Ill let you know how mine go as Ive got to go back and see the tech whos looking at them now. They are fragile things though, which blow quite easily.
Wheres everyone elses opinions on this?
B
-----Original Message-----
From: RichPJ_98 [mailto:
richpj_98@...]
Sent: 26 March 2002 11:14
To:
korgpolyex@yahoogroups.comSubject: [korgpolyex] Re: New, and got a problem...
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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