Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

I've seen weird values come up after losing power before, but they never
seemed to sound any different than the normal highest value for that
parameter.

On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, Shayne Cafferata wrote:

> a friend just picked up a reverse key poly 800. it was old and dirty and
> had key contact problems. after he took it apart, cleaned it, and put it
> back together with a set of fresh batteries, he discovered that many of
> the patches had parameter values other than what were supposed to be
> there. he is able to edit freely but once he brings a value back into
> normal range, he can't return to the twilight zone. however, if the
> memory location is reset without being overwritten, the hidden values
> are restored. in other words, these parameters are saved in memory. so,
> he's been programming in some great aleatoric textures. i've got an
> ex800 and would like to access these parameters, but i think i would
> likely have to de-and-resolder the internal battery, or....what? has
> anyone here been able to access these parameters, other than via the
> moogslayer mod? it's not only the resonance and cutoff values that are
> affected, he can access higher octaves and other stuff.
>
> shayne
>