Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

Hey Gang i'm new to this group.
   
  get this... i just won a Poly 800 on ebay for $61.00
  Wow!.... i have done plenty of research on this synth forever
       so much in fact, that i know it doesnt have a backup batt.
       (only the mkII and the EX have a battery)
 
    well.... some housewife was selling one on ebay and said
    "it's acting like the battery is dead, i have never changed one
     and i DO NOT HAVE the battery"
                   weird huh...
                  so it went for mega cheap
                  when obviously the c-cells just ran out
         it was even titled "KORG POLY 800 SYNTH needs battery"
   
                     she could have got twice that price
                  
           well anyhow...
            ive got plenty of questions regarding the filter mod
       , ive pretty much got it... i just need a couple of things
        cleared up...   so anyone who's done it different ways
               please give a holler.... i'd like to discuss
                 
                                          love, jermy

>   get this... i just won a Poly 800 on ebay for $61.00

	Uhu! Cheap one ;o) In Brazil they cost around $100-120

>   Wow!.... i have done plenty of research on this synth forever
>        so much in fact, that i know it doesnt have a backup batt.
>        (only the mkII and the EX have a battery)

	Interesting is that I have a MK1 and HAVE a battery. Of course, this 
seems to be a third-party mod. But I read in the net that ALL the 
Poly 800 can have a battery fitted (and, btw, it SHOULD have a 
battery fitted ;o)))
 
>                      she could have got twice that price

	Is it so expensive in USA this way? ;o)))
 
>            well anyhow...
>             ive got plenty of questions regarding the filter mod
>        , ive pretty much got it... i just need a couple of things
>         cleared up...   so anyone who's done it different ways
>                please give a holler.... i'd like to discuss

	I'm planing in doing the same, or waiting for another Poly 800 to 
screw up. This seems to be a VERY nice synth to hack. I can already 
put more memory banks on it, and I think I can hack the firmware to 
select more memory banks on the keyboard. Dunno if it will ever be of 
any use. 
 
>                                    love, jermy

	Peace & Love Inc., man...

I have owned at least 5 Poly800 MKI and only 2 of those came with a battery 
installed at the factory, and getting a the filter resonance mods are 
actually a great improvement to this already nice synth, (I also do the 
noise level mod, for instant stormy winds)


>From: "Alexandre Souza" <taito@...>
>Reply-To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
>To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] Welcome This!
>Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 19:45:35 -0300
>
> >   get this... i just won a Poly 800 on ebay for $61.00
>
>	Uhu! Cheap one ;o) In Brazil they cost around $100-120
>
> >   Wow!.... i have done plenty of research on this synth forever
> >        so much in fact, that i know it doesnt have a backup batt.
> >        (only the mkII and the EX have a battery)
>
>	Interesting is that I have a MK1 and HAVE a battery. Of course, this
>seems to be a third-party mod. But I read in the net that ALL the
>Poly 800 can have a battery fitted (and, btw, it SHOULD have a
>battery fitted ;o)))
>
> >                      she could have got twice that price
>
>	Is it so expensive in USA this way? ;o)))
>
> >            well anyhow...
> >             ive got plenty of questions regarding the filter mod
> >        , ive pretty much got it... i just need a couple of things
> >         cleared up...   so anyone who's done it different ways
> >                please give a holler.... i'd like to discuss
>
>	I'm planing in doing the same, or waiting for another Poly 800 to
>screw up. This seems to be a VERY nice synth to hack. I can already
>put more memory banks on it, and I think I can hack the firmware to
>select more memory banks on the keyboard. Dunno if it will ever be of
>any use.
>
> >                                    love, jermy
>
>	Peace & Love Inc., man...




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