Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

Thanks god, its less things to do...But Aloha:EX 800 WITH midi 
volume..thank you

--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, Johannes Hausensteiner 
<jo.synth@c...> wrote:
> Well, the answer is simple. To my knowledge all Poly-800 (and the
> EX-800) do not support any single parameter control via MIDI. So it
> is not *possible* to do things like moving a slider on the PC and 
the
> corresponding sound parameter changes.
> Why? The Poly 800 (MK I) was the FIRST Korg synthesizer that had 
MIDI.
> I dont think that they even thought about this in those days. They 
did
> not even include such a basic command as MIDI Volume!
> 
> Johannes
> 
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> korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> > well thanx for the replies so far - first of all i will answer 
the 
> > questions, which have occurred:
> > 
> > of course the EX800 is quite simple to program, but i find it 
> > extremely annoying having to step through those menues all the 
time. 
> > oi bought sound-diver just for the synths which are controlled by 
> > these "multifunctional" menues, or don´t have an editor at all -  
> > for example:
> > 
> > - DX7-II-fd
> > - TX802
> > - matrix 1000
> > - JX8P (i don´t have a controller)
> > - EX800
> > 
> > all of them are in my oppinion hard to deal with and this is why 
i 
> > went out and bought the software. but now i find the software 
> > annoying, because the synths are only supported partly...
> > 
> > i mean why the f... should i use a software-editor for a synth 
like 
> > JD800 - it has all the sliders right on the board. they have an 
> > editor for the JD800 - but not for synths, which would really 
need 
> > an editor (like the Poly/EX800)
> > 
> > this really pisses me off - i have complained to emagic two years 
> > ago and again now - they´re not interested and tell me i should 
> > check the updates to see if i will have what i want some fine 
day...
> > 
> > brilliant - thanx for the conversation and congradulations to a 
good 
> > customer-support. what use is a software of a big company like 
> > emagic if it isn´t complete? i can understand, that they have 
> > problems supporting all the NEW synths that come out, BUT we are 
> > talking of VINTAGE synth - their number will not increase anymore!
> > 
> > i don´t understand this, two questions:
> > 
> > 1: is there an software-editor (for true parameter-editing) out 
> > there somewhere????
> > 
> > 2: which parameters of the EX800 can be ajusted via 
MIDI/sysex?????
> > 
> > thank you all - best regards, simon
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> > oh and by the way, the name is SCHWARZENEGGER and i am sad that 
> > people, who were not born in USA can´t be elected to beeing 
> > president.
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> > because if it were possible - ARNOLD from old-europe would rule 
the 
> > USA and that would hopefully change a lot of things to the 
better...
> > 
> > PEACE!
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