Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

Well, I really don't have much reason to think that it failed to record properly; because I have tried a bank that I personally recorded and one that someone else I know recorded from his Poly 800 II.  I suppose it's possible that both of them are faulty, but it becomes less likely when there's more than one source obviously.

I know this is a long-shot trying to see if anyone here can help Me ... but I'm sure it illustrates My desperation pretty accurately.

as an alternate method : Do you know if the MEX-800 memory expander has tape in/out ports, or is it just MIDI ?


--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, Frequency Spectrum <freqspec@...> wrote:
>
> could never get the tape in to work right in mine
> 1 in 10 attempts
> 
> the question is... did it actually record properly?
> 
> 
> On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 2:35 AM, Gothik <gothasfuk@...> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > Hello, I just found this group tonight while searching for help with a
> > problem and HOPEFULLY someone here can provide it for Me.
> >
> > First the back-story :
> > I've had a Poly 800 II for over 15 yrs and it is a highly valued piece of
> > equipment in My studio. A few months ago it stopped powering up and I
> > confirmed that the power supply was still good by connecting it to one of My
> > two Poly 800s. So I thought the battery had gone out on it again. Because I
> > don't really have enough free time between working full time and playing out
> > 3 nights a week and out of town nearly every weekend, I took it to a local
> > repair guy. He replaced the battery but was unable to get it back up and
> > running stating that the "micro:" was bad. I've never been able to get a
> > full explanation on what this is but thought I'd just address that issue
> > seperately later. So ... I found a Poly 800 II on ebay and purchased it.
> > Once it arrived I gave it a good cleaning and tested the audio and MIDI on
> > it and everything seemed great. Then I went about loading the memory from
> > the old one into the new one from the tape back-up I had prepared about 6
> > months ago.
> >
> > The current state of things :
> > I've tried loading My custom sounds into the new Poly 800 II but can't get
> > a "good" indication on either the "verify" or "load" setting. The light
> > flickers as it should, but I either receive the "err" message or the display
> > doesn't change. I panicked and thought maybe it was My recording; so I tried
> > a Kid Nepro bank that I have on tape with the same result. I played with
> > raising and lowering the volume and these have had no positive result. I
> > even tried loading a bank of sounds via .wav format (both for My bank of
> > sounds and someone else's), all to no avail.
> >
> > The favor :
> > While researching this problem I found that some people are able to back-up
> > and load the memory from/to these synths via sysex dumps. While I'm familiar
> > with the process using other synths, I've never done this with My Poly 800
> > II. Would someone here PLEASE allow Me to email My custom bank of sound to
> > them, then convert it to the sysex format and email it back to Me with
> > instructions on how to load (and backup) the memory in this manner, so that
> > all of My customized sounds won't be lost forever ?
> >
> > Thank you to everyone who takes the time to read this. I desperately hope
> > that someone can help Me with this.
> >
> > 
> >
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