Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

how about a Sony Playstation type joystick knob 
for the EX800, since it doesn't have one? doesn't 
stick too far out (also has additional click down 
action for???something else...)
isn't the joystick used for entering parameter data 
on the poly800 mk1+2 kybd versions?

Q: isn't the joystick used for entering parameter data 
on the poly800 mk1+2 kybd versions?

A: The joystick can be used to change programs and parameter data on the HAWK only. The originals don't do that.

Mike



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 From: k9k9dog <domgoold@...>
To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 9:08 AM
Subject: [korgpolyex] joystick for EX800...
 

  
how about a Sony Playstation type joystick knob 
for the EX800, since it doesn't have one? doesn't 
stick too far out (also has additional click down 
action for???something else...)
isn't the joystick used for entering parameter data 
on the poly800 mk1+2 kybd versions?

I couldnt find a schematic for EX-500 on here, but I can't see why you couldnt add a 10K joystick into one.  It probably has the same Main PCB as a Poly 800 M1.


On a HAWK'd Poly 800, the pitchbend feature on the keyboard is disabled when the joystick is in parameter edit mode. So you cant edit a parameter and do a pitchbend at the same time.

I don't know if Mike managed to keep/add joystick code in the EX800 version of HAWK software so it can read the voltages from a pair of pots.
That's the key to making it happen more than anything, I'd think. 

- Blaine





--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, "k9k9dog" <domgoold@...> wrote:

>
> how about a Sony Playstation type joystick knob 
> for the EX800, since it doesn't have one? doesn't 
> stick too far out (also has additional click down 
> action for???something else...)
> isn't the joystick used for entering parameter data 
> on the poly800 mk1+2 kybd versions?
>

The HAWK is the same code in original Poly, EX-800 and MK2. So using POTS on the EX-800 is absolutely doable.

Mike



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 From: bimmerfan222 <bperkins211@...>
To: korgpolyex@...m 
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 1:14 PM
Subject: [korgpolyex] Re: joystick for EX800...
 

  


I couldnt find a schematic for EX-500 on here, but I can't see why you couldnt add a 10K joystick into one.  It probably has the same Main PCB as a Poly 800 M1.

On a HAWK'd Poly 800, the pitchbend feature on the keyboard is disabled when the joystick is in parameter edit mode. So you cant edit a parameter and do a pitchbend at the same time.

I don't know if Mike managed to keep/add joystick code in the EX800 version of HAWK software so it can read the voltages from a pair of pots.
That's the key to making it happen more than anything, I'd think. 

- Blaine

--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, "k9k9dog" <domgoold@...> wrote:

>
> how about a Sony Playstation type joystick knob 
> for the EX800, since it doesn't have one? doesn't 
> stick too far out (also has additional click down 
> action for???something else...)
> isn't the joystick used for entering parameter data 
> on the poly800 mk1+2 kybd versions?
>