Re: [korgpolyex] data entry knob mod
2016-10-12 by Vincenzo Vincenzo
Hello Neil, you have any information on the implementation of the change with external knob for data entry? I also wanted to make it on my Korg Poly 800 .. can
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Re: [korgpolyex] Re: stuck in sequencer mode
2016-10-09 by Andrey K
Hi Mike, My poly800 is completely frozen, I cannot say which button or key works or not, none of them respond. I measured voltages on IC33 pins - half of them
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: stuck in sequencer mode
2016-10-08 by Michael Hawkins
Check all of the keys and switches. Which ones work and which ones don t. Also, check all of the keyboard keys. Which ones work and which ones don t. Write
Re: stuck in sequencer mode
2016-10-06 by andrey.koikto@...
Thank you, Mike, that was helpful for me also. I have almost the same issue: Poly800 frozen right after powering up with 1 50 01 display with no sound and
Re: [korgpolyex] delay effect not working
2016-09-25 by gleesonalan@...
Hi Mike OK I will check that out :) Don t think the pins are the issue as the boards were never separated, but can t hurt to check. Thanks Alan
Re: [korgpolyex] delay effect not working
2016-09-24 by Michael Hawkins
Start by checking the cables that run from the main board to the efx board first. Make sure they ll all in place, no bent or broken pins. No corrosion, no
delay effect not working
2016-09-23 by gleesonalan@...
Hi All I haven t used my poly 800 II in a while and now I notice the delay effect is not working. Any adjustments I make to the delay parameters have no effect
Re: [korgpolyex] digital osc vs DCO
2016-09-21 by Gordonjcp
... It s a contraction of BandLimited stEP . If you have a discontinuity - a step - in your waveform, you have harmonics. Now if you just go from -1 to +1
Re: [korgpolyex] digital osc vs DCO
2016-09-21 by domgoold@...
it took a bit of fiddling around to see what was meant about digital cross-modulation -i ll have to check again- but it s mainly a bonus on that synth, to
Re: [korgpolyex] digital osc vs DCO
2016-09-19 by Gordonjcp
... Well, that s easy. Just put in a user control to set the sample rate of the oscillator (obviously scaling your pitch calculations to suit) and to adjust
Re: [korgpolyex] digital osc vs DCO
2016-09-19 by Michael Hawkins
As long as the engineering of the oscillators is such that the human ear cannot discern any deficiencies in the desired sound then it should not matter if the
digital osc vs DCO
2016-09-19 by domgoold@...
ok, so i have a little MFB Synth Lite II - which is a very natty little piece of kit, and sounds great (to me): moog-ish (prodigy/rogue/..) as well as
Re: New www.hawk800.com web pages
2016-09-19 by domgoold@...
links don t show up in email ;) Mike: you know how you put all parameters on NRPN.. do you use a novation remote to send those? i think it bundles the message
New www.hawk800.com web pages
2016-09-18 by Michael Hawkins
Check out the latest pages for the HAWK800 and AtomaHawk. Please provide feedback and suggestions, critique. I look forward to hearing from you all. Welcome to
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: Testimonials needed...
2016-09-18 by Michael Hawkins
By the way, just recently the lower octave stopped working my Poly-800. I can trigger it (lower octave sounds) through another keyboard s midi, So I m not
Re: Testimonials needed...
2016-09-07 by basecamp_88@...
I would also like to add that never having to worry about a dead battery again is a step into the 21st century!
Re: Testimonials needed...
2016-09-07 by basecamp_88@...
Midi cc mapping is absolutely indispensable and turns this from a toy into a viable studio synth. The expanded menu system is quite awesome too! I sold my
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: Testimonials needed...
2016-09-02 by Michael Hawkins
That s a demo, not a testimonial. I have a page for demo s and it already includes yours! What I need is a couple of sentences why you like the HAWK or
Re: [korgpolyex] Assistance with fixing bad DIY job on Poly800 AC and battery
2016-09-02 by Michael Hawkins
No, you won t need the cap once you install the HAWK. However,... I do recommend trying to tidy up your little mess completely and make sure that everything
Re: Testimonials needed...
2016-09-01 by joe peak
This is my Demo video......Korg Poly-AtomaHawk-800 Demo ... Korg Poly-AtomaHawk-800 Demo A little demo showing a small part of the AtomaHawk-800 s sound
Re: [korgpolyex] Assistance with fixing bad DIY job on Poly800 AC and battery
2016-08-31 by Gordonjcp
... No idea, the man himself will tell you that :-) ... It s not a zener. Something like a 1N4001 will be fine, it s not really important. ... I think the
Re: [korgpolyex] Assistance with fixing bad DIY job on Poly800 AC and battery [2 Attachments]
2016-08-31 by jkbarnes@...
Gordon, Thank you. Do you know if I still need to replace C88 if I am installing the Hawk and Atomahawk mods? I figured someone reversed the polarity. :) Man,
Re: [korgpolyex] Assistance with fixing bad DIY job on Poly800 AC and battery [2 Attachments]
2016-08-31 by Gordonjcp
... The circuit diagrams are readily available (but pretty damn poor quality). C88 is a 47μF 16V electrolytic, on the diagram it s beside the 6116 memory IC.
Re: Assistance with fixing bad DIY job on Poly800 AC and battery
2016-08-31 by jkbarnes@...
Wow. Sorry about the weird alias... something went awry when I created the account. Trying to fix. I m not spam, I swear!
Assistance with fixing bad DIY job on Poly800 AC and battery
2016-08-31 by jkbarnes@...
Hey guys, I picked up an old Poly800 with a couple problems. The tuning slider didn t work, the pitch bend on the joystick didn t work, and the unit won t
Testimonials needed...
2016-08-31 by Michael Hawkins
Hi Poly fans, for those of you that have the HAWK-800 or HAWK-800 and AtomaHawk, I need some testimonials. Please send me one or ten or whatever sentences
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: POLY 800 MKII Drifting
2016-08-09 by Michael Hawkins
You definitely want to get everything working first before doing the HAWK mod. The HAWK mod generally won t fix anything and if you already have problems, far
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: POLY 800 MKII Drifting
2016-08-07 by ian r
Haha, not really, I like the sound too much. I ll measure the main board again. I was hoping that if I eventually fixed the machine I d get to install a hawk
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: POLY 800 MKII Drifting
2016-08-01 by Donal Finn
I dunno, Want to cut your losses and sell it to me? On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 8:29 AM, Michael Hawkins korgpolyex800@yahoo.com
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: POLY 800 MKII Drifting
2016-07-31 by Michael Hawkins
measure again on the main board. /Mike From: ian r ianpoly800@yahoo.com [korgpolyex] To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: POLY 800 MKII Drifting
2016-07-30 by ian r
Measuring the circuit on the back of the joystick pcb, the -5V line measures at -4.38V. On Sunday, July 24, 2016 4:14 PM, Michael Hawkins
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: POLY 800 MKII Drifting
2016-07-24 by Michael Hawkins
Start with your external power supply. Is it is right voltage and does it have a current rating 300mA or higher? Then check that the power supply rails in the
Re: POLY 800 MKII Drifting
2016-07-24 by ianpoly800@...
I thought I d update, I never did solve the problem. I ended up bringing the keyboard to a repairman, who thought he d solved the problem replacing a couple
Re: [korgpolyex] How Loading sounds from Poly 800 to ex800 Atom Hawk
2016-07-20 by Michael Hawkins
https://sourceforge.net/projects/hawk800/files/Software/Version%202.59/ /Mike From: Kenneth Nylander kenneth.nylander3@gmail.com [korgpolyex]
Re: [korgpolyex] How Loading sounds from Poly 800 to ex800 Atom Hawk
2016-07-20 by Kenneth Nylander
Yes thank you very much solves my problem Do you have a link where its possible to download the Hawk manual or where to buy it. Very grateful onsdag 20 juli
Re: [korgpolyex] How Loading sounds from Poly 800 to ex800 Atom Hawk
2016-07-20 by Michael Hawkins
If you have a Microsoft based PC then use MIDI-OX to send the EX800 sysex to the HAWK while in TOOLS mode function 8. See the HAWK800 owners manual. /Mike
How Loading sounds from Poly 800 to ex800 Atom Hawk
2016-07-14 by kenneth.nylander3@...
Hello Ive bougth the Korg ex 800 with the Atom Hawk uppgrade Since before Ive got the Poly 800 mk1 and I,ve made some good sounds with that and now I want to
data entry knob mod
2016-06-12 by neil.macneil@...
Hey, Is there any better sources for the data entry knob mod on here or elsewhere? I m too much of an amateur to understand the schematic. -Neil
Re: [korgpolyex] filter 2069D 4018 12db / 24db mod
2016-06-11 by neil.macneil@...
k i ll check it out again.
Re: [korgpolyex] filter 2069D 4018 12db / 24db mod
2016-06-11 by <backshall1@...>
It sounds like maybe you used pins 6 and 7 instead of 5 and 6, or maybe you used 5 and 6 but managed to short out 6 to 7, or something like that. Pin 7 is the
filter 2069D 4018 12db / 24db mod
2016-06-11 by neil.macneil@...
Hey guys, I have a p800 mk1, my filter chip is a 2069D 4018 and not the 2069AD 5066 as shown in the modification photo in this group. I tried it out but it
New file uploaded to korgpolyex
2016-06-11 by korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the korgpolyex group. File : /1)
Re: [korgpolyex] AtomaHawk - new hardware version in final testing
2016-06-10 by Michael Hawkins
Q: Glad to hear the Ploy 800 and mods are not dead, would upgrades be compatible with the hawk/atomahawk already fitted? A: Not sure about the AtomaHawk
Re: Poly-800 not overwriting sounds with data loaded from cassette
2016-06-09 by stevedanielson1@...
Does anyone have any ideas on this? I just saw some nice-sounding patches on-line, but I don t want to buy them if I can t load them. So I d like to fix
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: 6 button on keypad intermittent
2016-06-09 by studio_1a@...
Hi, those tact switch on the poly-800 are 8mm x 8mm x 3.65mm
Re: [korgpolyex] AtomaHawk - new hardware version in final testing
2016-06-08 by Louis Botterill
SMD for the win. When I started working I started out designing circuits and a lot was becoming SMT. Tiny 0402 components and several hundred leg QFPs were all
Re: [korgpolyex] AtomaHawk - new hardware version in final testing
2016-06-08 by Michael Hawkins
No, I don t use a reflector. The conduction from the hot plate to the board seems to me to be dramatically more than anything a reflector might do. Still,
Re: [korgpolyex] AtomaHawk - new hardware version in final testing
2016-06-08 by Wayne
Amplifying you hand movement is the basic function of a lever. In this case it isn t desired. When you pick up something with tweezers you don t even notice
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: 6 button on keypad intermittent
2016-06-07 by Michael Hawkins
The correct approach is to thoroughly check everything and actually identify the root cause of the problem first. Then do what is necessary to fix the actual
Re: [korgpolyex] Re: 6 button on keypad intermittent
2016-06-06 by James Brickman
I tried asking this before, but can anyone direct me tact switches with the right dimensions for the Poly 800 MKI? On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 2:17 PM, Peter van