Re: [korgpolyex] The BOARD works!
2007-12-25 by Lars Törnkvist
Wow. This is really nice Christmas news. Good work Mike. Now take your time to do the rest right. Don t rush it. Not too much anyhow :-) Merry Christmas to you
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RE: [korgpolyex] The BOARD works!
2007-12-25 by Epiik Soul
Congratulations Mike!!! I can t wait to get my hands on one of the kits. Looking forward to another video. ... From: korgpolyex800
Re: The BOARD works!
2007-12-25 by radek_tymecki
Great great great :D
Re: [korgpolyex] The BOARD works!
2007-12-24 by Manu
Congratulations ;) Manu
Re: [korgpolyex] The BOARD works!
2007-12-24 by Marcus Wilson
ooo nice work with onboard presets!!@!! that would totally rock! thanks again mike!!
Re: The BOARD works!
2007-12-24 by marco_andreetta
That s great news! actually that s the greatest christmas gift I hoped. I hope that the kit will be released soon! Can t wait to try it on my beloved poly800s!
The BOARD works!
2007-12-24 by korgpolyex800
Yep! That s right. I just finished testing the new board and it works with no cut traces or blown up capacitors. It worked straight out of the box. And this
Re: Noise & Bandwidth Modification
2007-12-24 by radek_tymecki
Well sound is almost same but not so noisy as before. Nice mod though :)
Re: [korgpolyex] I have assembled one board - but not tested it yet
2007-12-23 by Marcus Wilson
awesome mike! so hey, rather than a *price* for a board, how about a meaningful deposit? got a paypal account? jb over
I have assembled one board - but not tested it yet
2007-12-23 by korgpolyex800
Hi Erik, yes, the mod kit works in the Poly 800 MK1 and the EX800. The MK2 looks possible but I haven t begun to work on that just yet. I ve assembled one of
Re: I have the boards!
2007-12-22 by Erik Hines
Mike, Your one step closer in making Poly800 Ex-800 history. I m sure you answered this, but the mod will be compatible with the EX800 right? Erik ... haven t
I have the boards!
2007-12-21 by korgpolyex800
And they look great! Now I need to build two and see how they go. Mike. ... it s
Re: The boards are in my town!
2007-12-20 by korgpolyex800
Ahah! The price? Let us not worry about such things just yet. ... Mike.
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: The boards are in my town!
2007-12-20 by David Mochen
... cheers! dave ... From: korgpolyex800 To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 3:05 PM Subject: [korgpolyex] Re: The boards are in
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: The boards are in my town!
2007-12-20 by Manu
Those are very great news! Please excuse me if this has already been answered, but I haven t had too much time to check the list in the past few weeks.. When
Re: The boards are in my town!
2007-12-20 by korgpolyex800
I might even get them today! Dec 20, 2007 9:25 AM On FedEx vehicle for delivery STAMFORD, CT 9:14 AM At local FedEx facility STAMFORD, CT 6:15 AM At dest
Re: Portamento Mono Mode
2007-12-20 by korgpolyex800
OK, OK, I ll fix the code. ... going ... of one ... way
The boards are coming!
2007-12-20 by korgpolyex800
Here s the fedex tracking number: 7118 9078 7096
Re: [korgpolyex] Portamento Mono Mode
2007-12-20 by Atom Smasher
... ================= hell, i wouldn t mind if it had 64 discrete steps between notes... something is better than nothing, and funky/weird/lo-fi is cool. not
Re: The MK2 and the new kit
2007-12-19 by korgpolyex800
I think the MK2 might actually be a potential candidate for this kit but it will be a bit more complex to do. Since I don t own a MK2, I ll have to start
Re: [korgpolyex] loudness
2007-12-19 by Al
No expert but,(its an excuse to make my first post) I presume you are familiar with editing/ perameters. Otherwise, 17 and 27 will change levels. Al ...
Re: The MK2 and the new kit
2007-12-19 by narfman96
The ROM is socketed. Thanks for looking at this Mike!!!! ... this ... ... could be ... larger ROM ... The ROM ... board. ... rest. ...
Portamento Mono Mode
2007-12-19 by korgpolyex800
Well, I tinkered and tinkered and have now thoroughly broken the portamento code that I had worked so hard to get right. So, I am going to just rewrite it from
loudness
2007-12-19 by Russ
one of my Poly 800 s is a lot louder than the other. I end up turning the volume way down to get it equal to the other one withthe volume at full! Anyone know
The boards are on their way!
2007-12-19 by korgpolyex800
Yep, I just got word that the first five PCB s have been manufactured and are on their way to me. Hopefully, they ll arrive next week while I m on vacation. I
The MK2 and the new kit
2007-12-19 by korgpolyex800
Hi MK2 owners, I ve had a look at the schematics of the MK2 (I should have done this a while ago) and it looks like we could fit the new mod kit into the MK2.
Re: The kit and the MKII - need the schematic diagram
2007-12-18 by synthparts
Hi, I have the MkII service manual (hard copy only) as well as 2 Poly-800 mkIIs. If you want me to check something lemme know...
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: The state of the mod kit
2007-12-15 by Michael Hawkins
OK, so one of the things I wanted to try out was pushing either of the LFO s into the harmonics of the DCO s. That sounds similar to what you re saying the
Re: The state of the mod kit
2007-12-15 by Alexander
The MS2000 has a kind of modulation sequencer where you can set steps to values and send it to a modulation source (filter cutoff, resonance, volume, etc). It
Re: The kit and the MKII - need the schematic diagram
2007-12-15 by Alexander
If necessary, i can pop mine open and take pictures or trace things.
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: The state of the mod kit
2007-12-14 by Michael Hawkins
I m not familiar with the MS2000 but am I right to assume that you would modulate a VCF or resonance when the sequencer is synced up to some other device of
Re: The state of the mod kit
2007-12-14 by Phoebe
... some extra spaces on the PCB for additional chips. What those chips turn out to be is going to be up to us. I figured that we would probably put a few
Re: The kit and the MKII - need the schematic diagram
2007-12-14 by narfman96
Hi Mike, This is partially why I uploaded the Service Docs and Schematics to the files section. You are right the ROM is on the digital delay pcb. Fran ... ROM
The kit and the MKII - need the schematic diagram
2007-12-14 by korgpolyex800
Does anyone have a copy of the MKII service manual or schematic? Because that would be a big help in working out if the kit could be fitted into it. I once saw
Re: Enabling portamento mono mode
2007-12-14 by narfman96
The firmware is here in the files section. ... seems ... could be ... work in ... the ... them :) ... ... miracle, ... real ... bucks on a ...
Re: Enabling portamento mono mode
2007-12-14 by Alexander
I d definitely like to try to make it work. Does anyone have a ROM image of the MKII? The biggest difference seems to be the digital delay line instead of the
Re: The state of the mod kit
2007-12-14 by Alexander
You could use it as a sequencer or arpeggiator and have a mode to use the note values as modulation values for things like the filter (kind of how a Korg
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: The state of the mod kit
2007-12-13 by Michael Hawkins
It is definitely going to be possible to use the sequencer clock as an LFO. The question is how to implement while keeping the sequencer relatively intact for
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: The state of the mod kit
2007-12-13 by Tim Bieniosek
Oh, I forgot about the speed slider. Well, that would be cool too :)
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: The state of the mod kit
2007-12-13 by jure zitnik
i think he meant using sequencer speed slider for parameter value input. jure
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: The state of the mod kit
2007-12-13 by Tim Bieniosek
Do you mean using the sequencer as a free-form LFO/ modulation generator? That would be awesome!
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: The state of the mod kit
2007-12-13 by Michael Hawkins
Well, the initial kit is not going to include anything more than some extra spaces on the PCB for additional chips. What those chips turn out to be is going to
Re: The state of the mod kit
2007-12-13 by Phoebe
... So you re saying we ll have more than one data knob to tweak parameters instead of poking the up and down value buttons??? If so...cooooool! =) Phoebe
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: Enabling portamento mono mode
2007-12-13 by Atom Smasher
... =============== and for everyone else, just plug in a delay or reverb to mask the artifacts. -- ...atom ________________________ http://atom.smasher.org/
The state of the mod kit
2007-12-13 by korgpolyex800
Dave, To be honest, I got a little disappointed with the glitchy portamento, but your accolades along with everyone else have really boosted my spirits again.
Re: Enabling portamento mono mode
2007-12-12 by korgpolyex800
Alex, I like your humour. :-) If I ever buy a MKII I will look at the design and see if it could be fitted into it. But the kit only works in the EX800 and
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: Enabling portamento mono mode
2007-12-12 by Tim Bieniosek
... True, true, true. I d love to hear this glitchy portamento -- it could definitely be musically useful to the right people.
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: Enabling portamento mono mode
2007-12-12 by Atom Smasher
... ================ how many people spent several times that on a sid-station, with glitchy everything and too much noise? but i guess it had it s charm... --
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: Enabling portamento mono mode
2007-12-12 by Atom Smasher
... ========= i don t have it front of me right now, but are there dots on the display that can be used for that type of status? ... ============= oh no!!! not
Re: Enabling portamento mono mode
2007-12-12 by Alexander
People spend a lot more than that on glitchy hardware. Look at the SIDStation. It s a crashy glitchy mess but people still bought them :) I want one of these