Nope, you need a midi controller. Does your PC's soundcard have MIDI out (usually via the joystick port)? You can also get plain controllers pretty cheap, or assuming you're serious about making noise, another synth would be a good investment as the EX800 sounds will probably get boring after a while.
If that doesn't interest you, you'll get a good bit more than $20 for it on ebay.
Cheers!
On Tue, 27 Jul 2004, beatlemyk wrote:
> Hey there. I'm totally new to the art of digital noise and I was
> hoping someone could help me out. I've been a musician most of the
> 20 years of my life, mainly on guitar. I came across a Korg ex-800
> in a thrift store for $20. I don't have a keyboard with midi
> capabilities, but I figured there must be some way for me to make
> noise using this thing. If I couldn't, then I figured I could
> probably make my $20 back on eBay. So, I purchased it, brought it
> home, and plugged it in. It appears to be in working order; the
> display lights up and the buttons to change the program, parameter,
> and value all seem to work. Setting the parameters and values is
> pretty self explanatory, but beyond that I'm clueless. Any ideas
> how I can get some noise out of this thing, using tapes or
> whatever? Is there a way?
> Thanks for reading and double thanks for any suggestions.
> -Mike