Thanks Paul, I think you're the guy I got in touch with through
sospubs.co.uk!
Rich
--- In korgpolyex@y..., "Bennett, Paul" <p.bennett@s...> wrote:
> Ive got two dead polys which Ive been trying to fix for ages. Moral
of the story, have a little patience or have a dead keyboard.
>
> B
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RichPJ_98 [mailto:richpj_98@y...]
> Sent: 26 March 2002 11:06
> To: korgpolyex@y...
> Subject: [korgpolyex] New, and got a problem...
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I've got an old Poly 800 Mk 1 from which I bought about 10 years
> ago. A long time ago I managed to connect it up to an Amiga via
midi
> which totally wiped out all the sounds. Eventually with the advent
> of the internet I managed to get some sound banks downloaded and
> transferred them to minidisc in order to attempt to reload the
sounds.
>
> Now, impatient as I am, I didn't bother to go and get a new correct
> power supply, just thought I'd use what I had around the house. I
> managed to find a 9V PSU from another keyboard. Didn't realise it
> was giving out 1A current though. A black cloud of smoke issued
from
> my Poly 800.
>
> I realise it's probably beyond repair, and I've been in touch with
> another guy who has done the same thing and he reckons I'd need a
new
> board which you can no longer get hold of...
>
> Anyway, my question, and it's a long shot: Does anyone know of a
way
> I can salvage this? I'd even just like to use it as a midi
> controller, bypassing the sound generation part of it. Has anyone
> out there got this sort of detailed knowledge to lend me a hand?
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice, no matter how small :)
>
> Rich
>
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