Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 02:53:56PM -0700, domgoold@... [korgpolyex] wrote:
> 
> Donal, bro, surely you know to sellotape your screws to a piece of 
> paper, and take some photos as you disassemble?  

Never done a cylinder head before?  Stab the screws through a bit of cardboard, with a little drawing on it of the outline of the thing they came out of.

> and you've come across dead memory batteries before, and know 
> that whatever you try you won't get solder to stick to a lithium cell.
> 
> and then, of course, you'll know you can more easily put in a battery 
> holder clip, or if you're in a real rush, just sellotape the d*mn thing while 
> you figure out what is working and not.

Yup.  If something uses coin cells I'll just replace them, but if it uses wire-leaded lithium batteries (like those bloody awful Tadiran ones in old Ensoniq kit) I'll just replace them with a double HP7 holder.

> this group is steady and slow moving these days, but everyone is 
> serious and i doubt anyone is up for a spot of verbal jousting.
> 
> the battery issue is a regular one, probably why you had to bump it. 
> ;)

All the "fun" synths are getting on for 30 years old, so they've probably had a couple of sets of batteries by now.  It's as common as changing a toilet roll, which is probably why no-one makes a big thing about it.

> so what are these volca mods then ?

Yeah, I'm interested in hearing about these too.  I've only had a quick play with the Volcas, but I like what Korg are doing these days with cheap hackable instruments.

They have really read the market well.  There's clearly an appetite for stuff you can just use out-of-the-box but also adapt and modify to your own nefarious purposes, and they've got right on it.  It's probably a small market but they're the only big manufacturer in it today.

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