yes the black wire is there and soldered to a resistor. the solder was a little loose so i re-soldered it, no change. it seems that sometimes the sequencer wont run at all from the start/stop button, which functions fine in seq edit mode.
--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, Michael Hawkins <korgpolyex800@...> wrote:
>
> there is a black earth wire that runs to the slider board. If that wire is
> missing or broken, the sequencer will run slow.
>
> Is it there and is it connected to ground (with a screw to the main steel
> bracket that runs the length of the keyboard)?
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: p <peteput@...>
> To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sun, July 11, 2010 6:59:33 AM
> Subject: [korgpolyex] Re: poly-800 mk1 seq speed slider broken
>
>
> hello polyfans. great group by the way :)
>
> So I've had my poly800 apart and couldnt find any obvious flaws regarding the
> non-working speed fader, I can input nots as normal, and the start/stop button
> works ok, but the sequencer speed runs very slow and erratic, if I enter a 4
> note sequence the notes are played back non equidistant, but when I sync it
> with cubase it runs fine matching the tempo nicely.
> Do you guys think it might just be a broken slider pot?. and are these pots
> easily sourced? or is there a replacement i could use?.
>
>
> any help here would be greatly appreciated. thanks fellas.
>
> --- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, "p" <peteput@> wrote:
> >
> > hey chaps. i recently bought this poly-800 mk1 ( my 3rd!) and it arrived
> >with a non working SEQ Speed slider, sliding it up and down makes no difference
> >to the seq speed. is this a common problem and is it fixable?
> >
> > thanks
> >
>