Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

Coz yeah, i again forgot to mod my ex800 and i felt today like
buying parts online... BUT i forgot an other detail.... whats wrong
with french people? They always have to translate things and weee, i
don't know what to buy!

No shit, to do the moog filter mod, i have to buy two audio taper
pots! And believe me or not, i haven't found any french website
about electronics mentionnong 'audio pots"... it always
says "linear"... or "log"... or whatever... but NEVER "audio pots"..

What ive been able to found out on some other websites (in english),
is that audio taper pots can be found in the 6mm axe pots section,
weee and then i still don't find anything mentionned as audio taper
or audio pot on french websites.

So i guess i'll try to the local downtown store this afternoon, but
the guy is everything but helpful..

So maybe im wrong somewhere, i'm everything but a tech-head, so if
anyone has some explanation about that weird "missing" pots in
france, im free to listen at anyone!

help the poor frenchy plz :D

Thx a lot in advance!

guillaume kaneel richard.

Audio taper means log. (Because our hearing is logarithmic.)

Good luck!


mahceenaleen wrote:

> Coz yeah, i again forgot to mod my ex800 and i felt today like
> buying parts online... BUT i forgot an other detail.... whats wrong
> with french people? They always have to translate things and weee, i
> don't know what to buy!
>
> No shit, to do the moog filter mod, i have to buy two audio taper
> pots! And believe me or not, i haven't found any french website
> about electronics mentionnong 'audio pots"... it always
> says "linear"... or "log"... or whatever... but NEVER "audio pots"..
>
> What ive been able to found out on some other websites (in english),
> is that audio taper pots can be found in the 6mm axe pots section,
> weee and then i still don't find anything mentionned as audio taper
> or audio pot on french websites.
>
> So i guess i'll try to the local downtown store this afternoon, but
> the guy is everything but helpful..
>
> So maybe im wrong somewhere, i'm everything but a tech-head, so if
> anyone has some explanation about that weird "missing" pots in
> france, im free to listen at anyone!
>
> help the poor frenchy plz :D
>
> Thx a lot in advance!
>
> guillaume kaneel richard.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, mahceenaleen wrote:

> No shit, to do the moog filter mod, i have to buy two audio taper pots!
> And believe me or not, i haven't found any french website about
> electronics mentionnong 'audio pots"... it always says "linear"... or
> "log"... or whatever... but NEVER "audio pots"..

===============

audio taper == log taper


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aaaah
thx to you two boyz, now i know what to ask to my "always depressed and in
bad mood" electronic parts local seller :D

>From: Atom Smasher <atom@...>
>Reply-To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
>To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] mt head hurts!
>Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:48:41 -0500 (EST)
>
>On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, mahceenaleen wrote:
>
> > No shit, to do the moog filter mod, i have to buy two audio taper pots!
> > And believe me or not, i haven't found any french website about
> > electronics mentionnong 'audio pots"... it always says "linear"... or
> > "log"... or whatever... but NEVER "audio pots"..
>===============
>
>audio taper == log taper
>
>
>--
> ...atom
>
> ________________________
> http://atom.smasher.org/
> 762A 3B98 A3C3 96C9 C6B7 582A B88D 52E4 D9F5 7808
> -------------------------------------------------
>
> "The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's for which
> the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the
> wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of
> liberty. Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed
> upon a definition of liberty."
> -- Abraham Lincoln
>
>

On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, guillaume richard wrote:

> thx to you two boyz, now i know what to ask to my "always depressed and
> in bad mood" electronic parts local seller :D

================

the web site <http://synthmod.net/korg/moog_slayer/> is now updated:
Use 50K-Ohm "audio taper" pots. These may also be called
"logarithmic taper" or just "log taper".


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Hey guys, newt "noob" question!
I started working on the mod and I finally want to add a switch like this:
http://launch.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/korgpolyex/photos/view/52a3?b=9


When it says that the resistors have to be like the factory ones, does it
mean that if i read "100k" on one and "10k" on the other one (just on the
side of both), i'll have to replace them by a 100k resistor and a 10k one?
Coz a friend told me it would actually mean i have to take a ohmmeter and
see what values come... just tell me if i'm wrong or if he's wrong, would
help a lot :D

PLUS, on your page atom, i read:
Don't forget the heat-shrink!! Or sparks will fly!!

Do you mean this paper-like plate i had to remove to access this part of the
circuitry?

In hope my english will fit, thx a lot in advance!

kaneel

>From: Atom Smasher <atom@...>
>Reply-To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
>To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] mt head hurts!
>Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 09:25:01 -0500 (EST)
>
>On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, guillaume richard wrote:
>
> > thx to you two boyz, now i know what to ask to my "always depressed and
> > in bad mood" electronic parts local seller :D
>================
>
>the web site <http://synthmod.net/korg/moog_slayer/> is now updated:
> Use 50K-Ohm "audio taper" pots. These may also be called
> "logarithmic taper" or just "log taper".
>
>
>--
> ...atom
>
> ________________________
> http://atom.smasher.org/
> 762A 3B98 A3C3 96C9 C6B7 582A B88D 52E4 D9F5 7808
> -------------------------------------------------
>
> "According to the Environmental Protection Agency, factory farming
> pollutes U.S. waterways more than all industrial sources combined."
> -- PETA
>
>

On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, guillaume richard wrote:

> PLUS, on your page atom, i read:
> Don't forget the heat-shrink!! Or sparks will fly!!
>
> Do you mean this paper-like plate i had to remove to access this part of the
> circuitry?

======================

http://synthmod.net/korg/moog_slayer/hot-cold.jpg

this picture shows the resistor near the power input jack. use heat shrink
(aka: spaghetti wrap, shrinking spaghetti) to make a "shell" around the
resistor and the exposed solder joint on top of it (at the red wire, in
this picture). this prevents the solder joint from wiggling around and
shorting out against anything.



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and her fascist regime"
-- Sex Pistols

HO ok i see, then i'll go to my local shop and tell them about it, he might
give me what i need!

Thank again atom!

kaneel

>From: Atom Smasher <atom@...>
>Reply-To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
>To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] mt head hurts!
>Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:53:10 -0500 (EST)
>
>On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, guillaume richard wrote:
>
> > PLUS, on your page atom, i read:
> > Don't forget the heat-shrink!! Or sparks will fly!!
> >
> > Do you mean this paper-like plate i had to remove to access this part of
>the
> > circuitry?
>======================
>
>http://synthmod.net/korg/moog_slayer/hot-cold.jpg
>
>this picture shows the resistor near the power input jack. use heat shrink
>(aka: spaghetti wrap, shrinking spaghetti) to make a "shell" around the
>resistor and the exposed solder joint on top of it (at the red wire, in
>this picture). this prevents the solder joint from wiggling around and
>shorting out against anything.
>
>
>
>--
> ...atom
>
> ________________________
> http://atom.smasher.org/
> 762A 3B98 A3C3 96C9 C6B7 582A B88D 52E4 D9F5 7808
> -------------------------------------------------
>
> "God save the queen
> and her fascist regime"
> -- Sex Pistols
>
>

Yo atom, did you received my email or didn't it pass the spam protection or
so?

>From: Atom Smasher <atom@...>
>Reply-To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
>To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] mt head hurts!
>Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:53:10 -0500 (EST)
>
>On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, guillaume richard wrote:
>
> > PLUS, on your page atom, i read:
> > Don't forget the heat-shrink!! Or sparks will fly!!
> >
> > Do you mean this paper-like plate i had to remove to access this part of
>the
> > circuitry?
>======================
>
>http://synthmod.net/korg/moog_slayer/hot-cold.jpg
>
>this picture shows the resistor near the power input jack. use heat shrink
>(aka: spaghetti wrap, shrinking spaghetti) to make a "shell" around the
>resistor and the exposed solder joint on top of it (at the red wire, in
>this picture). this prevents the solder joint from wiggling around and
>shorting out against anything.
>
>
>
>--
> ...atom
>
> ________________________
> http://atom.smasher.org/
> 762A 3B98 A3C3 96C9 C6B7 582A B88D 52E4 D9F5 7808
> -------------------------------------------------
>
> "God save the queen
> and her fascist regime"
> -- Sex Pistols
>
>