> > which! Could also wire up some LEDs that come on when write is
> >enabled... ooh, blue ones, now that would be cool...! ; )
> > PPS. Your wiring efforts are a hell of a lot neater than mine. ;
> Nice idea with the additional LEDs. But I'd prefer red ones, it's more
> vintage-synth-alike, red means "warning - memory changes!" and it fits to the red
> display LEDs.
I'm kinda trying to make mine look more modern - hence the red paint job etc. ; )
Problem being blue LEDs seem to be hard to get hold of lately...
> But, I think surfers also like neon yellow, pink, and so on, so it's ok if you choose
> blue ones ..... 8-)
That's, like, SO 1985 ; )
Personally, most of my stuff is black...
> ∗them∗ as resistors? would spare the hassle to measure them and buy
> resistors of the same capacity.... just a thought....(so don´t "just
> destroy them before you damage the PCB!" hehehe)
The problem I found is that they are a REAL pain to unsolder unless you've got 4 pair of
hands... probably easiest to measure them, then physically break them apart before
trying to remove them, 'cause it's damn near impossible to unsolder 3 different legs in
3 different places at the same time! (ever tried unsoldering an IC? almost as bad...)
> anyway, i read somewhere that there are even more trimpots which could be redirected
> to external pots, here´s a list:
> VR1 - DCO Pitch adjust
> VR2 - VCF Frequency adjust
> VR3 - White Noise level adjust
> VR4 - DCO Fine tune adjust
> VR5 - VCF resonance adjust
> does it make sense to , err.. whats the word.... "externalise" the other three?
Not really, they aren't of too much use unless maybe you want to keep screwing around
with your tuning - hehe, make like a guitarist and take a few minutes out to go to
drop-D... ; )
The noise doesn't seem like it would be very useful either. I don't know in what
situation you'd want to fade noise in and out... maybe at the end of a song, fade to a
full "end of transmision" static...?
> i´m eagerly waiting to get my poly800 delivered (thinking of all this
> without even having one :) ), i´ll let you know what i did to it when
> it´s here.... hehehe modding all over.....
Hehe... I'd been imagining it for years, it's amazing how you always find out what you
can do with something after you no longer have it...
PS. Out of interest - does anyone know if DCO means the actual oscillators are digital,
or are they analog oscillators being digitally controlled??