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Re: [korgpolyex] Mk1: no MIDI in/receive?

2015-04-27 by Donal Finn

Well, start with the basics: different MIDI cable, and swap out the interface too if it's one of those cheap ones.

Disconnect all other MIDI devices, ect,

If you're on a mac, make the AMSU icon and connect the wires to the appropriate port.

On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 12:05 PM, Stuart Smith shusmith@... [korgpolyex] <korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Nope.
Playing the Roland (Roland midi OUT directly connected to Poly's midi IN) doesn't have any effect.
Playing the Poly (Poly midi OUT to Roland midi IN) does trigger the Roland.

-Stu


From: "backshall1@... [korgpolyex]" <korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com>
To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2015 11:27 AM
Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] Mk1: no MIDI in/receive?

What about sending from the EP-II to the Poly-800? Does that work? Just set everything to channel 1 for testing.
Don B.
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2015 11:25 AM
Subject: [korgpolyex] Mk1: no MIDI in/receive?
Hello all,

My Mk1 works great for the most part, but I can't seem to convince it to receive midi.
I'm connecting to my Mac through an Echo Audiofire 12, and I can use it as a controller, i.e. it will send midi, but it won't respond to midi coming from the computer.

I have successfully hooked up another keyboard (a roland ep-II) and been able to send and receive midi, so I9;m pretty sure the problem is in the Poly.

I've got the manual and tried playing with the midi receive channel parameters, but to no avail.

Any ideas? Guess I should open it up and check for loose connections.

I'm ready to dive in and order the Hawk-800, but wanted to get this sorted first.

Thanks!

-Stu



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