Thanks, I'll keep a lookout for info on how to add backup power. Or
there are other possibilities, like simply keeping program banks on
tape and loading them onto the 800 as needed.
there are other possibilities, like simply keeping program banks on
tape and loading them onto the 800 as needed.
--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, Tim Bieniosek <tab27@d...> wrote:
> Right, there isn't one now, but there are instructions to add one.
> Somewhere. It wasn't obvious, but I did it without much hassle.
>
> radiotest2002 wrote:
>
> >
> > I opened up the Poly 800 and saw no sign of a button cell, unless
> > it's on the trace side of a circuit board.
> >
> >
> > --- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, Tim Bieniosek <tab27@d...>
wrote:
> >
> >>There are instructions to replace the memory backup battery
(button
> >
> > cell
> >
> >>-type, requires a bit of soldering) or alternately you can keep
it
> >
> > full
> >
> >>of C cells to keep your patches when the power goes out.
> >>
> >>radiotest2002 wrote:
> >>
> >>>I'm new here...just some thoughts. I had both the Poly 800 and
> >
> > 800
> >
> >>>MKII back in the 80s, and I've always been as fascinated with
> >
> > this
> >
> >>>synth's limitations as with its capabilities. As the Keyboard
> >>>Magazine review said, corners were cut in its design, but
> >
> > creatively
> >
> >>>so and I consider it a fine synthesizer. Which is why I have
just
> >>>caved into temptation to relive the 800 and have gotten one on
> >
> > ebay.
> >
> >>>Well it's arrived, and the front of the Poly 800 is very nice
> >>>cosmetically...all lettering still intact. This is a bug plus
for
> >
> > me,
> >
> >>>getting one that survived its ride to the present.
> >>>
> >>>Had a panic when I fired up this 800, its memory had totally
> >
> > dumped,
> >
> >>>although I was able to do programming from scratch. I would
swear
> >>>that my original Poly 800 had memory backup; it's a revelation
to
> >>>find that with this one I will have to keep battery juice
> >
> > supplied in
> >
> >>>order to retain programs. I'm thinking to maybe experiment with
> >
> > using
> >
> >>>a small 9-volt battery hooked into it to accomplish this, as all
> >
> > my
> >
> >>>use of the machine is done using wall-power.
> >>>
> >>>About the Poly-800's single filter architecture...I don't
> >
> > consider it
> >
> >>>a limitation as I did at first. I've come to accept it as part
of
> >
> > the
> >
> >>>reality of Korg's marketing choices at the time. I like it's
> >
> > single
> >
> >>>VCF and use it with and without resonance.
> >>>
> >>>I think the Poly 800 would've been awesome if it had more
> >
> > waveforms,
> >
> >>>but then again I like square waves so why complain. The sawtooth
> >>>simulation is close enough for me. Long live the POLY 800!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
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> >