2008-02-02 by Daniel Forro
Mike, ... IMHO this can be used mainly as an effect, because combination of square waves in different octaves approximates missing sawtooth wave (in fact it s
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2008-02-02 by Daniel Forro
Mike, my commentary comes little bit later... And I will mention only negative points :-) ... Will you use some temporary edit buffer for this function? It
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2008-02-02 by Daniel Forro
Mike, Sorry but exactly this is how the Chord Memory mode should work and works on Korg instruments, so this is not something new. Somehow you returned normal
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2008-02-01 by korgpolyex800
Bernard, In the new chord mode, you first select hold mode, then play a chord, say C,E,G . Then select Chord mode. Now press C and it plays C,G,E. Press D and
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2008-02-01 by satnom2000
Hi Mike I follow the evolution of your work, keep on going. I m not shure that I understand what happens with the chords mode, ... It is for me exactly the
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2008-02-01 by korgpolyex800
I bought the rescue kit and was disappointed. There is far more information in the files section of this group than what the CD contains. Mike. ...
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2008-02-01 by Neil Wakeling
Thank you, serendipity... I d rather have Mike s programming than normal , anyday! Best wishes Neil
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2008-02-01 by korgpolyex800
Chord mode works again! Last night, while I was pouring over the code trying to work out how I broke Chord mode. My elder son was playing the Poly 800, and
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2008-02-01 by Marco Andreetta
patches file can be found everywhere on the internet, and these cd are only a collection of them from what I heard. I think that most of the information in the
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2008-02-01 by evy_newt
I am sure you guys have seen these, but I just came across them and wondered if they are worth buying. Feel free to post your experiences with this kind of
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2008-01-31 by korgpolyex800
Russ, Well, I am going to try a little harder to fix the chord mode because I really do think that I should keep all of the original behavior of the Poly. So
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2008-01-31 by Russ
I use chord mode all the time. I guess programming in chord recognition may be nice, but how would it disaplay the chord? I like how it works now. I mostly use
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2008-01-31 by David Mochen
Hi Mike Always reading every post of yours; not always having something useful to reply. Good luck with chord mode -- not one of my biggest priorities but nice
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2008-01-31 by Neil Wakeling
Hi Mike, Keep going - you re a star! I ve never used chord mode, althpugh I would imagine you could use it for a big fat unison sound. I think your ideas for
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2008-01-31 by jure zitnik
i m right here, reading your every post. too bad about the chord mode. personally, i really don t care for it, but i imagine some do... so, good luck! btw, i
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2008-01-31 by korgpolyex800
Well, I guess I must be talking at the void. Anywho, I went back to many previous versions of my code and was still not able to recreate the original chord
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2008-01-30 by korgpolyex800
Hi Poly fans, Well I discovered that I ve broken Chord mode the second time - DOH! I am going to try to fix it but if I run into real problems trying to do
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2008-01-29 by korgpolyex800
Hey Radek, I just watched some of your youtube cover s of Jarre and they are fantastic - well done! My first LP ever was Equinoxe and I ve been a fan of JMJ
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2008-01-28 by David Mochen
You rule. dave ... From: korgpolyex800 To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 4:25 PM Subject: [korgpolyex] Tremolo anyone? Yup, that s
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2008-01-27 by radek_tymecki
GREAT!
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2008-01-27 by korgpolyex800
Yup, that s right. I just finished off tremolo. You have the ability to set tremolo depth on both DCO s and also use either LFO1 or LFO2 as the source for the
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2008-01-26 by korgpolyex800
OK, here s what s been done this weekend. i) Fixed the joystick code to use successive approximation. Runs with eight times less CPU cycles than the original
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2008-01-25 by korgpolyex800
Well, everything was coming along very nicely. The sequencer now generates MIDI time code as well as start and stop MIDI commands. The joystick is working in
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2008-01-22 by David Mochen
... happy I am! and wishing the board can make it down here to Argentina. maybe you could send me a blank email so I can email you back on a couple subjects.
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2008-01-22 by David Mochen
Just as we are in it... Mike, surely you must have heard that, even in idle mode, the Poly 800 MK I will spit out lots of controller messages (i think it was
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2008-01-22 by korgpolyex800
Jusuf, thanks for the help. I spent today working on having the sequencer send note on and off messages. And that is working good now. Now I have to finish off
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2008-01-22 by korgpolyex800
Dave, you will be happy to know that the code I ve written to handle the joystick does NOT send gazillions of unwanted controller change messages. Mike. ... in
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2008-01-21 by jusufzemplin
Now I have MIDI configuration: PC (Sonar) OUT ---- IN Poly800 OUT --- IN Alesis HR-16 Alesis completly haven`t acted , when Poly800-sequencer played from
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2008-01-21 by jusufzemplin
Hi, According Poly 800`s manual (page 108) and my experiences : Poly-800 can transmit and recieve the following kinds of data over the MIDI bus : ... 3.
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2008-01-21 by korgpolyex800
Hi Poly fans, I wish I had an original Poly 800 right now. But since I don t, I need your help. Here s another couple of questions about the Poly and the
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2008-01-20 by korgpolyex800
Hi Poly fans, just a quick note that I ve updated my web pages that describe the progress of the hardware/software upgrade kit. The biggest change is that I ve
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2008-01-19 by David Mochen
Sounds great to me, Mike. And of course yes, the slider I had thought could be freed for something else. Good to hear this idea can be implemented :) I think
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2008-01-19 by Michael Hawkins
There are whole bunch of things I intend to develop against the harmonics. Yes, MIDI CC s will be implemented to allow them to be turned on and off at will.
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2008-01-19 by Russ
man that is such an awesome list. 12, 14, 17 and 19 especially! Is there anyway you could program a mini espresso maker in there? defeinetly put me down for at
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2008-01-18 by korgpolyex800
Radek, Here they are so far: 1) flash EEPROM software upgrade capability (as I develop new software you will all be able to download it and continue upgrading
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2008-01-18 by korgpolyex800
Yes, since I used the EX800 code and added the Poly specific functions into it, the bend range parameter 87 is already available. All I need to do is migrate
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2008-01-18 by radek_tymecki
Mike can You write what new functions will be implemented in p800? There are so many posts about this mod, that my brain is slowly out of stock ;) haha :D
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2008-01-18 by korgpolyex800
Yeah, I think that might be doable. I look into it. ... bend range on a patch per patch basis -- the slider is a drag to use ... being to avoid the very
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2008-01-18 by David Mochen
Great news, Mike. I wonder if we will be able to set up the pitch bend range on a patch per patch basis -- the slider is a drag to use :). Of course, a global
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2008-01-18 by bys_jhn
i want one! and maybe a second one too...
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2008-01-17 by jusufzemplin
Hi, Poly800 I transmits sequencer data on Midi channel 2, Keyboard data on channel 1... Jozef
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2008-01-17 by David Mochen
Hey, for sure I ll be wanting one kit. You can reach me at my email address to work out details. thanks! Dave ... From: korgpolyex800 To:
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2008-01-17 by Russ
great, I ll try fiddling with the switches on the back. Sysex enable? I dont recall such a switch, is that a MKII thing. ... Be a better friend, newshound, and
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2008-01-17 by Daniel Forro
Mike, Thanks for explanation, of course such hardware limitation can t be improved. Never mind, it was just an idea. Daniel
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2008-01-17 by Daniel Forro
Mike, Thanks for your clarification, after writing my questions I realized such thing could be possible only with your hardware. I would like to have it later.
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2008-01-17 by Neil Wakeling
My Poly800 MK1 definitely sends MIDI out from the sequencer - darn handy it is too! Cheers, Neil
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2008-01-17 by korgpolyex800
Dan, sorry but fine tuning is just not possible on the Poly 800 since it uses a tone generator that is digital and all tones are generated from two clock
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2008-01-17 by korgpolyex800
LOL - very droll indeed. It seems very strange indeed that the MK2 would slide a full octave down when the same circuitry is used for bend in the MK1 and the
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2008-01-17 by korgpolyex800
Daniel, Sorry for not being clear on this but to use the new software requires installation of the hardware modification kit. The new kit includes a new boot
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2008-01-17 by marco_andreetta
Count me in for one kit!
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