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Re: Quick question: DCO1 > DCO2 FM, DCO > VCA AM, DCO > Reso FM??

2009-01-07 by johan.inkinen

Hi Josef,

Did you ever try the Cross Modulation mod? If so, from where did you
take the signals for the datainput to the xor-gate? I have tried
hooking my xorgate to pin 14 and 15 on ic6, but i dont get any usable
output..

--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, "jusufzemplin" <jusuf@...> wrote:
>
> Hi, 
> hopefully, I will soon post my "semi-modular" like modifications, 
> where several modulations will be possible. 
> Until now from my Poly800 I´ve heard DCO->Chorus, Chorus LFO->VCF 
> Resonance, ChorusLFO speed changing is easy as well. 
> But poor old Poly800, with wires sticking out around. I had to 
> assembly it back together...
> Now I uploaded block-diagram for Poly800 with possible inputs/outputs 
> at least - in the Files > Technical section  
> http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/wBPFSGq0g4xwVsPrD-
> tiY5k2Xonbsh3nTwrbSw63eKe9kquZ4fErzWXb1oBZAbSAuql8UjCDeoRAAj3oY5qZYPW6
> fEslAeJMHz4/Technical/Poly800%20-%20Matrix.jpg  . Sorry for quality - 
> it is scan of my hand-drawed night mares...) 
> 
> Jozef
> 
> 
> --- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, Atom Smasher <atom@> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 6 Sep 2008, P........ wrote:
> > 
> > > HI there, new guy here - I saw something about the FM-800 mod 
> where the 
> > > DCO-1 modulates the VCF and I am amazed how simple it is to 
> accomplish. 
> > > Now I would like to do the same thing with the VCA for amplitude 
> > > modulation and DCO1>DCO2 FM w/adjustable feedback and maybe even 
> cross 
> > > FM. Now here's the hitch: I have only accomplished the first 
> mentioned 
> > > mod by following the instructions on this site: 
> > > http://www.synthmod.net/korg/fm800/ and though I know something 
> about 
> > > electronics and soldering I just really, REALLY suck at reading 
> > > schematics, so if someone could point out for me where VCA, DCO1 
> and 
> > > DCO2 are and the right spots to get said mods accomplished that 
> would be 
> > > awesome.
> > ================
> > 
> > glad you like ;)
> > 
> > DCO->AM might work... i'll have to look into that.
> > 
> > DCO->FM(DCO) won't work. the DCOs are digital, so you can't just 
> run a 
> > wire between DCOs and get modulation. if you're new to this list, 
> you may 
> > not have heard about the new OS for the 800, and you might ask 
> about doing 
> > DCO cross modulation in software, but i'm pretty sure the CPU 
> and/or 
> > hardware won't work that way.
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> >          ...atom
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