Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

I've seen weird values come up after losing power before, but they never
seemed to sound any different than the normal highest value for that
parameter.

On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, Shayne Cafferata wrote:

> a friend just picked up a reverse key poly 800. it was old and dirty and
> had key contact problems. after he took it apart, cleaned it, and put it
> back together with a set of fresh batteries, he discovered that many of
> the patches had parameter values other than what were supposed to be
> there. he is able to edit freely but once he brings a value back into
> normal range, he can't return to the twilight zone. however, if the
> memory location is reset without being overwritten, the hidden values
> are restored. in other words, these parameters are saved in memory. so,
> he's been programming in some great aleatoric textures. i've got an
> ex800 and would like to access these parameters, but i think i would
> likely have to de-and-resolder the internal battery, or....what? has
> anyone here been able to access these parameters, other than via the
> moogslayer mod? it's not only the resonance and cutoff values that are
> affected, he can access higher octaves and other stuff.
>
> shayne
>

i noticed that when i first turned my poly off. i never bothered to use those parameters because i would have to edit everything just to hear something. the parameters were usually so out of range that the patch would be some inaudible frequency.

From: "iheartvinyl@..." <iheartvinyl@...>

>Subject: Re: poly 800 hidden parameters
>
>
>i noticed that when i first turned my poly off. i never bothered to use those parameters because i would have to edit everything just to hear something. the parameters were usually so out of range that the patch would be some inaudible frequency.
>  
>
if you leave the out of range parameters alone and first edit the 
envelope generators and possibly the inverse waveform parameter you will 
likely hear something. then if you want you can edit the hidden values. 
most of the good stuff happens with the octave settings, cutoff,  
resonance, and modulation. there are some great insect and bird sounds 
in there. i just wish i could program  them on my ex800.

shayne



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I had witnessed teh same phenom on my poly 800 but I hadn't noticed any difference in sound. I also noticed that when given a normal value range of say 3, I would get 4 values. When I de-incremented the value to zero then back up again it would return to normal.  I did find out recently that the poly does transmit midi program change info. Though it makes a lousy controller, (no velocity or aftertouch) it sounds unbelievable when layered with a VST synth! I think I spent 5 minutes hitting the same note and drooling. 

Shayne Cafferata <scafferata@...> wrote:From: "iheartvinyl@..." <iheartvinyl@...>

>Subject: Re: poly 800 hidden parameters
>
>
>i noticed that when i first turned my poly off. i never bothered to use those parameters because i would have to edit everything just to hear something. the parameters were usually so out of range that the patch would be some inaudible frequency.
>  
>
if you leave the out of range parameters alone and first edit the 
envelope generators and possibly the inverse waveform parameter you will 
likely hear something. then if you want you can edit the hidden values. 
most of the good stuff happens with the octave settings, cutoff,  
resonance, and modulation. there are some great insect and bird sounds 
in there. i just wish i could program  them on my ex800.

shayne



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