[sdiy] Poly-800 Memory problems

[Chris Crosskey]

It might still be the batteries....I seem to remember mine being pretty grim
on batteries....Back up via the tape interface to MP3 (or an 8-bit mono
22kHz WAV)....assuming you use a PC, Mac, Atari Falcon, Big-bore Amiga,
BeBOX or hard-disk recorder.....YOu'll find you should be able to get the
whole lot onto a floppy disk as a back-up, though I'd save onto MO....but
then I'm paranoid....

chrisc

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Begin [mailto:Steve.Begin at pwgsc.gc.ca]
> Sent: 31 July 2002 16:05
> To: Synth (E-mail)
> Subject: [sdiy] Poly-800 Memory problems
> 
> 
> I was just looking for something in my oh-so-messy basement 
> when I saw my old Poly-800 and realized maybe somebody here 
> might be able to help me out.  The problem with it is that 
> when I turn it off its stored patches get corrupted.  Not 
> every time, and not every patch, but some of the time some of 
> the patches just end up sounding like nothing at all, or like 
> static.  Sometimes when I go over them and put in new values, 
> I notice that the values they had weren't even valid.  
> Are these symptoms generally related to any specific cause or 
> is there a broad range of problems that could cause something 
> like that?  
> Actually, I have similar problems with my RX-11 drum machine, 
> which is a pain because when I turn it on, often even the 
> settings get corrupted and a button will be assigned to a 
> non-existant drum sound.  
> 
> The only thing I've really looked into is the batteries, I 
> replaced them but it didn't do the trick.
> 
> In the case of the poly 800 I'd be just as happy if I could 
> just tear it apart and throw in some pots instead of having 
> to go through the digital interface, is that even remotely plausible?
> 
> > Steve Begin
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 

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