Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 11:07 PM
To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [korgpolyex] NEWBIE is foundering here.
seems like this whole group is devoted to the incredably complex HAWK
upgrades.
me, i would actually just like to get my 8800mk2
going,
i actually build high end studio gear for top studios world wide,
i am NOT an idiot.
but, so far, the tape dump file comes up with an error
message, no matter what level i run it at.
i have tried several versions
of SOUNDQUEST midiquest, to no avail.
i cant find any 800 specific file for
thier program, and trying to send a generic sample dump of the original factory
patches got me exactly no where.
now, i have done the two main mods, they
work fine...no probs there.
I can of course hand program the thing, but
it might have helped to have a plain text list of some original settings from
some of the better patches from the stock setup..
there is an XLS file,
which when viewed as plain text, seems to have the data, but its unreadable
without having msWORD, and EXCELL installed in your system.
so, two
questions...can anyone convert the XLS file to plain text easily? or even a
screen cap of SOME of the better presets would be great.
second, is the
WAV file corrupt or something? i get half way through and it goes to error
message and stops
i have tried maybe two dozen settings, including the -5db
factory setting and its surrounding area.
i have also tried turning off the
sequencer, just in case THAT was the corrupt part.
probably you guys want
nothing to do with me, i have to admit, i have no idea why anyone would spend
endless hours writing code to redo this synth, with a difficult mod, where i
know from experience, the average guy is going to have more than a few problems
implementing the thing, without destroying thier synths..(i sell a dead simple
high end mic pre kit, have for years, and i cant believe people cant accomplish
a basic gain control in a feedback loop, maybe 8 simple parts total and we are
talking resistors, pots, and caps here.
i was originally going to use my
800 as a simple midi controller, with a behringer knob and fader midi controller
to run in the box synths, which in my experience, if you run em through tube
stages, germainum compressors, can sound pretty frigin real sounding.
(no
offence to you guys intended...anyone want a built theremin which outputs
CV/GATE and TRIGGER? great fun for running analog synths.
also, if i knew
more about what did what on this schematic, i would likely be able to design
some things on the analog side, that you guys havent thought of yet.
(using a
harmonic which tracks another harmonic to run a ring mod, lets you dial up some
pretty intereresting ring mod tones, but they TRACK musically, in stead of beimg
more of a musical novelty.
i also make LESLIES, very simple stuff, if you
use an lFO overlayed with your foot pedal speed control, you get constant
accelleration and braking in addition to the basic leslie function.
try
flicking the switch on a hammond to simulate that, you will hesr the nicest
leslie yo have ever heard.
i also make a butt kicking tube stage, which
would make your synths just SING...
as well as a burns buzzaround which
outdoes all the current clones out there.
SO, help me out, i will add
something interesting to this forum.
or leave me to program my way out of
this manually, and i will back out quietly.
cheers...PAT