EX-800 with HAWK and AtomaHawk installed on ebay
2012-12-07 by Michael Hawkins
If anyone is interested, I have put my EX-800 (with HAWK/AtomaHawk installed) on ebay. Mike
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Re: [korgpolyex] Re: New mod...
2012-12-07 by gordon@gjcp.net
... The Arduino is programmed in C++. Processing is something completely different - Java-based, but sharing a similar-looking IDE. Even in assembler, it s a
Re: New mod...
2012-12-05 by 7yash
... Then use a faster one or do as Olivier GIllet did with an Atmel and re-program using C++ instead of Processing on the Arduino. ... No, that s besides the
Re: New mod...
2012-12-05 by 7yash
No, a virtual filter wouldn t replace the existing Korg NJM with the FM mod and so on. If going through a VST instrument, you would want the filter there to be
Re: New mod...
2012-12-04 by bimmerfan222
... LOL.. yea.. just about might as well virtual filter it too. But the Korg s filter can sound so fat and unique. What he s saying above can easily be done by
RE: [korgpolyex] Korg repair guy in UK
2012-12-04 by backshall1
I recommend Andy Jury at synthprof.com. He s on the Polysix yahoo group. I m not sure if he s on the Korgpolyex group. Don B. _____ From:
Korg repair guy in UK
2012-12-04 by Jason Adkins
Hi all, I have an EX-800 which works fine at the moment but no doubt will need fixing at some point and I also have a broken Wavestation which needs looking at
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: New mod...
2012-12-04 by Gordon JC Pearce
... You d struggle to get four oscillators out of a 16MHz AVR, particularly if you want them bandlimited (and you *do* want them bandlimited). ... Why? If
Re: New mod...
2012-12-04 by 7yash
In addition... the Shruthi-1 uses an ATMEL, it s an AVR, not a PIC. My thoughts: yes, the Osc system is too limited. I can recognize the oscs most of the time.
Re: poly-800 fm type mod to other korg synths
2012-12-04 by 7yash
Good question, but the DW-6000 does not have analog oscs...
Re: Another goofy track I made...
2012-12-02 by k9k9dog
aw yeah inmtermittent playback issues on my connection here so sometimes it s just better to dl while i do something else, and check out after, is all (i
Re: Another goofy track I made...
2012-12-01 by bimmerfan222
I believe it streams as a mp3/flash format of some sort.. It s the download that is raw .wav file. Just in case anyone wanted to rip some samples off of it..
Re: Another goofy track I made...
2012-11-30 by k9k9dog
lol, you might want to upload that as an mp3...156mb!
New member
2012-11-30 by Fred POUBELLE
Hello, New member, Fred
New Photos in "Aaron's Poly 800 Mods"
2012-11-29 by AARON
I just uploaded some new photos to this album. The pics are of a Poly-800 that I just sold on eBay a few days ago. Nice machine, heavily modded. Check them
Another goofy track I made...
2012-11-28 by bimmerfan222
... this one might make your teeth itch at times. It s a long one, has alot of FX in it and focus s on the X-Mod ability of the HAWK. The post 10min stuff is
Re: memory backup battery mod
2012-11-25 by AARON
Don, I followed your advice when I did the battery mod on my other Poly-800 and it worked perfectly. It looks slightly better than what I did with the other
Re: [korgpolyex] Poly800 Vs Poly800MK2
2012-11-24 by Martin Ator
Maybe because the MK2 has a digital delay effect they had to reduce the volume to reduce the chance of clipping? You wouldn t have this problem with the
Poly800 Vs Poly800MK2
2012-11-24 by krikorola
Hi, i made a A/B between my Mk2 and a friends V1 poly800, setting up the same value for all parameters, chorus/delay off, i get a very big difference of level
Re: A couple Demo tracks of my crap 80's synth...
2012-11-23 by bimmerfan222
Thanks for the kind words and glad you enjoyed them. That second one has undertones in it that sound like Cthulhu himself is trying to break free from years of
Re: Mods complete (for now, anyway)
2012-11-23 by bimmerfan222
I just recently posted a vid on how I ran a external input to the filter on here. http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/korgpolyex/message/5240 It s a crappy
Re: Mods complete (for now, anyway)
2012-11-23 by AARON
Hi Don, I found a blog post in which a guy added a noise knob to his EX800. He doesn t say how well it works or anything. But he apparently just replaced VR3
RE: [korgpolyex] Mods complete (for now, anyway)
2012-11-23 by backshall1
The filter FM needs a lot of harmonics to work with, so playing an interval like a fifth really works well. You can do that with the chord memory, or in double
Mods complete (for now, anyway)
2012-11-23 by AARON
After thinking about it for a long time, I finally did it. Or them, to be more accurate. Within the last couple of weeks, I ve done mods to two of my
Re: A couple Demo tracks of my crap 80's synth...
2012-11-21 by Jon Woodland
Makes me want to get out of my softsynth rut and actually use my Poly-800 in some compositions. Very nice indeed. Jon Red-24 Woodland You ve taken your
Re: [korgpolyex] A couple Demo tracks of my crap 80's synth...
2012-11-21 by Michael Hawkins
First arp track - very nice. Second free running creation, very, very nice indeed. Excellent creativity on display. Wonderful and really lifted my spirits!
A couple Demo tracks of my crap 80's synth...
2012-11-21 by bimmerfan222
... I think that s what Gordon called it. ;) Here s a arpeggiator demo... a glimpse of what the HAWK would sound like if it had an arpeg built into it.
Re: MK2 with HAWK and AtomaHawk on ebay
2012-11-20 by AARON
It s a nice machine. Good luck, man! Aaron
MK2 with HAWK and AtomaHawk on ebay
2012-11-19 by Michael Hawkins
Just in case any of you might be interested. I ve listed my MK2 on ebay. It includes a HAWK and AtomaHawk kit pre-installed. The Mk2 I have is in near pristine
Re: memory backup battery mod
2012-11-18 by bimmerfan222
Yes. The EX800 mainboard is the same as the one in a Poly 800. If you get the HAWK800 upgrade, you wont need that battery at all since memory would be upgraded
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: memory backup battery mod
2012-11-17 by Jason Adkins
Will this be the same for my EX-800? ... Will this be the same for my EX-800? On 17 Nov 2012, at 02:06, backshall1 wrote: I haven’t ever used extra wire with
RE: [korgpolyex] Re: memory backup battery mod
2012-11-17 by backshall1
I haven t ever used extra wire with Radio Shack type battery holders. They just need a couple of small modifications. The goal is to get the battery holder to
Re: memory backup battery mod
2012-11-16 by AARON
Yep. They work, they re cheap, and they re easy to find when it comes time to replace them. Besides, I ll probably be selling this machine anyway, so it
RE: [korgpolyex] Re: memory backup battery mod
2012-11-16 by backshall1
I haven t been too thrilled with NiMH battery longevity lately. I just replaced one in a cordless phone and a couple in my kids remote control cars that had
Collaboration Bank/Patch Project??
2012-11-15 by bimmerfan222
Hello.... anybody out there?? *hits middle C note on the Crickets patch* Sometimes I feel like I m having a conversation with myself on here, but the hits I
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: memory backup battery mod
2012-11-15 by Gordon JC Pearce
... They re NiCads, and very different construction. ... That s what the resistor and diode you remove are. It s a crap charging circuit, but it pretty much
Re: memory backup battery mod
2012-11-15 by AARON
But isn t that the type of battery that leaked all over my Poly-61 PCB and made it stop working? [:)] Besides, don t you need a charging circuit for that to
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2012-11-15 by Paul Morison
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Re: [korgpolyex] Re: memory backup battery mod
2012-11-15 by Gordon JC Pearce
... Why not just stick in a NiMH and forget about it forever? -- Gordonjcp MM0YEQ
Re: memory backup battery mod
2012-11-15 by AARON
Well, everything seems to have worked out with the battery mod. The only issue was that the solder pins on the standard battery holder that you buy at Radio
RE: [korgpolyex] Re: memory backup battery mod
2012-11-15 by backshall1
Yes, that is correct. You can still power the Poly-800 from C-cells, but the connection from those batteries to the memory chip is gone when you turn the synth
Re: memory backup battery mod
2012-11-14 by AARON
Hi all, I hate to dredge up an old thread, but I m considering doing the battery mod on my Poly-800 Mk I, too. Just to be clear, if my synth DOES have the
Re: Schema for 12/24 dB filter cutoff slope mod: new file (JPG) and photo uploaded
2012-11-13 by AARON
I agree about the demos. Here s a link to a good diagram on how to wire this up:
Re: Schema for 12/24 dB filter cutoff slope mod: new file (JPG) and photo uploaded
2012-11-13 by bimmerfan222
I ve tried to find a decent demo of this filter mod. Seems any of the demo s on YouTube dont really sound all that different to me. We could really use a good
Re: Schema for 12/24 dB filter cutoff slope mod: new file (JPG) and photo uploaded
2012-11-13 by AARON
Alright, disregard what I said below about the inferiority of the 12db filter. I got the two mixed up. When I wired up the mod, I jotted down some notes about
Re: Schema for 12/24 dB filter cutoff slope mod: new file (JPG) and photo uploaded
2012-11-13 by AARON
So, just to be on the safe side, I did replace that polarized cap that I installed last night with an NP cap -- again, to be consistent with the original
Re: Schema for 12/24 dB filter cutoff slope mod: new file (JPG) and photo uploaded
2012-11-12 by AARON
Hi Mike, Yes, I noticed that it was non-polarized when I was taking it out last night. I assume that Dave came to that conclusion that it s a polarized cap
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: Schema for 12/24 dB filter cutoff slope mod: new file (JPG) and photo uploaded
2012-11-12 by Michael Hawkins
C103 is a non polarised electrolytic cap. It is not polarised and does not have a + or - pin. I am not sure how Dave came to the conclusion that the cap has a
Re: Schema for 12/24 dB filter cutoff slope mod: new file (JPG) and photo uploaded
2012-11-12 by AARON
Hi all, I m a new member here, but certainly not new to the Poly 800 (I own two) or modding (I ve done the Moogslayer mod on one of my machines). I m glad I
What would it sound like if....
2012-11-11 by bimmerfan222
... we ran an external audio signal thru the Poly 800 s VCF? Well, it would sound like this- http://youtu.be/V4QD1q94PTM That was pretty easy to do since I