Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

Everett,

The files themselves contain a sysex identifier so that is why the
Poly knew which EEPROM each file was destined for but I'll fix the
file names on the web site - well spotted.

In the case of the keyboard only playing odd or even notes, this is
because the global parameters are set correctly for cascading mode.

Go into global mode by pressing the "Step" key while in program
selection mode. Then enter global parameter number 32. Set the value
to 0 (cascade mode off). Also, your joystick may not work if you don't
see the global parameter device type. So enter global parameter 34 and
set the value to 0 (Poly 800 MK1). There are numerous other settings
for MIDI, octave shift etc. You can try to work them out for yourself
but also, I will put together a sysex global dump for you this evening
so that you can set all of the globals to default values.

In the meantime, here are all of the global and extended parameters
implemented so far:

Global Parameters

To enter global mode you must already be in Program select mode and
then press the "Step" key. Press the "Step" again to exit global mode.

Global 11 is a global parameter that executes the command
corresponding to the global parameter value (enter the global 11
parameter then select the value of the number for the command you wish
to execute and then press the "write" key to execute the command).

11 = No operation
12 = All notes off (if keyboard MIDI TX channel is selected then send
MIDI CC too)
15 = Sysex dump single selected patch
25 = jump into flash update mode
26 = jump into diagnostic mode
27 = using selected number (global 13) set all patches extended
parameter to zero
28 = Sysex dump global parameters

12 selected patch or parameter – 00-3Fh (11-88)
13 selected patch bank - possible values are 0-3 (for each patch bank)
– not used yet
14 Sequencer clock internal/external 1=internal, 2=external
15 Program change enable - enable=0, disable=1
18 Portamento fine tuning for slide

21 Omni on/off - 0=omni auto (on at power on), 1=omni off (including
at power on)
22 Keyboard MIDI TX channel number - 0=no transmit, 1-16 midi TX
channel number
23 Local Keyboard control - 0=off, 1=on
24 Local Sequencer control - 0=off, 1=on
25 Sequencer MIDI time code send 0=no, 1=yes
26 Sequencer MIDI tranmit channel (0=no transmit, 1-16 MIDI TX channel
number)
27 MIDI RX channel (displays as 1-16 but stored as 0-15)
28 MIDI soft thru on (1) or off (0)

31 Extended playing range on/off 0/1. Will set operating patch to octave 2
32 Cascading unit number, 0=off, 1=play odd notes, 2=play even notes.
33 Cascading sync on=1/off=0.
34 Device type 0=Poly 800 MK1, 1=EX800 and 2=Poly 800 MK2
35 Keyboard MIDI transmit note octave offset (0=standard Poly,
1=-1,2=-2,3=-3,4=+1,5=+2,6=+3)
36 Keyboard MIDI transmit note velocity offset
37 Sequencer note follow mode 0=off, 1=keyboard, 2=keyboard and MIDI

41 Joystick MIDI TX channel number - 0=no transmit, 1-16d midi TX
channel number
42 Local Joystick control off - 0=off, 1=on original, 2=on extended
43 Joystick X axis control change number send value
44 Joystick Y axis control change number send value

Extended Parameters.

To get into Extended parameter edit mode you must first select
Parameter edit mode and then press the "Step" key"). Pressing the
"Step" again returns you to parameter edit mode.

11 VCF LFO2 frequency 00-15
12 VCF LFO2 delay 00-15
13 VCF LFO2 Wave 0=Sawtooth, 1=Square, 2=Pseudo Random, 3=Ramp Up and
4=Ramp Down
14 VCF LFO2 Minimum 00-63
15 VCF LFO2 Maximum 00-63
16 LFO2 free running (0=off, 1=on)
17 LFO1 free running (0=off, 1=on)
18 DCO LFO Wave 0=Sawtooth, 1=Square, 2=ramp up and 3=ramp down

21 DCO LFO Minimum 00-63
22 DCO LFO Maximum 00-63
23 Portamento slide rate 00-63
24 Bend depth 00-64
25 DCO1 tremolo off, LFO1/2 select. 0=Off, 1=LFO1, 2=LFO2
26 DCO1 tremolo depth 0-31
27 DCO2 tremolo off, LFO1/2 select. 0=Off, 1=LFO1, 2=LFO2
28 DCO2 tremolo depth 0-31

31 LFO1 delay type. 0=delay then modulate, 1=modulate until delay expires.
32 LFO2 delay type. 0=delay then modulate, 1=modulate until delay expires.
33 SLFO3 frequency 00-31
34 SLFO3 waveform selector
35 SLFO4 frequency 00-31
36 SLFO4 waveform selector

88 Poly Mode (0=Poly, 1=Hold, 2=Chord, 3=Portamento)