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Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] Help! My ebay-bought POLY8ii is friggin fricked!

From: russ <russdaren@...>
Date: 2005-08-14

actually that is incorrect, up is LFO to VCF and down
is LFO to VCO, right and left are pitch bend.

--- Joseph Smith <jobiwanknobi@...> wrote:

> Hi John,
> The up and down on the joystick control the pitch
> bending, while the left and right control the
> intensity of the oscillator and filters. Does sound
> like it got damaged during shipping.
> I think I've got a pdf of the manual around, if I
> find it I'll upload it... Jobiwan
>
> jonsmith6669 <junkmail@...> wrote:
> Hello, all,
> I just unboxed my new Poly800II to find that the
> tuning slider, one of
> the keys, and three directions of the joystick are
> all non-functioning
> (down is the only joystick direction that seems to
> have any impact).
> There is also a key that seems to have a problem
> with its contact, and
> kind of scratches when i play it.
>
> I have already contacted the guy who sold it to me
> and he says he'll
> make it right, because it was working before he sent
> it. So that
> part's cool.
>
> My questions are mainly in second-guessing myself,
> and i wanted some
> verification of the severity (or possibly even
> existence) of the
> problems. The joystick bend (side-to-side) should be
> very pronounced
> in ALL modes of operation, right? Moving it up
> should have an effect
> in ALL modes, too, right? Adjustment of the tuning
> slider should be
> very noticable, once again, in ALL modes of
> operation, right? And as
> for the two keys with problems (one not working and
> one scratchy
> sounding), is there a cleaning that needs to be done
> with these normally?
>
> I've twiddled with a bunch of parameters to try to
> get the joystick up
> and side directions to work to no avail, and i've
> played with the
> tuning slider and can hear NOTHING CHANGING when i
> move it.
>
> If anyone could give me some input, i'd appreciate
> it. My email is
> jonsmith@...
>
> let me know what you think, and thank you,
> jon
>
>
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