Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

On Sun, 2011-03-13 at 10:15 +0000, cyllall wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> The tape out on my Poly-800 is very quiet. Why is it every tape out,
> on every vintage synth is a whisper? 
> It took me about 30 mins to find the circuit section on the
> schematics. I can't see any pots that I could maybe adjust to increase
> the gain. I've cleaned the socket and enable switch. No difference. 
> 
> I have boosted the output 40db with a pre amp, and then normalized the
> file with software, and can get a signal strong enough to play back
> in, so I have a work around.
> Why is it so quiet?  
> Thanks
> Martin

Because it's intended to go into the mike level input of a tape
recorder, which is supposed to be used with a tiny cheap moving-coil
microphone.

Gordon MM0YEQ