Korg DW8000, Mono/Poly, MS-20...

I was given a Poly-61 in rather poor shape by my cousin, who nabbed a
beautiful PolySix for next to nothing. The Poly-61 is now usable,
though some of the parameter buttons are still flakey. I recently
moved it from home to school and lost about forty presets, all
original creations. As long as it is plugged in, my new presets
remain. Was my loss a result of a dead battery? If so, what type of
battery does it use?

While I'm posting, for the first time I might add, I suppose I will
ask about external storage as well. Is there any other way to store
patches externally other than on tape? Keep in mind I have a Poly-61
and not a Poly-61M. While I am aware that computers and synthesizers
used cassettes for storage, I never personally experienced their use.
Is there any special type of cassette recorder needed for storage?
Does it have to be specifically geared for data storage? Also, does
anyone have ideas on where one could be purchased? Thanks in advance.

InkBlot

Sounds like a dead battery to me - I had the same sort of problem with a Juno 60.

From what I remember, the standard advice is to replace the battery with a 3 volt lithium battery of the type that is used on PC motherboards. They are easier to find and they do not leak. Korg Polysixes are notorious for having a rechargeable battery that is prone to leaking. I'd guess the Poly 61 is the same. If you do replace it with a lithium battery, you need to put a diode in somewhere to prevent the new battery from recharging. You don't need to do this on a Juno 60 because Roland chose to use non-rechargeable batteries in the first place.

I just snipped out the old battery on my Juno 60 and soldered in a new one. A good bit of googling should find you photos for what to do for a Polysix, and you should be able to apply that to a Poly61.

Jez <jezosaurus@...> wrote:

While I'm posting, for the first time I might add, I suppose I will
ask about external storage as well. Is there any other way to store
patches externally other than on tape?

I have successfully recorded the audio of the Poly 61 patch dump into a wave file and played it back into the thing and it worked.
I found the factory patches online somewhere in a wave file and was able to reliably switch between preset sets using this method.
You just need something that records and plays back audio.
Bob

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There was proably the Original Tape source....

@Glen: Didn´t manage it (until now) to get the new DiskDrive working on
the DSS, less a problem of the hardware, more a problem of my available
time. The 2nd drive which i´ve got as a replacement was also death (Disk
Motor didn´t work, no rotation). I have to buy two or three -new-
drives, then i´ll try it again. But i´m sure that the last solution
worked. Do you proably have some schematics/descriptions of the
SCSI-Extension for the DSS?

Stef


Bob Rossa schrieb:

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> */Jez <jezosaurus@...>/* wrote:
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> While I'm posting, for the first time I might add, I suppose I
> will
> ask about external storage as well. Is there any other way to
> store
> patches externally other than on tape?
>
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> I have successfully recorded the audio of the Poly 61 patch dump into
> a wave file and played it back into the thing and it worked.
> I found the factory patches online somewhere in a wave file and was
> able to reliably switch between preset sets using this method.
> You just need something that records and plays back audio.
> Bob
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