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Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] New HAWK 800 user up and running

From: Michael Hawkins <korgpolyex800@...>
Date: 2015-03-01

Q1. Using my controller keyboard (which is velocity and aftertouch sensitive) - when I use it to play the Poly800 I don't notice any patches are responding to velocity. Is that just because original patches for the 800 were like that? Or is there something I need to enable?

A: The original Poly-800 has no velocity sensitivity whatsoever. The HAWK adds velocity sensitivity. Check out the owners manual page 20 and 21. Even though the HAWK has some wonderful features including velocity sensitivity, I really haven't had enough time to dedicate to creating demo sysex dumps. If you do some velocity based patches then please share them with me! I do know that the velocity operators are really quite good.

Q2. Given the original patches are pre the new features of the HAWK kit, are there any patch banks that show off new features of the kit, has anyone created one I should try out? Things that show new LFOs, new velocity sensitivity, etc?

Again, if you create patches, please share them with me if you like.

Q: Also, I noticed when I send sysex to the 800 it comes up CRASH, but I found if I reduce the MIDI rate it's ok. I suppose it can't handle MIDI at too high a speed. Not a problem, just checking if this is normal?

A: The memory limitations of the Poly-800 used to mean that high speed MIDI would overwrite your patches. That was really bad. I implemented stack monitoring so that if MIDI comes in too fast the HAWK will restart Poly rather than losing your patches.

Q: I'd like also to get templates for my Novation X-station controller and MidiDesigner. I can make both, but if they exist already that would be handy.

A: Check out the Novation Remote25 template http://sourceforge.net/projects/hawk800/files/Templates/
If you create one, please also share it with me.

I am revamping the HAWK website soon and I need content including patches, sound samples, sysex, templates etc.

Enjoy!

/Mike

From: "chillipower.uk@... [korgpolyex]" <korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com>
To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2015 11:58 AM
Subject: [korgpolyex] New HAWK 800 user up and running

 
Hello,

I just did the modifications for HAWK-800 just now, it's now up and running for the very first time :)

So following recommendations I've left the atoma-hawk for another day in case I find issues.

So far I found a bank of mk1 and mk2 original sysex which load and play ok, as far as I can tell - I've never heard a poly 800 standard patches until today so I have no reference point. However they are not random junk patches and some sound pretty good, so I assume all is ok :)

I'm still learning, I've a couple of initial questions.

1. Using my controller keyboard (which is velocity and aftertouch sensitive) - when I use it to play the Poly800 I don't notice any patches are responding to velocity. Is that just because original patches for the 800 were like that? Or is there something I need to enable?

2. Given the original patches are pre the new features of the HAWK kit, are there any patch banks that show off new features of the kit, has anyone created one I should try out? Things that show new LFOs, new velocity sensitivity, etc? 

Of course I want to get into programming new patches, but it would be handy to have a bank of new ones to play around with initially.

Also, I noticed when I send sysex to the 800 it comes up CRASH, but I found if I reduce the MIDI rate it's ok. I suppose it can't handle MIDI at too high a speed. Not a problem, just checking if this is normal?

I'd like also to get templates for my Novation X-station controller and MidiDesigner. I can make both, but if they exist already that would be handy.

Anyway, so far so good.

Pleased so far, in that the kit installation appears to have worked :)

Louis