Re: [korgpolyex] Re: ITS ALIVE
2007-05-31 by Marcus Wilson
i have NO IDEA!! i did at one stage have a fellow lister here that was offering to send me some parts to fix it, but then lost touch with them i bought it from
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Re:ITS ALIVE
2007-05-30 by Russ
I can attest to the repair-ability of the poly 800. I had one that sat in my broken gear pile for a year, then I cracked it open and looked around. Turned a
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: ITS ALIVE
2007-05-30 by David Mochen
Question, if you don t mind: What brought that Poly 800 to such a dilapidated condition? Was it smashed by Pete Townshend during a Who concert? ;-) dB ...
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: ITS ALIVE
2007-05-30 by Marcus Wilson
The poly has a stage in its circuits that generates the +/- 9V it uses in the analog stages, and also the +5V to power up the digital circuits The way that it
Re: ITS ALIVE
2007-05-30 by narfman96
JB, Without divulging all your hard earned secrets what is it that fails in these synths? Thanks, Narfman ... poly. ... powerup,
ITS ALIVE
2007-05-30 by Marcus Wilson
OK So i have had a few minutes and managed to debug this broken poly. It now is 3 for 3, with the new broken poly back to life with the change out of 1 part.
Re: anybody out there?
2007-05-28 by narfman96
Hi Brian and Wales, The delay mod is neat for the Poly-800 II. Simply replace the VR3 trimmer on the delay board with a 5k linear pot and it s done. You get
anybody out there?
2007-05-28 by BRIAN
I was wondering if anybody out there has a schematic of the VC3 white noise level mod? I use the noise level alot on my Micromoog and the FM and Moogslayer
Loading patches to korg poly 800 mk1
2007-05-28 by glommglomm
Hello how i can load .wav patches to my poly 800? thanks.
Re: reloading data to the poly-800
2007-05-27 by sporkit150
... had to ... have any ... Thank you for your suggestions by the way. :)
Re: reloading data to the poly-800
2007-05-27 by sporkit150
... level. ... Finally got it working after putting the tape input level to high and cranking the volume up all the way up on the audio player and in the
Re: reloading data to the poly-800
2007-05-27 by satnom2000
... Hi Try differents settings of levels. Sometimes the audio output level of your cassette player or whatever you use is not high enough (especially when you
reloading data to the poly-800
2007-05-27 by sporkit150
i recently aquired a slightly beat up poly 8. aparantly whoever was using it before didnt realize you needed to keep the batteries in to hold the memory
And another update...
2007-05-26 by korgpolyex800
Thanks to you all for providing such great support. Today, I added a feature to my EX800 that widens its playing ability to six octaves instead of just four.
Re: Another little update
2007-05-26 by Russ
I just have to say thanks for all the hard work! ... Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel.
Re: [korgpolyex] Another little update
2007-05-26 by Lars Törnkvist
Í just can t wait to see/hear the results of your work, Mike. And its really interesting to follow your small update stories. It s like watching an exciting
Another little update
2007-05-25 by korgpolyex800
Hi there Poly fans, Well, it has been a momentous day. I m sick with a summer head cold which gave me an opportunity to spend a good two days on my pet
another korg arrives!!
2007-05-21 by Marcus Wilson
well its taken nearly three months but the broken korg i got from atomic music arrived today!!!! now to see if this one is fixable the same way as my other
Re: help! poly 800 restarting and losing all stored patches
2007-05-19 by Dave Bowman
Hi Atom and Mike, Thanks for your quick and sound advice. I did screw everything inplace (only before thoroughly brushing the boards softly in order to get rid
Re: Another code update
2007-05-19 by korgpolyex800
Hey Mike, that s conversion, not conversation. Dim wit! Mike.
Another code update
2007-05-19 by korgpolyex800
Well more good news from the software upgrade front. I finally managed to get my binary conversation C program working correctly. It was one of those maddening
Re: help! poly 800 restarting and losing all stored patches
2007-05-19 by korgpolyex800
Dave, The connectors used on the Poly are not the most reliable when the whole synth isn t screwed down and together. So I wouldn t worry about the reboot
Re: [korgpolyex] help! poly 800 restarting and losing all stored patches
2007-05-19 by Atom Smasher
... ===================== having the synth partially assembled won t help this type of problem... there s only one way to tell for sure if it s causing the
help! poly 800 restarting and losing all stored patches
2007-05-19 by Dave Bowman
Hello everyone. It s been a while since my modded Poly 800 has been behaving erratically. It will, all of a sudden, power off and on again and in the process,
Backup Battery - diode/resistor removal?
2007-05-15 by Jerry Jai
I m a new Poly 800 MK-I owner and new to the group. I just installed a backup battery to my MK-I by soldering a button cell (CR2530?) to the empty solder pads
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: Mod questions
2007-05-15 by David Mochen
HI, sorry for not having replied before. For switch implementing, please chek the Files and Photos section, Olaf s album. And yes, you do have to dpress keys
problems with Moog-Slayer & FM-800 mods
2007-05-10 by spiny.barlow
Hello. My first post. I have been browsing the group quite a bit though. When I read about the Atom Smasher mods, I was very interested so I decided to try
Quick update
2007-05-02 by korgpolyex800
A little update. I ve been swamped at work so progress has slowed a little but progress is still occurring. In order to send firmware via sysex to the two new
Re: Oscilloscope suitable for fixing a dead Poly?
2007-04-20 by korgpolyex800
Specification wise nothing in the Poly 800 operates higher than 6Mhz and there are no high voltages so almost any decent oscilloscope will be helpful. Just
Oscilloscope suitable for fixing a dead Poly?
2007-04-20 by earth2willi
Hi, Can anyone recommend a model, specification, or retailer for an oscilloscope suitable for fixing my dead Poly 800? Thanks! willi
Re: Writing new firmware to EEPROM's
2007-04-16 by korgpolyex800
Hi Fran, Thanks for uploading the MKII ROM. I ll have a look at it if I need to. It is a great idea to have it available in the files section. Thanks, Mike.
Re: Writing new firmware to EEPROM's
2007-04-15 by narfman96
Mike, This is really good work. Since I had my Poly-800 II apart today to do the Moog Slayer mods I copied the firmware and uploaded the 16k file to the group.
Re: New file uploaded to korgpolyex
2007-04-15 by synthparts
What version is this? I have Poly-800II ROM version 851005... ... Checksum: 0911
New file uploaded to korgpolyex
2007-04-15 by korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the korgpolyex group. File :
Writing new firmware to EEPROM's
2007-04-14 by korgpolyex800
Another little update for you all, I just completed writing and successfully tested the sysex function that allows me to send new firmware to the two new 8K
Re: Portamento
2007-04-13 by korgpolyex800
I said 88 notes but was a little off there. The existing four octaves will be extended to 6 (72 notes). The feature will be turned on by selecting 4 for the
Re: Portamento
2007-04-13 by Phoebe
... I agree with this sentiment. And I think a good mono mode with even a glitchy portamento would be very, very cool! cya, phoebe aka october71
Re: [korgpolyex] Portamento
2007-04-13 by Atom Smasher
... ====================== sure, most music teachers would say that a glitch is bad, but how many musical genres have evolved from one or more glitches? who
RE: [korgpolyex] Re: Two different retrofit kit
2007-04-13 by Jose Curvo
88 note range? I will check the progress page more often. Never thought of that. It s a great feature! ...
Portamento
2007-04-12 by korgpolyex800
It might not work very well if the ADC is not very linear. In which case the portamento would wobble through the octaves. The other thing I will have to test
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: Two different retrofit kit
2007-04-12 by jure zitnik
i think your original idea with the pitchbend might just work - why wouldn t it? is the midi pitchbend implemented in analogue
Re: Two different retrofit kit
2007-04-12 by korgpolyex800
Hi Kokoon, I miss my SH-101 for just that reason. I spent some time thinking about how to do, as you so appropriately put it, decent portamento . At one point
Re: [korgpolyex] Two different retrofit kit
2007-04-12 by jure zitnik
all i m interested in is a decent mono mode with portamento :) cheers, kokoon
Two different retrofit kit
2007-04-12 by korgpolyex800
Hi all, Well, if there s one thing I ve learned it s that you should never use polls to make decisions because you can be sure that poll questions were written
Poly-800 II - 5 sysex patch banks uploaded to files section
2007-04-12 by narfman96
Here s a sysex bank of sounds I made up with the Cubase and Cakewalk instrument definitions included. Also saved as a Midiquest bank. A lot of these are
Re: 9 volt Adapter
2007-04-11 by Alexander
The Sega Genesis one you can get at rat-shack works perfectly. If they still have them.
9 volt Adapter
2007-04-11 by jdellamano
Hi all! I just recently aquired a Poly 800 & a Poly 800II. Both didn t have the power adapter. Any suggestions on where to get the right one for these synths?
Re: Two new polls and what are they all about
2007-04-11 by josevazcurvo
16,000 patches? You can count 250 times less than that. The problem with the way tape backup was implemented is: it wouldn t allow you to save single patches.
Re: Two new polls and what are they all about
2007-04-10 by narfman96
I wasn t sure how to vote on this either because the questions were a single choice. So I guess we can hash it out here and get a much better understanding.
Re: Two new polls and what are they all about
2007-04-10 by jusufzemplin
Jose , you hited exactly my question about method of transformating old tapes/wavs to sys-ex datas. And that was, why I voted for middle- way. I can imagine