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Subject: RE: [korgpolyex] Re: HI EVERYoNE!

From: "Bennett, Paul" <p.bennett@...>
Date: 2002-07-17

I have a dead poly.... with a good joystick but its at my techs house and I ain't seen him for a while. If I can get my arse in gear Ill
fetch it back.

B

'No its not..its asleep!'

-----Original Message-----
From: plutoniq9 [mailto:Plutonique9@...]
Sent: 17 July 2002 10:01
To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [korgpolyex] Re: HI EVERYoNE!


Maybe all that is necessary is to have someone replace the 2 potentiometers
on the joystick board with new ones, might be easier than tracking down the
whole joystick board. If the pots are old and dirty/scratchy, they might be
sendin' out some weird voltage garbage which is confusin' the midi stream.

just a thought

p9

--- In korgpolyex@y..., "boneyhands" <boneyhands@y...> wrote:
> I'm a new member... I've had my Korg poly 800 about 9 years now, I
> love it! I havent had any problems with it until recently...it seems
> like after all of these years, the joystick has finally given out. It
> sends random CC's to the computer every minute or so.. I took the
> keyboard apart, used some deoxit on the connector but that did not
> help. The joystick part actually seems to be a bit loose, so
> everytime i hit the keyboard it wiggles just enough to send a small
> MIDI message. Obviously the Korg poly 800 is a horrible controller
> but its the only external keyboard I have right now, and I imagine
> the joystick is only going to get worse. Do any of you have a dead
> korg poly 800 with a functional joystick that you could sell to me so
> i can replace it? :)
>
> after reading the messages i know there are a few of you out there
> with dead korgs...
>
> ok!
>
> thanks!


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