Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

Hi Mike.

On 2 Jul 2012, at 15:46, korgpolyex800 wrote:

> Hi Poly fans,
>
> Yes, I am still producing HAWK-800's and have now just gone past 100 units sold.

Congratulations!

> I've been trying to think of a way to wind down the project but I just can't let it go just yet.

That's a shame. I understand it's taken a lot of your time, over several years, though.

> The one thing not done yet is the arpeggiator. I still remain committed to putting an arp into the HAWK. I just don't know how long it is going to take to get it done.

Personally, I'm having an arpeggiator isn't a massive priority. Unfortunately, I never got my EX-800 working properly after the mod. We exchanged emails for some time (as I'm sure you remember), then I got sidetracked into other projects, and sadly, it's been gathering dust in a box for a while now. I keep meaning to have another look at it and see if I can work out what's going wrong. When it was working, it really did sound great, and the myriad extra Hawk-800 functions really took the synth to another level. I'll dig it out of the cupboard again soon, if I get a chance. There's a good chance I'll be dropping you emails about it again though, I'm afraid. I think I'd managed to eliminate soldering errors and other more obvious causes before I let it slip, so it's either some odd hardware/software interaction 'edge-case', or maybe an underlying problem with the original hardware.

a|x

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> How is everyone else doing with their HAWK's? It's been mighty quiet around here.
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> Mike
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> Feel free to upload into the files section any sysex dumps and tape dumps of patches that you may have but please discuss (with the entire group) the posting of other files ∗before∗ posting them. This helps us to keep redundant information from showing up everywhere and also allows us to constantly improve the format and structure of the documentation. We talk about the HAWK-800 quite a bit but we also discuss and help owners of the original Poly-800 models. So don't be shy if you haven't got the HAWK-800.Yahoo! Groups Links
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Hi Mike.

On 2 Jul 2012, at 15:46, korgpolyex800 wrote:

> Hi Poly fans,
>
> Yes, I am still producing HAWK-800's and have now just gone past 100 units sold.

Congratulations!

> I've been trying to think of a way to wind down the project but I just can't let it go just yet.

That's a shame. I understand it's taken a lot of your time, over several years, though.

> The one thing not done yet is the arpeggiator. I still remain committed to putting an arp into the HAWK. I just don't know how long it is going to take to get it done.

Personally, I'm having an arpeggiator isn't a massive priority. Unfortunately, I never got my EX-800 working properly after the mod. We exchanged emails for some time (as I'm sure you remember), then I got sidetracked into other projects, and sadly, it's been gathering dust in a box for a while now. I keep meaning to have another look at it and see if I can work out what's going wrong. When it was working, it really did sound great, and the myriad extra Hawk-800 functions really took the synth to another level. I'll dig it out of the cupboard again soon, if I get a chance. There's a good chance I'll be dropping you emails about it again though, I'm afraid. I think I'd managed to eliminate soldering errors and other more obvious causes before I let it slip, so it's either some odd hardware/software interaction 'edge-case', or maybe an underlying problem with the original hardware.

a|x

>
> How is everyone else doing with their HAWK's? It's been mighty quiet around here.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Feel free to upload into the files section any sysex dumps and tape dumps of patches that you may have but please discuss (with the entire group) the posting of other files ∗before∗ posting them. This helps us to keep redundant information from showing up everywhere and also allows us to constantly improve the format and structure of the documentation. We talk about the HAWK-800 quite a bit but we also discuss and help owners of the original Poly-800 models. So don't be shy if you haven't got the HAWK-800.Yahoo! Groups Links
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