Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

yes the black wire is there and soldered to a resistor.  the solder was a little loose so i re-soldered it, no change.   it seems that sometimes the sequencer wont run at all from the start/stop button, which functions fine in seq edit mode.

--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, Michael Hawkins <korgpolyex800@...> wrote:
>
> there is a black earth wire that runs to the slider board. If that wire is 
> missing or broken, the sequencer will run slow.
> 
> Is it there and is it connected to ground (with a screw to the main steel 
> bracket that runs the length of the keyboard)?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: p <peteput@...>
> To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sun, July 11, 2010 6:59:33 AM
> Subject: [korgpolyex] Re: poly-800 mk1 seq speed slider broken
> 
>   
> hello polyfans.  great group by the way :)
> 
> So I've had my poly800 apart and couldnt find any obvious flaws regarding the 
> non-working speed fader, I can input nots as normal, and the start/stop button 
> works ok, but the sequencer speed runs very slow and erratic, if I enter a 4 
> note sequence the notes are played back non equidistant,  but when I sync it 
> with cubase it runs fine matching the tempo nicely.
> Do you guys think it might just be a broken slider pot?.  and are these pots 
> easily sourced? or is there a replacement i could use?. 
> 
> 
> any help here would be greatly appreciated. thanks fellas.
> 
> --- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, "p" <peteput@> wrote:
> >
> >  hey chaps.  i recently bought this poly-800 mk1 ( my 3rd!)  and it arrived 
> >with a non working SEQ Speed slider, sliding it up and down makes no difference 
> >to the seq speed. is this a common problem and is it fixable?
> > 
> > thanks
> >
>