Saturday, June 28, 2008
Korg Poly 800 - What's wrong with it!?
YouTube via alecjahn. Sounds like it might need a new battery. I'd program some sounds or load the factory patches. If they don't keep after turning it off the battery is probably dead. You can find the presets at analog.no.
"This is a Korg Poly 800 I.
Just got this thing really cheap. It doesn't work, as the video shows, but I'm hoping someone can help me figure it out.
The synth is bone-stock, no modifications at all. I didn't jack around with settings on everything, this is how it is when you turn it on.
I had it plugged direct into my computer for an accurate recording of the output. There's no sound for the first couple seconds.
It's like part of it works, I assume maybe just an IC is out? Probably something vital and impossible to find? I know these things sound awesome, and I'd love to hear it someday.
Maybe I'm just ignorant of it's operation? I hope so. The buttons all work and you can still edit at least all the parameters I tested.
Halp!"
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I had this problem too! Download a factory program setting mp3, and audio-in to the cassette load.
ReplyDeleteIt's basically just missing all it's settings.
a lot of the time when you can't hear anything out of the poly800 it means that your patches are a bit skewiff. try turn up the oscillator volume and check your attack and decay values.
ReplyDeletethis happens all the time. it even gets me once or twice.
as beamer said, you can download all the patches, but first work out if there is a fault or not by checking if your osc's and envelope respond