Boo! (Korg Poly61)

[Stewart Pye]

Hi...

There may be a much neater solution than putting analog switches in
parallel with the existing switches....

Scan the row output of the synths micro. Then output the code corresponding
to the keys  pressed for that row, to the column input. This would have to
be done before the synths micro reads the columns. That could be achievable
as todays micros are  much faster than the ones used in most polysynths. It
will probably require different code for different synths, but it will be
similar. 

Regards,

Stewart Pye 


At 06:47 PM 3/09/99 EDT, WeAreAs1 at aol.com wrote:
>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
>
>