Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

It would be great to be able to increase the tempo to 2400BPM but the
8 bit CPU would never be able to keep up.

So unfortunately, this is one feature we just won't be able to squeeze
out of the Poly 800.

Mike.

--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, "zoinky420" <zoinky420@...> wrote:
>
> --- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, "korgpolyex800" 
> <korgpolyex800@> wrote:
> >
> > Yes, I thought you would all love to hear that today I implemented a
> > sequencer key transpose function.
> > 
> > Now you can shift your recorded sequence up according to the highest
> > note currently on.
> > 
> > I will expand this feature some more before doing a demo of it but 
> it
> > does sound very cool and makes the Poly much more useful as a 
> sequencer.
> > 
> >
> 
> Yeah that's a useful feature.  I havent used the Poly 800 sequencer 
> yet, but if you can tweak it here's something to consider: if it has 
> a tempo limitation you should remove it!  I have no idea why most 
> sequencers limit tempo to around 300bpm.  One of my favorite old MIDI 
> sequencers for Atari ST allowed tempo up to 2400bpm, essentially the 
> speed of a bulk transfer.  Using that sequencer I discovered that at 
> tempos above 1000bpm, longer sequences can become short sound-effects 
> that sound pretty cool.
>