Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

You'll probably need to take them out of the circuit to measure them. 
Pots come in a few different configurations. The best way to tell the 
value of a pot is to measure it with your ohmmeter 3 ways: 1-2, 2-3, 
and 1-3. The pair with the greatest resistance is the actual value of 
the pot. That is essentially a fixed resistance between those 2 pins, 
the third pin connects a slider which varies the resistance between 
it and the other two pins.
Looking at the photo, it seems as if the pin which connects the 
slider on each pot(the original ones on the circuit board) was 
bridged to one end of the fixed value. I wonder if the intent of 
placing a fixed resitor in place of the pots was to use their factory 
set value, or the max value? Anyone have any ideas?



--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, reidar@j... wrote:
> 
> Hey all,
> 
> I got the Moogslayer info about a year ago, and now I've finally 
got around
> to doing something about it.  I dug out the docs that I downloaded, 
and
> apart from the stuff from the 'official' moogslayer site (
> http://synthmod.net/korg/moog_slayer),  I've got a hand-drawn 
picture from
> someone who has added a switch so that the moogslayer can be 
switched out,
> and it returns to the factory settings.
> 
> My problem is that I can't remember where I got that picture, and I 
can't
> find it on the net, and I have a question about it.
> 
> So I'll ask the question here - maybe one of you has done this mod.
> 
> The 'extended' moogslayer has two resistors that replace the pots 
VR2 and
> VR5, in the 'switched-out' position, so the moogslayer mods are out 
of the
> circuit.  The instructions say to use resistors the same value as 
the two
> pots, "which may be different on each single Poly800".  My 
electronics
> knowledge doesn't go far beyond using a soldering iron, so I'm not 
sure how
> to ascertain the value of the pots.  Can I just measure the 
resistance
> between two of the three pins?  Which two pins?  Do I need to 
desolder them
> first?
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.  I can email the photos, but 
I'm
> reluctant to put it in the photos section until I find out where it 
comes
> from, and if the mod is reliable.
> 
> Cheers,
> Reidar