Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

the pitch bend of the joystick is only affected by the
slider that says bend next to it. The VCF and VCO
settings are program dependent. I guess I lucked out,
the one I got from EBAY is flawless. But I wish I had
a mkII!

--- jonsmith6669 <junkmail@...> wrote:

> Hello, all,
> I just unboxed my new Poly800II to find that the
> tuning slider, one of
> the keys, and three directions of the joystick are
> all non-functioning
>  (down is the only joystick direction that seems to
> have any impact).
> There is also a key that seems to have a problem
> with its contact, and
> kind of scratches when i play it.
> 
> I have already contacted the guy who sold it to me
> and he says he'll
> make it right, because it was working before he sent
> it. So that
> part's cool.
> 
> My questions are mainly in second-guessing myself,
> and i wanted some
> verification of the severity (or possibly even
> existence) of the
> problems. The joystick bend (side-to-side) should be
> very pronounced
> in ALL modes of operation, right? Moving it up
> should have an effect
> in ALL modes, too, right? Adjustment of the tuning
> slider should be
> very noticable, once again, in ALL modes of
> operation, right? And as
> for the two keys with problems (one not working and
> one scratchy
> sounding), is there a cleaning that needs to be done
> with these normally?
> 
> I've twiddled with a bunch of parameters to try to
> get the joystick up
> and side directions to work to no avail, and i've
> played with the
> tuning slider and can hear NOTHING CHANGING when i
> move it.
> 
> If anyone could give me some input, i'd appreciate
> it. My email is
> jonsmith@...
> 
> let me know what you think, and thank you,
> jon
> 
> 
> 


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