Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

>
> 
> Hi guys
> 
>       just got hold of a mk2 poly 800 from ebay and it seems to have an
> extra 1/4 inch jack on the back half way down the synth.The echo and fx
> section is also not working....bummer......looking inside it looks like
> someones added the jack and its wired into the fx section ? the plot
> thickens.Any ideas whats going on here ?
> 
> It seems theres a yellow wire going from the jack to one part of the fx
> board , a yellow from the jack to another part opf the fx board and then
> 3 blue wires from the voice board....?
> 
> Should i upload some images or is this a known mod ?
>

>
> 
> many thanks for the info and tip regards noise which i will try later.
> 
> The fx board mods are shown here in some close up photos.
> 
> www.kineticsoundprism.com/poly800mods.rar
> <http://www.kineticsoundprism.com/poly800mods.rar>
> 
> checked all the wires earlier and it seems fine but just no fx at
> all....i might try disconnecting the jack next ...i have tried a jack in
> the jack just in case it needs something in there to ' normalise ? ' if
> thats the word the connection like an insert would  , it doe slook like
> 1 blue wire from the voice section now runs via the jack instead of
> straight to the fx board....that could be the issue maybe,,,,i am an
> idiot on this stuff really.
> 
> 
> 
> --- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, "narfman96" <narfman96@> wrote:
> >
> > I would have to see a picture...
> >
> > What you describe should have a stereo TRS jack if that many wires are
> connected to it. They may have broken into the FX section to use an
> outboard FX loop. This can affect the overall noise in the synth too. I
> found out the hard way that running unshielded wires with analog signals
> around inside a Poly-800 is a great way to reduce the signal to noise
> ratio. Not good.
> >
> > Fran
> >
> > --- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, "fugasiyokonda" fugasiyokonda@
> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi guys
> > >
> > > just got hold of a mk2 poly 800 from ebay and it seems to have an
> > > extra 1/4 inch jack on the back half way down the synth.The echo and
> fx
> > > section is also not working....bummer......looking inside it looks
> like
> > > someones added the jack and its wired into the fx section ? the plot
> > > thickens.Any ideas whats going on here ?
> > >
> > > It seems theres a yellow wire going from the jack to one part of the
> fx
> > > board , a yellow from the jack to another part opf the fx board and
> then
> > > 3 blue wires from the voice board....?
> > >
> > > Should i upload some images or is this a known mod ?
> > >
> >
>

>
> Mike might have to chime in on this but it looks like the jack is sending the audio out as an FX loop. However it could be that this was used for a FX on/off footswitch. Plug in a TRS cable and try a 10k resistor between the tip and ring and see if the FX work. 
> 
> The yellow and white wires are bypassing FET-2 and the EQ circuitry if I'm looking at the pics properly. The blue wire should be the audio from the KLM-1032 board.
> 
> --- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, "fugasiyokonda" <fugasiyokonda@> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > many thanks for the info and tip regards noise which i will try later.
> > 
> > The fx board mods are shown here in some close up photos.
> > 
> > www.kineticsoundprism.com/poly800mods.rar
> > <http://www.kineticsoundprism.com/poly800mods.rar>
> > 
> > checked all the wires earlier and it seems fine but just no fx at
> > all....i might try disconnecting the jack next ...i have tried a jack in
> > the jack just in case it needs something in there to ' normalise ? ' if
> > thats the word the connection like an insert would  , it doe slook like
> > 1 blue wire from the voice section now runs via the jack instead of
> > straight to the fx board....that could be the issue maybe,,,,i am an
> > idiot on this stuff really.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, "narfman96" <narfman96@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I would have to see a picture...
> > >
> > > What you describe should have a stereo TRS jack if that many wires are
> > connected to it. They may have broken into the FX section to use an
> > outboard FX loop. This can affect the overall noise in the synth too. I
> > found out the hard way that running unshielded wires with analog signals
> > around inside a Poly-800 is a great way to reduce the signal to noise
> > ratio. Not good.
> > >
> > > Fran
> > >
> > > --- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, "fugasiyokonda" fugasiyokonda@
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi guys
> > > >
> > > > just got hold of a mk2 poly 800 from ebay and it seems to have an
> > > > extra 1/4 inch jack on the back half way down the synth.The echo and
> > fx
> > > > section is also not working....bummer......looking inside it looks
> > like
> > > > someones added the jack and its wired into the fx section ? the plot
> > > > thickens.Any ideas whats going on here ?
> > > >
> > > > It seems theres a yellow wire going from the jack to one part of the
> > fx
> > > > board , a yellow from the jack to another part opf the fx board and
> > then
> > > > 3 blue wires from the voice board....?
> > > >
> > > > Should i upload some images or is this a known mod ?
> > > >
> > >
> >
>