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poly800 input ?

2005-01-04 by theagreemen

I ve done the slayer mods on my poly800 and have heard about doing the same to the noise level pot. but i was wondering if anyone had heard of adding an input

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Poly 800 MIDI receive problems, help

2005-01-02 by zwitter_tier

my setup is as follows: midi out from soundcard to novation ks-4 in, ks-4 out to soundcard midi in. midi thru from ks-4 to korg ms-2000 midi in. midi thru

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MEX-8000 memory expansion

2004-12-29 by pirimai_north

I recently got given a memory expansion for my Poly-800 & DW-6000 but have no manuel I was wondering whether other users have this machine.How exactly does one

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Lost my patches!

2004-12-22 by satnom2000

Yes it happens again. I lost my patches because my Poly crash when I hooked it with my sequencer. You re right: I own the Mk1 and I know that happens, I

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Re: [korgpolyex] Replacing the chorus

2004-12-20 by russ daren

... so noisy I can t bear it. It makes me Juno-60 sound quiet by comparison! Odd I never had a problem with the chorus being too noisy. If anything, I wish

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Replacing the chorus

2004-12-20 by travesty14850

... Well, people basically said that the other trimpots are not useful functions to bring to the front panel. However, someone mentioned a mod for creating a

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Re: Pitch bend adjustment

2004-12-15 by Alexander

Holy front-panel labels batman! the slider directly to the right of the bender stick controls the bend range... that s the only calibration i know of.

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Pitch bend adjustment

2004-12-03 by electrohead2000

Hi. Does anyone know how to calibrate the pitch bender on a poly- 800. I ve recently aquired one (reverse keys!)in need of some work. Also, where can I find

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Looking for "Tom Sawyer" Sound

2004-11-15 by genesisjoe2001

Hey gang, Anyone know how to get the poly 800 to make that big fat E bass sweep sound at the beginning of Rush s Tom Sawyer? I can t seem to get the resonance

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Re: poly-800 out of tune!

2004-11-11 by jisatsuboy

my first guess was the tuning slider, but that s totally obv. another thing that can happen though is with the joystick. it calibrates when you turn the poly

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Re: [korgpolyex] poly-800 out of tune!

2004-11-11 by Tim Bieniosek

... I thought it was odd too - DCO s aren t supposed to do that. You ve adjusted the tuning slider, correct? Maybe that pot has somehow gone bad? If it is a

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Re: [korgpolyex] poly-800 out of tune!

2004-11-11 by Jan Reznicek

... High, in my opinion, DCO, as a digital equipment, cannot be regularely tuned or detuned. Something is wrong so you`ve better to visit some repair shop. --

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poly-800 out of tune!

2004-11-10 by Rod Mack

Hey does anyone know how to recalibrate one of these? Mine is a step and a half off to the left. My C note is in the wrong place! HELP?!?!?!!!!!!

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2004-11-03 by odkfnqyclx

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Re: VSynth control idea...

2004-10-17 by jisatsuboy

I can t answer your question, but I m glad to see I m not the only one who gets a kick out of using the Poly 800 as a synth and a midi controller at the same

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VSynth control idea...

2004-10-17 by Lee Mulvogue

OK, just had a very half-baked idea, which I ll just chuck in without fully developing ; ) Has anyone looked at dual-ganging the Y-axis of the joystick with

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Re: New to the group

2004-10-17 by radiotest2002

Thanks, I ll keep a lookout for info on how to add backup power. Or there are other possibilities, like simply keeping program banks on tape and loading them

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Re: New to the group

2004-10-16 by radiotest2002

I opened up the Poly 800 and saw no sign of a button cell, unless it s on the trace side of a circuit board. ... cell ... full ... 800 ... this ... creatively

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Re: [korgpolyex] New to the group

2004-10-16 by Tim Bieniosek

There are instructions to replace the memory backup battery (button cell -type, requires a bit of soldering) or alternately you can keep it full of C cells to

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New to the group

2004-10-16 by radiotest2002

I m new here...just some thoughts. I had both the Poly 800 and 800 MKII back in the 80s, and I ve always been as fascinated with this synth s limitations as

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access hold/chord memory mode on ex800?

2004-10-14 by Shayne Cafferata

i have an ex800 but only the poly800 mk1manual. i was looking at the manual the other day and realized the ex800 doesn t have the hold or chord memory buttons

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Poly800 for sale!

2004-10-07 by Kenny

I have an extra Poly800, no case or adapter. Works fine. Write if interested.

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Re: [korgpolyex] Re: Poly 800 MKII

2004-10-07 by x x

hmmm try using a tape deck an old one is what I use with type one cassettes. The only thing I can think is when I used type two the extra bias had to much

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Re: Poly 800 MKII

2004-10-06 by bluecontrabass

yeah, since I replaced the battery it holds the sounds in memory just fine. I can program them in, save them, turn off the keyboard and remove the power from

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Re: [korgpolyex] Re: Poly 800 MKII

2004-10-06 by x x

when yoiu program a sound and try to save it internally what happens when you turn the keyboard on and of is the sound you just programmed saved.Just curious

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Re: Poly 800 MKII

2004-10-06 by bluecontrabass

Yeah, I ve gotten to the TAPE display by moving the switch to enable, I ve also tried to the level switch on low and high with every different volume I could

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Re: Poly 800 MKII

2004-10-06 by bluecontrabass

Tried that. Ran it out of my soundblaster live cranked all the way and then out of my Edirol USB interface and still nothing. It nearly blows my headphones

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Re: [korgpolyex] Poly 800 MKII

2004-10-06 by tab27@drexel.edu

The output needs to be LOUD. Crank the volume all the way up and see if you can t get it to respond. On mine the LEDs sort of pulse when it s receiving data.

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Poly 800 MKII

2004-10-06 by bluecontrabass

Just got the battery replaced on my Poly, and unfortunately it lost all of it memory in the process. I never had to use the tape backups before, but now its

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