Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

I have created a display/keypad PCB that will fit into this http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=100&productId=132813 1RU rack enclosure.

The displays will be 7 segment exactly the same as those in the original. So anyone that buys the rack kit can reuse the same displays or buy new ones if they wish/ can afford it.

I am not going to do anything with an LCD because I simply don't have the time to write the new code and most LCD 2x16 displays won't fit in that enclosure. That 1RU is the cheapest 1RU box I can find.

Mike





On Tuesday, March 4, 2014 1:02 PM, Lasse T <tornkvist.lars@...> wrote:
 
  
Sounds interesting.
 
Mvh
/ Lasse T.
 
----- Original Message ----- 
>From: Michael  Hawkins 
>To: korgpolyex@...m 
>Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 10:09  PM
>Subject: [korgpolyex] Rack mount 
kit
>
>
>As  an update that has been years in the making...
>
>I am working on the rack 
  kit again. The goal is to produce a 1RU kit that allows you to take your 
  EX-800 or Poly-800 and put all of it into a 1RU enclosure. The idea behind 
  this is that quite a lot of people are wanting to put their old keyboards into 
  their studios but use a PC and or other composition tools and MIDI controllers 
  etc and really don't need or want the synth's to take up much space. The 
  EX-800 was a bit of a fail in that it takes up 5 or 6 RU's in a rack.
>
>I 
  will have more details soon but I've decided to just go with the original 
  seven segment displays instead of an LCD. This makes it alot easier to make 
  the kit useful to alot more people because you don't need to HAWK your Poly to 
  use the 1RU kit. It also means that I can source a very cheap (but pretty good 
  quality) 1RU enclosure.
>
>More details once I get further along with the 
  kit.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Mike
>
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