Re: [korgpolyex] Repairing an EX-800
2009-01-09 by Alexandre Souza
... Done. Feel free to take a look and comment. As soon as possible I ll make a complete tutorial in PDF, also incluiding all mods I can do on this bestie :o)
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RE: [korgpolyex] Korg engineers vs Mike
2009-01-09 by LARRY HAWKE
I m running my Poly 800 through a D1600...lots of great FX and a pretty good EQ/gate section. I get that little arp in Alan Parson s Sirius nearly perfect
Re: [korgpolyex] Repairing an EX-800
2009-01-09 by Alexandre Souza
... Thanks! But all my buttons are acting up. They need to be very hard pressed to work and some don t work at all. I think I ll have to disassemble them and
Re: [korgpolyex] Repairing an EX-800
2009-01-09 by Alec Jahn
Amazing work. Too bad that button is actually a fun one. On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 9:35 PM, Alexandre Souza
Re: [korgpolyex] Repairing an EX-800
2009-01-09 by Alexandre Souza
Uhu! Got it working!!!!!!!!!!!!! :oD Totally bypassed the internal power supply. The schematic is a mess and I didn t want to spend an entire night trying to
Repairing an EX-800
2009-01-09 by Alexandre Souza
Hi you all, maybe someone could lend a hand here. I have an old EX-800 which I want to revive. It was connected to a 220V mains, blowing something inside. I
Re: [korgpolyex] Korg engineers vs Mike
2009-01-08 by Atom Smasher
... =================== look for an AM8000r. AFAIK it s the effect section from the trinity in a 1U box. a great compliment to a poly800, and anything else
RE: [korgpolyex] Re: Mk 1 battery life Q
2009-01-08 by Atom Smasher
... ============== the *BEST* thing i ve found for removing battery crud is a fiberglass pen . google for it, and if you can find one they usually cost about
Re: [korgpolyex] Korg Prophecy
2009-01-08 by Alex Drinkwater
Hiya! ... Ooops, yeah. Sorry for the mis-spelling. ... Cool, thanks for the info! a|x
Re: [korgpolyex] Korg engineers vs Mike
2009-01-08 by electrohead2000@yahoo.com
I agree completely Mike. I ve got a DW-8000, a Wavestation and a Poly mk1 and love them all. You hit the nail on the head with regards to engineering.
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: e-bow question
2009-01-08 by electrohead2000@yahoo.com
I have tried the E-bow with a midi gtr. The E-bow will produce the same note/sound as a pick, but because of its slow attack, its much harder to predict when
Re: [korgpolyex] Korg Prophecy
2009-01-08 by Daniel Forro
If you mean Prophecy, yes, I ve got two pieces, and if my budget would allow I would not hesitate to buy more of them. Great synt, in my opinion
Re: [korgpolyex] Korg engineers vs Mike
2009-01-08 by Alex Drinkwater
Oh, I m not looking to buy one at the moment, just wondered if any of you guys had one, and had any comments on it. They seem to come up on eBay UK quite
RE: [korgpolyex] Re: Mk 1 battery life Q
2009-01-08 by LARRY HAWKE
I found out purely by accident what that scenario looks like. Every AA battery in my microKorg puked (they were evidently dead, much to my surprise). They
RE: [korgpolyex] Korg engineers vs Mike
2009-01-08 by LARRY HAWKE
You might try posting a classified ad on Ebay. ;^) To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com From: the_voder@yahoo.co.uk Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 15:29:54 +0000 Subject:
Re: Mk 1 battery life Q
2009-01-08 by scott frye
Most synths use either a CR2032 or BR series 3 volt lithium. I ve changed out both styles. These last for years due to the mini-microamps the memory draws when
Re: [korgpolyex] Korg engineers vs Mike
2009-01-08 by Alex Drinkwater
Slightly OT, I know, but talking of Korg products generally, do any list members happen to have a Korg Prophesy? I ve always been intrigued by these, and I
RE: [korgpolyex] Korg engineers vs Mike
2009-01-08 by LARRY HAWKE
some of the best synthesizers of our time I completely agree, Mike, after all...I own three of them now (with my eyes on a 4th)! Did you know that Korg was
Korg engineers vs Mike
2009-01-08 by Michael Hawkins
Trying to be nice to Korg here, I think that the MDK rom kit for the Poly-800 was someone in sales/marketing saying how can you guys give the EX-800 sysex
RE: [korgpolyex] Re: guitars, tech & midi
2009-01-08 by LARRY HAWKE
Sort of makes me appreciate a guitar player like The Motor City Madman, who uses next to no FX/pedals (and he even points that out on his self-titled debut
Re: guitars, tech & midi
2009-01-08 by zoinky420
... OOps, yeah, if I had continued the time line that ended my post: The only useful application of midi for guitarists is program-change footpedals to cycle
Re: How many potential customers out there?
2009-01-08 by zoinky420
... yeah that s it, combine the two most unplayable guitar-gadget playing methods! You have to play so deliberately for those midi trackers to work in the
Re: Trying to date my MkI
2009-01-08 by zoinky420
... was the Korg MDK ROM kit. ... absolute dog to install. Cut tracks everywhere, jumpers all over the place. Not a pretty site and easy to screw up. ... It s
RE: [korgpolyex] Re: How many potential customers out there?
2009-01-08 by LARRY HAWKE
Wonder what it would sound like to use an Ebow with the guitar synth? I ve seen some videos of Tommy Bolin using an early guitar synth/processor with the James
Re: guitars, tech & midi
2009-01-08 by zoinky420
... some ... y know I think the companies that make these things tend to be midi- illiterate and that s a big part of the problem because they design midi
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: guitars, tech & midi
2009-01-08 by electrohead2000@yahoo.com
Sorry if this off topic, just wanted to add my two cents. I started playing guitar in 1974 or 1975. Back then synthesizers were these rare ungodly expensive
Re: [korgpolyex] Trying to date my MkI
2009-01-08 by Michael Hawkins
Brian, there is no later firmware that supports SYSEX in the Poly-800. The only thing that was out there (until the HAWK-800 came along) was the Korg MDK ROM
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: How many potential customers out there?
2009-01-08 by Michael Hawkins
You are that *holding thumb and index finger tips up to your face* close - mate! ________________________________ From: narfman96 To:
Trying to date my MkI
2009-01-07 by Brian Rost
Today I opened up the MkI that I bought last night to take a look around. Serial number is 038xxx, is that a relatively low/early number? I can see the spot on
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: How many potential customers out there?
2009-01-07 by Gordon JC Pearce MM3YEQ
... Hmm. Washtub bass, eh? I think I know what my latest downtempo electrotech track is missing... You might be onto something there. Now, where can I get a
Re: How many potential customers out there?
2009-01-07 by narfman96
Hey Gor, The Digitech still has some latency because it s still converting pitch info into midi. The latency is 1/3 to 1/2 the GM-70 but it s still noticeable.
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: Mk 1 battery life Q
2009-01-07 by Neil Wakeling
My Poly800 has no internal battery, and used the batteries for patch storage. I think there is some variation in the Mark 1 models? They last for ever - the
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: guitars, tech & midi
2009-01-07 by Atom Smasher
... ================ i m not talking about midi-guitars, as such... i mean more generally guitar things that use midi; switchers, effects, etc. there have been
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: Mk 1 battery life Q
2009-01-07 by Gordon JC Pearce MM3YEQ
... I think I had batteries in my Poly-800 *once*. They went flat in about half an hour, and I never bought new ones. I don t use batteries in my CZ-1000
Re: Mk 1 battery life Q
2009-01-07 by zoinky420
... Sorry, I assumed that the Poly 800 works in a similar manner as the casio cz-1, in that the batteries in the battery compartment are used to keep the patch
Re: Mk 1 battery life Q
2009-01-07 by zoinky420
... larger battery ... years? ... A lot more capacity is the difference. It s like what s the difference between a triple-A cell and a D-cell. They re the
Re: guitars, tech & midi
2009-01-07 by zoinky420
... much ... completely ... C mon this isn t 1979 and we re considering burning our Boston albums because the keyboards make it too much like disco. The
Re: Quick question: DCO1 > DCO2 FM, DCO > VCA AM, DCO > Reso FM??
2009-01-07 by johan.inkinen
Hi Josef, Did you ever try the Cross Modulation mod? If so, from where did you take the signals for the datainput to the xor-gate? I have tried hooking my
RE: [korgpolyex] Re: How many potential customers out there?
2009-01-07 by LARRY HAWKE
Hey Fran? Why do you have latency with the Digitech? Gor To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com From: narfman96@yahoo.com Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 14:32:30 +0000 Subject:
Re: How many potential customers out there?
2009-01-07 by narfman96
Hi Mike, I m in for both kits for sure. I voted for Al to stop taking mind altering substances... Atom, I ve been a bass player for darn near 40 years. I ve
Re: Mk 1 battery life Q
2009-01-07 by Brian Rost
... I know all about the mod and will consider it after I ve decided if the 800 is a keeper. ... I m a geek by day...electrical engineer doing microprocessor
Re: [korgpolyex] Hi--new member
2009-01-07 by Michael Hawkins
Welcome Brian. Perhaps with all the new members joining we might be able to get some long term members to start contributing some more patches. Mike.
guitars, tech & midi
2009-01-07 by Atom Smasher
... ================= well, i wish there were more guys & gals like ya ll. i ve seen so much good hi-tech MIDIfied guitar stuff that never got any good follow
Re: [korgpolyex] Mk 1 battery life Q
2009-01-07 by Gordon JC Pearce MM3YEQ
... Gordonjcp
Re: [korgpolyex] Mk 1 battery life Q
2009-01-07 by Atom Smasher
... ================== i m surprised no one pointed out that the HAWK-800 mod doesn t need batteries (why can i not help thinking of dr emmett brown when i say
Re: [korgpolyex] poly 800 mk2
2009-01-07 by Gordon JC Pearce MM3YEQ
... Because the joystick pot is worn and noisy, and there isn t much of a dead band in the middle. Mine does that too. Gordon
Re: [korgpolyex] Mk 1 battery life Q
2009-01-07 by Gordon JC Pearce MM3YEQ
... As the main batteries? Shouldn t make a difference. If you ve got the mains adaptor plugged in, the batteries are disconnected. ... Depends how big the
Re: [korgpolyex] Firefox / WOT warns me not to visit www.patrioticduo.tripod.com/hawk800/
2009-01-07 by Gordon JC Pearce MM3YEQ
... Generally plugins like that are more trouble than they re worth. Gordon
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: Mk 1 battery life Q
2009-01-07 by Alec Jahn
2 months? Maybe that s why my patches are already toast. What s the difference between a cr2032 and, say, the slightly larger battery found in other old
Re: Mk 1 battery life Q
2009-01-07 by zoinky420
... patch memory if I m always ... About as long as the batteries would take to loose charge if they were being stored in a desk drawer. ... I have no idea but