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fairydust
Joined: 14 Jun 2015 Posts: 4
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Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2015 8:51 pm Post subject: KORG POLY 800 MKII |
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Hi
I have a korg poly 800 mkII but the sounds have dissappeared. What sort of cable would I need to connect the keyboard to my computer to download the relevant patches. If you also have any info as to how I would go about transferring the patches that would be great as I'm not very well up on the technical side
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Mk2 NL
Joined: 22 May 2015 Posts: 11
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Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 12:48 am Post subject: |
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The MKII has Midi Sysex support so you could use that route but this requires a Midi interface and cable.
Another way is via the cassete interface. Google and download the factory patches in audio tape format, hook up the Poly-800 cassette IN port to the output pf your PC soundcard and follow the loading procedure.
note: cassette interface loading can be fiddly and prone to errors... you may have take a few tries to find the correct playback level etc. _________________ 700s 770 800DV 900PS ES-50 Monotribe Monotron / Duo / Delay MS-01 MS-02 MS-03 MS-04 MS-10 MS-20 MS-20 Mini nanoKontrol PD-10 PE-1000 SQ-10 VC-10 Volca Bass / Beats / Keys / Sample |
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Mk2 NL
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Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 12:49 am Post subject: |
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Another thing: if you've lost your patches, the onboard battery is probably dead or about to expire. You need to replace it or it could start to leak and damage your synth. _________________ 700s 770 800DV 900PS ES-50 Monotribe Monotron / Duo / Delay MS-01 MS-02 MS-03 MS-04 MS-10 MS-20 MS-20 Mini nanoKontrol PD-10 PE-1000 SQ-10 VC-10 Volca Bass / Beats / Keys / Sample |
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fairydust
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Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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Hi and thank you very much for your reply. If I went down the midi route with sysex what do I do when I put the cable in. Would you be able to let me know
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Lorraine |
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Weirdofromouterspace
Joined: 04 May 2015 Posts: 33 Location: Germany
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Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2015 10:19 am Post subject: |
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fairydust wrote: | If I went down the midi route with sysex what do I do when I put the cable in. |
First of all - my Poly-800 is mk I and non-sysex-MIDI (there seems to be a modification available which adds sysex, but I don't have that). My personal sysex experience is thus based on the 2 Yamahas in my gear list.
However, the procedure below - which worked easily and completely satisfactory for my Yamahas - should be similar with your Poly-800 mk II:
- Have a freeware MIDI tool such as MidiOx installed on your computer
- Connect the synth to your computer using a USB to MIDI adapter (I use this one).
- Make sure the synth is ready to receive sysex data, which might require setting some write protection to OFF
- Send the sysex data using the above mentioned software. That's it. _________________ Korg: Poly-800 | microKORG | microSAMPLER | SQ-1 | Volca Beats | Volca Bass
Yamaha: DX7IID | DX21
Arturia: Minibrute
Kawai: K1
Roland: JX-03
DIY: MFOS Sound Lab Mini Synth Plus | MFOS Sound Lab Ultimate & Expander | MFOS 12-Band Vocoder | TTSH | Jasper | ARP 1601 Sequencer |
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fairydust
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Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2015 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you very much for your response, I will give it a try
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Lorraine |
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