On Thu, 29 Jun 2006, patrioticduo wrote:
> Velocity features are completely out of the question because that would
> require modifying the keyboard mechanism itself. Something I simply
> cannot do right now is set up a real metal shop. Sorry about that.
> Besides which, it would blow our $120 sale price.
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i just want my ex-800 to be able to make use of velocity over MIDI... no
hardware mod.
> Mono 4/8 layered - oh yeah that will be doable and very nice indeed.
>
> Portamento looks doable. But might end up tricky as we'll have to slide
> from one note to the next, then change note up one with the slide reset
> to zero and then slide up to the next, and so on.
>
> 7 bit parameters should be doable also although there might be
> limitations on things like MG frequency. If we change the range from 16
> (0-15) to 127 thus making the MG run nice and slow then you may notice
> the step changes at the slow rates. This is something we'll have to
> test. The DEG's could be affected in the same manner. Slow them down too
> much and you might here the step changes in volume and or filter steps.
>
> At this point, I am disassembling the EX800. The Poly will have to wait
> until the EX800 is done. I figured it would be easier to reverse
> engineer the EX800 and certainly easier to build the retrofit kit into
> it. When completed, it would be a matter of adding the keyboard and
> joystick code (which should in theory be easier to find in the Poly800
> ROM once I have intimate knowledge of the EX800).
>
> Has anyone noticed how there hasn't been an EX800 on ebay for several
> weeks? Where did they all go?
>
> Anyway, this could take a while.
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cool... thanks!
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