Thanks, I'll keep a lookout for info on how to add backup power. Or
there are other possibilities, like simply keeping program banks on
tape and loading them onto the 800 as needed.
--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, Tim Bieniosek <tab27@d...> wrote:
> Right, there isn't one now, but there are instructions to add one.
> Somewhere. It wasn't obvious, but I did it without much hassle.
>
> radiotest2002 wrote:
>
> >
> > I opened up the Poly 800 and saw no sign of a button cell, unless
> > it's on the trace side of a circuit board.
> >
> >
> > --- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, Tim Bieniosek <tab27@d...>
wrote:
> >
> >>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:
> >>
> >>>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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> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
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