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Subject: Re: Strange acting of my poly

From: "satnom2000" <satnomb@...>
Date: 2007-10-26

Thank you Marcus for your suggestion. I already try that but the memory still not retains
the patches. I think i'll try to do the memory backup battery mod. I guess something
happens when I did all the modifications. May be I broke a connection at the power
supply. It sound weird but I can't find an other explication.

Bernard

--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, Marcus Wilson <JB@...> wrote:
>
> i would suggest you load all patches back to factory,
>
> it is highly likely the patch memory has some bad data in it, so by
> replacing it all to factory, you may find this improves your situation
>
> best regards,
>
> marcus wilson
>
> On 23/10/2007, at 8:34 PM, satnom2000 wrote:
>
> > Thank you Marco,
> >
> > Yes, I will do the battery mod, but for now, the problem is worst
> > than I tought. My poly do
> > not retains the patch even when the power is on. Let say I program
> > a patch, I write it in
> > memory, and after that if I change the patch number and I come
> > back, I loose
> > everything???
> > Bernard
> >
> > --- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, Marco Andreetta
> > <marco_andreetta@> wrote:
> > >
> > > One of my poly800 came without a battery. I installed one on that
> > too because it didn't
> > keep the patches. I used a brand new 2032 battery for pcb. I
> > preferred it over a pcb
> > battery holder + battery assembly because I gig regularly with that
> > poly 800 and it seemed
> > much more solid (I have also a 15$ mp3 player with all the patches
> > saved in my keyboard
> > bag :) )
> > >
> > > satnom2000 <satnomb@> ha scritto: Hi everyone
> > >
> > > I finally perform the mods that I wanted to do from a long time,
> > but unfortunately since
> > > then I have problem with memory. I have a Mk1 poly with no back
> > up battery. I did the
> > > eprom mod to be able to load some patches with sysex. It works
> > great. Also I did the
> > > moogslayer mod. And recently i did the FM800 and the audio input
> > mod as well the
> > 12/
> > > 24 DB filter. Everything work well. I'm really happy about it,
> > but it looks that I have a
> > > problem with the power supply since then. I can't save patches
> > anymore. When I turn
> > off
> > > the poly I loose everything, even when the poly is plug. Is this
> > ring a bell to somebody?
> > > Also, I noticed something else . Before the mod (FM800-audio in,
> > 12/24), I was able to
> > > cut off the frequency near zero. I really loved that because I
> > was able to do some
> > > interesting wooshing FX, but now when I turn the knob way down, I
> > can't turn the
> > > frequencies to zero, I still heard a sound. Is this related to a
> > mod that I perform?
> > > I hope that is clear enough. I'm sorry, my english is poor. I
> > hope someone will get it.
> > >
> > > Thank for your answer.
> > > Bernard
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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