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Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] Re: patch file of the presets sounds of the Poly 800 for Cubase

From: Gordon JC Pearce <gordon@...>
Date: 2010-03-27

On Sat, 2010-03-27 at 06:56 +0000, zoinky420 wrote:
>
> --- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, Gordon JC Pearce <gordon@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > >
> >> Do bear in mind that as soon as you send any MIDI traffic to the
> > Poly-800 you'll lose the top eight patches ∗anyway∗...
> >
> >
>
> why does that happen??
>

Firmware bug, only in the Poly 800 Mk 1. Basically if you fling a lot
of MIDI messages at it, the message buffer overflows and starts to
clobber patch data. It's fixed in the Mk 2, but it would be nice to
have a bugfixed Mk 1 ROM. One day...

Gordon MM0YEQ