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PWM on hawk-800?

PWM on hawk-800?

2008-12-18 by n8tendo

I bought a poly 800 about 4 months ago, and don't really use it.  I do
alot of Jens Johansson style lead playing and was wondering if this
hawk 800 upgrade allows you to do pwm with the DCO's, and perhaps a
Mono/Unison mode.  I have tried and tried again to get a real polysix
(what johansson uses for his patch), but find they are really
expensive.  If there is a way to do this with the hawk-800 i may just
have to purchase one, and finally get some use out of this synth,
otherwise, I may just sell it.  
thanks
n8-bit

RE: [korgpolyex] PWM on hawk-800?

2008-12-18 by LARRY HAWKE

Just a thought, but I'm running my Poly 800 through my Korg D1600 recording studio and applying delay and reverb FX.
It sounds terrific! I was playing one of the 800's pad patches along with my other keyboards, and it really complemented the overall sound quite well.

Other Keyboards = Alesis QS6.1, microKorg, Korg R3
DAW = FL Studio 8 Producer w/Poizone VST.

I bought my Poly 800 for $75 bucks at a local music store about ten years ago, and it was gathering dust until I hooked it up to the D1600. I also plan to use the 800 as a MIDI controller for FL Studio. I also plan to get the Hawk-800 and Atomahawk upgrades soon (come on Christmas bonus!).

Gor

To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
From: celticdude357@...
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:37:34 +0000
Subject: [korgpolyex] PWM on hawk-800?

I bought a poly 800 about 4 months ago, and don't really use it. I do
alot of Jens Johansson style lead playing and was wondering if this
hawk 800 upgrade allows you to do pwm with the DCO's, and perhaps a
Mono/Unison mode. I have tried and tried again to get a real polysix
(what johansson uses for his patch), but find they are really
expensive. If there is a way to do this with the hawk-800 i may just
have to purchase one, and finally get some use out of this synth,
otherwise, I may just sell it.
thanks
n8-bit


Re: [korgpolyex] PWM on hawk-800?

2008-12-18 by Michael Hawkins

No, the HAWK-800 does not provide DCO PWM. That is a limitation of the Poly-800 hardware design. It uses a MSM5232 tone generator that doesn't have any PWM feature at all. And because there's no PWM, there's also no good reason to create a unison mode.

But the FM-800 modification that comes with the AtomaHawk upgrade might be something you would like to use in a Johansson type solo.

I have been promising to do a youtube video demo of the AtomaHawk/HAWK-800 FM-800 modification so I guess I better go do that.

Mike.

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Subject: [korgpolyex] PWM on hawk-800?

I bought a poly 800 about 4 months ago, and don't really use it. I do
alot of Jens Johansson style lead playing and was wondering if this
hawk 800 upgrade allows you to do pwm with the DCO's, and perhaps a
Mono/Unison mode. I have tried and tried again to get a real polysix
(what johansson uses for his patch), but find they are really
expensive. If there is a way to do this with the hawk-800 i may just
have to purchase one, and finally get some use out of this synth,
otherwise, I may just sell it.
thanks
n8-bit


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