There are instructions to replace the memory backup battery (button cell
-type, requires a bit of soldering) or alternately you can keep it full
of C cells to keep your patches when the power goes out.
radiotest2002 wrote:
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> I'm new here...just some thoughts. I had both the Poly 800 and 800
> MKII back in the 80s, and I've always been as fascinated with this
> synth's limitations as with its capabilities. As the Keyboard
> Magazine review said, corners were cut in its design, but creatively
> so and I consider it a fine synthesizer. Which is why I have just
> caved into temptation to relive the 800 and have gotten one on ebay.
>
> Well it's arrived, and the front of the Poly 800 is very nice
> cosmetically...all lettering still intact. This is a bug plus for me,
> getting one that survived its ride to the present.
>
> Had a panic when I fired up this 800, its memory had totally dumped,
> although I was able to do programming from scratch. I would swear
> that my original Poly 800 had memory backup; it's a revelation to
> find that with this one I will have to keep battery juice supplied in
> order to retain programs. I'm thinking to maybe experiment with using
> a small 9-volt battery hooked into it to accomplish this, as all my
> use of the machine is done using wall-power.
>
> About the Poly-800's single filter architecture...I don't consider it
> a limitation as I did at first. I've come to accept it as part of the
> reality of Korg's marketing choices at the time. I like it's single
> VCF and use it with and without resonance.
>
> I think the Poly 800 would've been awesome if it had more waveforms,
> but then again I like square waves so why complain. The sawtooth
> simulation is close enough for me. Long live the POLY 800!
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