Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

Fantastic!  Can't wait to hear it. I think you just sold me a kit :)

korgpolyex800 wrote:
> Yes, it's true. I got portamento mono mode working today.
> 
> It's not quite finished but the big parts of it are done.
> 
> First of all, I intercepted the chord mode and replaced it with
> portamento so you just press the chord button to go into portamento
> mono mode. I have never ever used the original chord mode so I think
> it safe to replace it with portamento mono mode. If anyone really,
> really wants to keep chord mode just let me know.
> 
> Second, I figured out how to set up and trigger a note to sound and
> follow the envelopes as normal. That was a big deal because I still
> don't understand all of the EG code and so I was fumbling around quite
> a bit before I got it working.
> 
> Third, I figured out how to insert a note follower subroutine into the
> real time code so that the note would slide from the first note to the
> second note.
> 
> At the moment, what you get is a note stepping slide that steps from
> one semitone to the next. This is because the code I wrote steps the
> DCO's from one semitone to the next.
> 
> In order to smooth the slide out, I now need to insert an additional
> subroutine that will slide the master clock one semitone in between
> each DCO semitone change. I don't forsee this to be too difficult.
> 
> At of now, I am using the first LFO (the one that now applies only to
> the DCO MG) to determine the slide rate. But eventually I foresee
> using an independent LFO just for the portamento slide rate.
> 
> I will make sure that there is a sysex and control change implemented
> that will let us select portamento mono mode via MIDI too.
> 
> As soon as I get the slide completely smooth, I'll post another
> youtube video to demonstrate it.
> 
> But there you have it, your Poly 800 MK1 and EX800's are going to have
> portamento mono mode.
> 
> Mike.