Boo! (Korg Poly61)

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In a message dated 9/3/99 2:08:32 PM, you wrote:

<<1) This is the version before the MIDI add on. I'd like to get cv/gate in
for the keyboard and cv controls running to the old joystick parameters.>>

The Poly61 does not have voltage controlled oscillators.  It has DCO's, and 
thier pitch is controlled by clock data that comes from the CPU.  You cannot 
use CV to play it.

If you can't find one of the MIDI retrofit kits for it (and you won't...), 
then I would suggest using one of the MIDI-to-keyboard matrix conversion kits 
that are made by Kenton electronics.  They may even already have one for the 
Poly-61.  They work by connecting accross the wires that go between the 
keyboard and the CPU, and they simulate keyboard switch closures.  The CPU 
thinks you've played the keyboard.

Maybe one of the more digital-savvy list members (not me!) would like to 
design a universal MIDI-to-key matrix board around a PIC processor?  Anybody 
up to it?  I'd buy one.

Good luck -

Michael Bacich