[sdiy] Re: Poly-61 info

[Bob Weigel]

(Maybe I wasn't clear on this..so I'll post it for all to see.  )

THanks Paul..but yeah I know how a battery b/u works.  On my web page 
you'll find details of a special case of the SCI Multi-Trak where if the 
battery dies and you remove it, you can program sounds all day long and 
it works GREAT until..you shut if off and they are lost in SRAM of 
course.  SRAM requires a b/u battery as we know.

HOWEVER>.once you put the battery IN to the M/T.....trouble.  You can't 
get sound out of it anymore.  It initiates some kind of check sum or 
something and if you don't have the sounds in there already forget it.

Not so with like the Split-Eight.  That machine can be programmed from 
scratch.  There's a full account on my web page of the conversation I 
had with the punk 'tech' at wine country where they led me to utter 
confusion on this matter because they wouldn't simply TELL me this.  
They offered to sell me factory patches when I inquired about the 
strange thing I was hearing and I was like "uhh..no I know it has to 
have patches in it and I can program them by hand and I'm still not 
getting any sound out..." and the guy sat there and said nothing.   And 
I wound up damaging something in the process of trying to figure out 
what the problem was and it's sat there every since.  Surely SOME day 
they'll get a conscience and send me a GOOD DIGITAL BOARD for it since 
they literally deceived me.   But that's asking a lot I know. . -Bob

Paul Kondig wrote:

> Hi Bob,
>  
>     Yes you do have to reload the sounds once the battery has died and 
> been replaced. The Battery helps to hold the sonds in the Poly-61's 
> memory when the synth is turned off. But if the battery leaks or dies 
> then the sounds are deleted permently.
>  
> Paul
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Bob Weigel <mailto:sounddoctorin at imt.net>
>     *To:* pkondig at msn.com <mailto:pkondig at msn.com>
>     *Sent:* Saturday, October 22, 2005 3:26 PM
>     *Subject:* Poly-61 info
>
>     Thanks for putting up the link page.  I have a mass info page for
>     synths
>     and am always looking for good links.  I'm repairing one of these
>     at the
>     moment and ...the digital all seems to work ok but no sound.  When
>     the
>     battery goes down do you have to like load the factory sounds or
>     anything on these like on the SCI multi-trak for instance?  Just
>     wondered if you might have any knowledge on these.  Thanks. -Bob
>