wet. Anything I > > had on > > > > the floor /leaning on a wall i.e.: a DX11, a drum machine, a > > couple > > > > amps, a few effects pedals, etc. were in a foot+ of water and > > > > trashed. I did my best to clean up the few items that survived the > > > > fire the next day. > > > > > > > > Thanks for all the assistance. Nothing left now then to decide on > > > > which mod path to take once I have it fully operational. After > > > > everyone's assistance I guess I'm not bothering with the tape load > > > > function much longer, I'll make one more effort with the > > suggestions > > > > given, then move on. Besides, I'm still battling getting the keys > > > > fixed, and contacts cleaned etc. It will live again by golly! > > > > > > > > I'll photo document my progress for posterity and keep anyone > > who's > > > > interested posted. > > > > > > > > Thanks for all the assistance! > > > > > > > > --- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, Michael Hawkins > > > > <korgpolyex800@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > There's a mod that you can do that puts an EX800 ROM "on top" of > > > > the original Poly ROM. And you use a switch to flip from one or > > the > > > > other ROM's. This allows you to keep all of your Poly-800 joystick > > > > goodness etc while also getting the sysex ability when you need > > it. > > > > You power off, flip the ROM select switch, power on, do your > > sysex. > > > > Then power off, flip the ROM select switch, power on, do your > > > > keyboard, joystick thing. Not a bad idea at all, for its time. > > > > > > > > > > The biggest problem with fires is the awful damage that > > happens if > > > > electronic stuff is exposed to thick acrid smoke. Did your Poly > > get > > > > affected by the smoke or was it the fall from a great height that > > > > messed it up? If it's smoke damage then I would say it's a miracle > > > > the dang thing still works at all. And fixing smoke gunge covered > > > > PCB's and parts is a professional job unless you like dipping your > > > > hands in solvents and other carcinogenic stuff. Soap and water > > and a > > > > long drying time might be worth the trouble. > > > > > > > > > > The tape switch problem you have is NOT the reason you can't > > get a > > > > tape dump to load properly. As long as you can get the thing into > > > > Tape mode (which you can) and it stays that way for the duration > > of > > > > your dump, then the switch is good enough. Get some de-oxit and > > most > > > > likely you'll find your tape switch will be fine after some de- > > oxit > > > > treatment. > > > > > > > > > > The Poly-800 schematics (found in the download section of this > > > > group) are good enough for the EX-800. Especially with respect to > > > > the tape circuit section, they're identical. > > > > > > > > > > Yes, the HAWK would fix your tape problem because the HAWK has > > no > > > > tape functions at all. They are all replaced with sysex and MIDI > > CC > > > > implementation. I do agree that you ought to try to stabilize your > > > > patient before you try to transplant a HAWK into it. > > > > > > > > > > Your Poly is functioning which tells me it's not "knackered". > > > > Banged up a bit sure, who wouldn't be after a multistory throw > > by a > > > > ham fisted American firemen! > > > > > > > > > > So I would say, give your patient some more TLC. Don't sweat the > > > > tape problem too much. And if you can make her reliable then > > maybe a > > > > HAWK brain transplant might be worthwhile. > > > > > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > From: daveyray913 <sinisterthewicked@> > > > > > To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 3:30 PM > > > > > Subject: [korgpolyex] Re: New Member: (constant Load ERR.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Â > > > > > Ya, she's in rough shape, but I'm not quite ready to give up. > > > > After I cleaned it up this week and started fixing the broken > > > > keys... it doenst look TOO bad. The couple patches I manually > > > > programed are loud and clear and sound good... > > > > > > > > > > What I really want is to MOD it, make it useful in my band as a > > > > gimmicky piece of nostalgia, but I'm nervous installing Hawk > > into a > > > > 'knackered' 'board as you put it. (I love your vernacular btw). > > > > > > > > > > But I guess HAWK800 would fix the problem too...with it's much > > > > improved Midi Sysex? I could forget about the tape interface/ > > lack of > > > > Mk1 sysex altogether. > > > > > > > > > > Silly question: Where do I aquire an EX-800 ROM? & Wouldnt I > > lose > > > > Joystick control? > > > > > > > > > > Decisions, decisions.... > > > > > > > > > > --- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, Gordon JC Pearce <gordon@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 04:08:25PM -0000, daveyray913 wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > Didn't you say the keyboard was knackered? Why not just bung > > an > > > > EX800 ROM in and load them over MIDI? > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Gordonjcp MM0YEQ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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Re: New Member: (constant Load ERR.)
2013-06-21 by daveyray913