Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, Alan Currall <alan@...> wrote:
>
> Hiya Dan,
>
> The Poly-800 wouldn't be my first choice of controller keyboard.
It
> has no velocity sensitivity or aftertouch, both of which are
useful
> for articulating the expressiveness of your playing, amongst other
> things. Also there is a fairly limited octave range to play on.
> However, if you simply want the bare bones of something to program
in
> some arrangements to your computer sequencer, it should be up to
the
> task (notwithstanding some of the technical caveats I've read of
on
> this group). You just need to take midi cables from the Poly-800
to
> the usb midi connector and ensure both the synth and the vst
device
> are set to the same midi channel. The details of this are as rich
and
> varied as the number of set-ups it's possible to use. If you're
new
> to midi I suggest you do a 'beginners guide to midi' type google
> search (other search engines are available) just to get you
through
> the basics.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Regards,
> Alan
>
> On 6 Feb 2008, at 7:43PM, Daniel Miso wrote:
>
> > Hello all:
> >
> > I'm new to the list ( hopped over from the 'newmellotrongroup' )
> > having purchased a Poly-800 MKII recently. In reviewing the posts
of
> > the last while I've discovered that I've landed smack in the
middle
> > of a circuit bending world, of which I know little! I just wanted
a
> > synth to augment my Mellotrons.
> >
> > I have a simple question and I apologize for dumbing down the
recent
> > Moog Slayer threads.
> >
> > Am I able to use the Poly-800 MKII as a midi controller to play
some
> > VST stuff I have on my computer? I have an Edirol USB to Midi
> > connector. If it is possible, how do I set things up?
> >
> > The Moog Slayer sounds great, but a great challenge for me to
install-
> > the eventual battery change is rocket science enough for me, but
one
> > can always learn...
> >
> > Now back to my electro-mechanical 'trons...
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Dan in Toronto
> >
> >
> >
>

> Hello all:
>
> I'm new to the list ( hopped over from the
> 'newmellotrongroup' )
> having purchased a Poly-800 MKII recently. In
> reviewing the posts of
> the last while I've discovered that I've landed
> smack in the middle
> of a circuit bending world, of which I know little!
> I just wanted a
> synth to augment my Mellotrons.
>
> I have a simple question and I apologize for dumbing
> down the recent
> Moog Slayer threads.
>
> Am I able to use the Poly-800 MKII as a midi
> controller to play some
> VST stuff I have on my computer? I have an Edirol
> USB to Midi
> connector. If it is possible, how do I set things
> up?
>
> The Moog Slayer sounds great, but a great challenge
> for me to install-
> the eventual battery change is rocket science enough
> for me, but one
> can always learn...
>
> Now back to my electro-mechanical 'trons...
>
> Cheers,
> Dan in Toronto
>
>

--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, "jusufzemplin" <jusuf@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I have used Poly800 as MIDI controller with software for longer
time.
> But it is limited (yet mentioned no-velocity, no sustain-pedal...).
>
> If you have something like
> http://www.musiciansbuy.com/mmMBCOM/images/roland_UM1SX.jpg , you
have
> to connect MIDI cable from POLYs MIDI OUT to Comp`s MIDI IN.
> POLYs keyboard transmitts on MIDI channel 1, so you have to set
input
> channel for recorded track in software on Ch1, or OMNI On - in this
> case track will recieve data from all 16 MIDI channels.
>
> May be, you have some different cable - e.g.
> http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00006343G.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg .
You
> have to plug DIN connector marked as MIDI IN to POLYs MIDI OUT (i
hope
> cable-producents marks it uniformly, like on my cable...:-) )
>
> Jozef
>