KORG POLY 800 MODS HOW TO

'All features that have been completed so far are listed here.ДЎ) Flash EEPROM software upgrade capability (as we develop new software you will all be able to download it and continue upgrading your Poly and EX800's as long as we keep developing new features).Дў) SYSEX single patch dump send and receive.ДЈ) All notes off panic button (with MIDI TX too).Д¤) Selectable Omni On, Off or Auto on power up.ДҐ) Keyboard MIDI TX channel selection (1-16 or no MIDI TX).Д¦) Joystick MIDI TX channel selection (1-16 or no MIDI TX).Д©) Extended playing range on/off (increases the playing range by two octaves while ignoring the parameters 11 and 21).ДЎ0) Cascade mode (for when you have two Poly's or a Poly and an EX800. The following is the list for the archives:

KORG POLY 800 MODS HOW TO

You can find the full feature list and how to order the mod here. This we are changing by disassembling the original software and designing and manufacturing a retrofit kit whereby we increase the total memory (both RAM and ROM) and thus provide the additional features via the original 80C85 processor.' Furthermore, there are several features that are just plain missing and on top of that, there are some excellent modifications that hackers and circuit benders have been doing that require drilling holes in your treasured keyboard. But their MIDI implementation is very short on features.

'The Korg Poly 800 and its EX 800 companion module were great synthesizers for their time.

Update: it looks like there's one up for auction.

Korg poly 800 mods