Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, "eminaramps" <eminaramps@...> wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
> I've got an 87 poly mk1. I used to have one of these when they first
> came out along with a set of korg midi pedals, a poor man's Taurus.
>
> Anyway, I've done the battery mod and the slayer mod.
> The cutoff control works great but the resonance doesn't seem to have
> any effect at all. Am I missing something? Can anyone point to a
> specific sound setting in the mk1 patches that it should have an
> effect on? All my wiring looks right and I checked for faults/dry
> joints.
>

>
> Check to make sure that you are using a patch that has a resonance
> setting (parameter 42) of around 12 or 13
>
> Ie factory patch 64 or 66
>
> As the pot will only let you reach the maximum setting that you have
> in software
>
>
> --- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, "eminaramps" <eminaramps@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi guys,
> > I've got an 87 poly mk1. I used to have one of these when they first
> > came out along with a set of korg midi pedals, a poor man's Taurus.
> >
> > Anyway, I've done the battery mod and the slayer mod.
> > The cutoff control works great but the resonance doesn't seem to have
> > any effect at all. Am I missing something? Can anyone point to a
> > specific sound setting in the mk1 patches that it should have an
> > effect on? All my wiring looks right and I checked for faults/dry
> > joints.
> >
>

On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, eminaramps wrote:

> Hi guys,
> I've got an 87 poly mk1. I used to have one of these when they first
> came out along with a set of korg midi pedals, a poor man's Taurus.
>
> Anyway, I've done the battery mod and the slayer mod.
> The cutoff control works great but the resonance doesn't seem to have
> any effect at all. Am I missing something? Can anyone point to a
> specific sound setting in the mk1 patches that it should have an
> effect on? All my wiring looks right and I checked for faults/dry
> joints.
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>

--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, Tim Bieniosek <tab27@...> wrote:
>
> The resonance parameter in each patch sets the range available to the
> resonance pot. You want to set the resonance parameter to 99 (or
whatever
> the max is... 31?) for maximum results.
>
>
> On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, eminaramps wrote:
>
> > Hi guys,
> > I've got an 87 poly mk1. I used to have one of these when they first
> > came out along with a set of korg midi pedals, a poor man's Taurus.
> >
> > Anyway, I've done the battery mod and the slayer mod.
> > The cutoff control works great but the resonance doesn't seem to have
> > any effect at all. Am I missing something? Can anyone point to a
> > specific sound setting in the mk1 patches that it should have an
> > effect on? All my wiring looks right and I checked for faults/dry
> > joints.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>