Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

You might want to consider the HAWK upgrade kit. It gives you all of the control you've all been talking about.

Mike




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 From: synth_kaden <kadenhendron@...>
To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2013 12:47 AM
Subject: [korgpolyex] Re: Midi on/off Button Mod
 

  


I like Jill's idea for a no-sound patch, when i just want to play midi. But what if i don't want midi and I just want to hear Poly 800 sounds, without having to touch my other synths?

--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, Jill Saphic  wrote:
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> remember you might have to slightly mod the patches
> you trigger, because these older korgs only transmit
> a static velocity of >64< and I don't believe that can be changed.
> . a lot of newer patches "veloctiy switch"
> at 80, or 100. Or they just might not sound right to you untill
> you adjust the velocity settings of the individual sounds you
> are midi'd to from the Poly-800
> and as for this:
> " turn down the Poly 800 volume and turn on transmitting midi when i want to control my other synths (and not hear my Poly 800)"
> you could do the same thing by having a patch on the 800
> with all parameters turned off except midi transmit.
> You know like number 11 would be your midi keytar only?
> and no sound from the 800 would be heard.
> just a thought...
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> --- On Sun, 6/1/13, synth_kaden  wrote:
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> From: synth_kaden 
> Subject: [korgpolyex] Re: Midi on/off Button Mod
> To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, 6 January, 2013, 3:51
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> Thanks J, I'll check out some other dedicated keytars. But the biggest reason I would like to use the Poly 800 as the controller is for its own analog sounds.
> I suppose my plan would be to turn off transmitting midi when i want to play only Poly 800 sounds, and then turn down the Poly 800 volume and turn on transmitting midi when i want to control my other synths (and not hear my Poly 800). I could also have my sequencer controlling my Poly 800, but turn off receiving midi when i don't it to be sequenced (without having to go over to my sequencer and turn off the Poly 800 track).
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> --- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, Jason Adkins wrote:
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> > Hiya Kaden,
> > 
> > Perhaps instead of the Poly800 as a keytar controller maybe buy a Korg 
> > 707 which are very cheap and have decent midi,they are FM not analogue 
> > but if you just want a midi controller you can strap on perhaps a good 
> > solution and they are a lot lighter than a poly800. Anyway you don't 
> > want to risk breaking your poly800.My 707 cost me £60 last month on 
> > ebay.
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> > J
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> > On 5 Jan 2013, at 22:52, synth_kaden wrote:
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> > > I just bought a Korg Poly 800 mk1... I would like to use it as a 
> > > midi keytar controller for my other synths, but it is lacking in the 
> > > midi department. Are there any smart technicians out there who could 
> > > come up with a physical button/switch modification that could turn 
> > > on and off receiving and transmitting midi? I'd be interesting in 
> > > hearing any ideas you might have.
> > >
> > > -kaden
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