Hi, can anyone help me with a faulty effects section, everything else
works fine. The button doesn't work at all, nothing happens when I
press it. Could it be a faulty button or something more serious, would
it be worth having a look inside to see if it is the switch or leave
it for a tech to go over it (finding one who knows anything about
synths in Melbourne Australia is another problem in itself)?

thanks

Hi unknown rekem,

You might ask paul perry: pfperry@...

Florian Anwander

rekem1000 wrote:

> Hi, can anyone help me with a faulty effects section, everything else
> works fine. The button doesn't work at all, nothing happens when I
> press it. Could it be a faulty button or something more serious, would
> it be worth having a look inside to see if it is the switch or leave
> it for a tech to go over it (finding one who knows anything about
> synths in Melbourne Australia is another problem in itself)?
>
> thanks
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>

--
Florian Anwander                  |ConSol
Tel.   +49(89)45841-133           |Consulting&Solutions Software GmbH
Fax    +49(89)45841-111           |Franziskanerstr. 38, D-81669 München
email: florian.anwander@... |http://www.consol.de

there is some place is northcote that does repairs on old synths, apprently
they are pretty expensive though. cant remember the name of the business but
if you call up the music swap shop in carlton (www.musicswapshop.com.au)
they should be able to give you the details
-rohan

>From: Florian Anwander <Florian.Anwander@...>
>Reply-To: korg_mono-poly@yahoogroups.com
>To: korg_mono-poly@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [korg_mono-poly] Need help with effects section!!
>Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 08:38:51 +0200
>
>Hi unknown rekem,
>
>You might ask paul perry: pfperry@...
>
>Florian Anwander
>
>rekem1000 wrote:
>
> > Hi, can anyone help me with a faulty effects section, everything else
> > works fine. The button doesn't work at all, nothing happens when I
> > press it. Could it be a faulty button or something more serious, would
> > it be worth having a look inside to see if it is the switch or leave
> > it for a tech to go over it (finding one who knows anything about
> > synths in Melbourne Australia is another problem in itself)?
> >
> > thanks
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>--
>Florian Anwander                  |ConSol
>Tel.   +49(89)45841-133           |Consulting&Solutions Software GmbH
>Fax    +49(89)45841-111           |Franziskanerstr. 38, D-81669 München
>email: florian.anwander@... |http://www.consol.de
>
>
>
>
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Indeed - these guys are good (there's some superb minds behind the scenes).
Have a chat to "Chuck303".
; )

cheers

jasefos



----- Original Message -----
From: "Rohan Lawns" <rohanlawns@...>
To: <korg_mono-poly@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 3:21 PM
Subject: Re: [korg_mono-poly] Need help with effects section!!


>
> there is some place is northcote that does repairs on old synths,
> apprently
> they are pretty expensive though. cant remember the name of the business
> but
> if you call up the music swap shop in carlton (www.musicswapshop.com.au)
> they should be able to give you the details
> -rohan
>
>>From: Florian Anwander <Florian.Anwander@...>
>>Reply-To: korg_mono-poly@yahoogroups.com
>>To: korg_mono-poly@yahoogroups.com
>>Subject: Re: [korg_mono-poly] Need help with effects section!!
>>Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 08:38:51 +0200
>>
>>Hi unknown rekem,
>>
>>You might ask paul perry: pfperry@...
>>
>>Florian Anwander
>>
>>rekem1000 wrote:
>>
>> > Hi, can anyone help me with a faulty effects section, everything else
>> > works fine. The button doesn't work at all, nothing happens when I
>> > press it. Could it be a faulty button or something more serious, would
>> > it be worth having a look inside to see if it is the switch or leave
>> > it for a tech to go over it (finding one who knows anything about
>> > synths in Melbourne Australia is another problem in itself)?
>> >
>> > thanks
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Yahoo! Groups Links
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>--
>>Florian Anwander                  |ConSol
>>Tel.   +49(89)45841-133           |Consulting&Solutions Software GmbH
>>Fax    +49(89)45841-111           |Franziskanerstr. 38, D-81669 München
>>email: florian.anwander@... |http://www.consol.de
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Yahoo! Groups Links
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Hello everyone, I'm new here and just recently picked up a Mono/Poly.
After having spent quite a bit of time going over the manual and
testing out the various paramters of the synth, I'm trying to figure
out if the VCF EG is working on my MonoPoly. I can't seem to get any
kind of a filter contour using the VCF envelope. I've adjusted the VCF
EG intensity knob, but that only adjusts the filter, rather than the
EG contour intensity . The only Filter envelope response I've had is
when I'm holding down a note and its sustaining, and then I adjust the
sustain on the VCF EG. The filter then sweeps up and down as I adjust
the sustain level up and down. I get no attack or decay response at
any time though. Is this normal? Am i missing a setting? I can't see
how the synth would have a Filter envelope and then not actually have
control over it. I've been able to get filter control using the LFO,
but not with the VCF EG at all. If anyone has any ideas/suggestions
they would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

Craig

Hey guys, I've got a couple of C keys that barely work at all
especially in comparison to all the others.  How does one clean the
key contacts?

Thanks.

Hello,

This email message is a notification to let you know that
a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the korg_mono-poly
group.

   File        : /Greensleeves1.mp3
   Uploaded by : akelasbiggins <mikeyjm2@...>
   Description : Multi Track - all Korg Mono/Poly

You can access this file at the URL:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/korg_mono-poly/files/Greensleeves1.mp3

To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit:
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/files

Regards,

akelasbiggins <mikeyjm2@...>

Hello,

This email message is a notification to let you know that
a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the korg_mono-poly
group.

   File        : /Pig Wing Sandwich.wma
   Uploaded by : akelasbiggins <mikeyjm2@...>
   Description : Go to www.akelasbiggins.com for more info

You can access this file at the URL:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/korg_mono-poly/files/Pig%20Wing%20Sandwich.wma

To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit:
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/files

Regards,

akelasbiggins <mikeyjm2@...>

Have any of you folks played one of these?  I'm looking for firsthand
opinions.  I've had my Mono\Poly since the early '80s and was
interested in possibly purchasing a Triton... but I haven't been able
to get my hands on one yet to play around with.

I am sooo green with this Korg poly/mono....i just joined a band and
the bass player has one of these from the 70's...he found in a
landfill....imagine someone threw this away?
anyway....the sound it was set to was just white noise....i fiddle
around with EVERYTHING and managed to get a high pitched semi-keyboard
sound out of it.....i would love to get a string sound then tweak it
from there.....any tips for someone who has never used  a synthesizer?
i do have the manual but WOW!!!!! i think i need to purchase a
dictionary to go along with it.......

Hi,

My Mono' needs help, anyone any idea what the output voltage of the
transformer or voltage accross the smoothing capacitors should be?

Thanks

> My Mono' needs help, anyone any idea what the output voltage of the
> transformer or voltage accross the smoothing capacitors should be?

Mine still has the original label.  Check this:
http://www.dompselaar.org/Korg/mp_transformer.jpg

Louis

I just measured mine (which is working reasonably well).  The output
at the secondary of the transformer is 46.5 Vac.  The voltage measured
across the large filter capacitor was 22.4 Vdc.  Bear in mind that
these are with a 120 Vac/60 Hz line input voltage, so what you see in
the U.K. may well be different than what I'm seeing in America.  I
hope this helps.

Good luck,

Mike
Houston, TX USA



--- In korg_mono-poly@yahoogroups.com, "nowdigitaluk"
<tim.cockram@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> My Mono' needs help, anyone any idea what the output voltage of the
> transformer or voltage accross the smoothing capacitors should be?
>
> Thanks
>

I'm also in Europe but my M/P has exactly the same transformer.
They just put in an additional 2:1 transformer in front of that!

I'm not sure if that was Korg policy or whether I have a US model
that was adapted by someone.

> I just measured mine (which is working reasonably well). The output
> at the secondary of the transformer is 46.5 Vac. The voltage measured
> across the large filter capacitor was 22.4 Vdc. Bear in mind that
> these are with a 120 Vac/60 Hz line input voltage, so what you see in
> the U.K. may well be different than what I'm seeing in America. I
> hope this helps.

Hi Louis

> I'm also in Europe but my M/P has exactly the same transformer.
> They just put in an additional 2:1 transformer in front of that!
>
> I'm not sure if that was Korg policy or whether I have a US model
> that was adapted by someone.
Your MonoPoly seems to be an adapted 110V. Mine is an original european
model and contains only one transformer:
http://fa.utfs.org/diy/monopoly_mirage/images/100-0049_IMG.jpg

Florian

--- In korg_mono-poly@yahoogroups.com, "nowdigitaluk"
<tim.cockram@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> My Mono' needs help, anyone any idea what the output voltage of the
> transformer or voltage accross the smoothing capacitors should be?
>
> Thanks
>

Thanks for the information! Very useful

hi group,

the m/p has a nice filter, eh?
howsabout putting some external audio through that?
i've had an m/p for a few years now, love it, and i've used my input a lot.
don't have the schems here, but here's the dealio:
find the schems!
find the opamp that sums the oscillators and noise before they go to the filter.
wire a jack to that opamp via a buffering cap and an attenuating pot.
if you don't understand any of that, find someone who does because you don't
want to fry
your m/p (though i've only blown the fuses once :) or your other gear.
the nice thing about the m/p is that you can mix it w/ noise and/or any/all of
the internal
VCOs!

clock your arpeggio w/ your drum machine or anything else, and turn up the key
track
knob... sync'd filtering!

another fun trick:
plug another audio source into the m/p's FM input and get heterodyning fun!

another fun mod:
replace the MG caps with caps half the size.
use a spdt center-off switch to connect the original size and another larger
size in parallel.
this way you get a normal/ faster/ slower switch.
at near-audio rates you can get great vocal-y sounds.
i'll post some audio when i'm done moving my studio.

by the by, if your filter or amp acts up, most likely it's your electrolyics in
the ADSR(s).
replace them and you'll most likely be good to go. don't replace your expensive
CEM or
whatever chip before you check the caps!

anyway, nice group, nice to talk to you, any input? plug it in!
scott
contact@...
www.bridechamber.com

Hi Scott


> another fun mod:
> replace the MG caps with caps half the size.
> use a spdt center-off switch to connect the original size and another larger
size in parallel.
> this way you get a normal/ faster/ slower switch.
> at near-audio rates you can get great vocal-y sounds.
Yes. I definitely can recommend this. The same is valid for the timing
caps of the envelopes (C23 and C25 resp on KLM355).

Regarding the timing of the envelopes: to my taste the range in which
the short attack, decay, and release rates are controlled by the
corresponging pots is very narrow, and theres a too wide range for the
long rates (e.g if I compare it to my moog prodigy). Did you ever think
about changing the potentiometers? Or adding parallel resistors to
change the characteristics of the potentiometers?


> by the by, if your filter or amp acts up, most likely it's your electrolyics
in the ADSR(s).
> replace them and you'll most likely be good to go. don't replace your
expensive CEM or
> whatever chip before you check the caps!
Theres a "must read" on this topic:
http://www.oldcrows.net/~oldcrow/synth/tips.txt

Florian

----- Original Message -----

From: Florian Anwander

To: korg_mono-poly@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 11:42 AM

Subject: Re: [korg_mono-poly] hello, here's a mod for you:

Hi Scott

> another fun mod:
> replace the MG caps with caps half the size.
> use a spdt center-off switch to connect the original size and another larger size in parallel.
> this way you get a normal/ faster/ slower switch.
> at near-audio rates you can get great vocal-y sounds.
Yes. I definitely can recommend this. The same is valid for the timing
caps of the envelopes (C23 and C25 resp on KLM355).

Regarding the timing of the envelopes: to my taste the range in which
the short attack, decay, and release rates are controlled by the
corresponging pots is very narrow, and theres a too wide range for the
long rates (e.g if I compare it to my moog prodigy). Did you ever think
about changing the potentiometers? Or adding parallel resistors to
change the characteristics of the potentiometers?

> by the by, if your filter or amp acts up, most likely it's your electrolyics in the ADSR(s).
> replace them and you'll most likely be good to go. don't replace your expensive CEM or
> whatever chip before you check the caps!
Theres a "must read" on this topic:
http://www.oldcrows.net/~oldcrow/synth/tips.txt

Florian

anyone have any audio samples of these new modifications??? id sure
like to hear them.

----- Original Message -----

From: Mars Holie

To: korg_mono-poly@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 3:01 AM

Subject: [korg_mono-poly] i want to hear these new mods

anyone have any audio samples of these new modifications??? id sure
like to hear them.

i did an interesting thing while trying to heterodyne my mono/poly. i
normally use a stereo out from my computers headphone jack that splits
into two cords. i plug the left one into vco fm in, and the right one
into vcf fcm in. then i use waveform generators on my computer (panned
left and right respectively) to control these inputs. but this time i
accidently plugged them in one space to the right each. so the left
was going into vcf fcm in, and the right was going into the PORTA
jack. i didnt realize this for a while. would an audio signal have
affected anything when plugged into that input? (the signal was a
rising sawtooth at 27.5 hz and 24.8 db if that helps)

The Porta's just a switch input, right? I think so. You should be fine.
If your portamento still works, then you're OK :)

Cheers,
Scott Deyo
The Bridechamber
contact@...
www.bridechamber.com


On Jan 16, 2007, at 6:47 PM, MATT wrote:

> i did an interesting thing while trying to heterodyne my mono/poly. i
>  normally use a stereo out from my computers headphone jack that splits
>  into two cords. i plug the left one into vco fm in, and the right one
>  into vcf fcm in. then i use waveform generators on my computer (panned
>  left and right respectively) to control these inputs. but this time i
>  accidently plugged them in one space to the right each. so the left
>  was going into vcf fcm in, and the right was going into the PORTA
>  jack. i didnt realize this for a while. would an audio signal have
>  affected anything when plugged into that input? (the signal was a
>  rising sawtooth at 27.5 hz and 24.8 db if that helps)
>
>
>

> Regarding the timing of the envelopes: to my taste the range in which
> the short attack, decay, and release rates are controlled by the
> corresponging pots is very narrow, and theres a too wide range for the
> long rates (e.g if I compare it to my moog prodigy). Did you ever think
> about changing the potentiometers? Or adding parallel resistors to
> change the characteristics of the potentiometers?

Yes, they feel to me to be log where they should be lin, or the other
way around.  The service manual says they are log pots but I haven't
checked what's actually used in my M/P.

Louis

Hi Mono/Poly heads,


Korg Analogue Edition 2007 has just been released!
http://www.korg.com/gear/info.asp?A_PROD_NO=KLCAE2007&category_id=8

Featuring
- Mono/Poly
- MS20
- PolySix
- MDE-X
- Legacy Cell.

.. and it's cheap as chips!


Now you too can have a VSTi/AU/RTAS/Standalone Mono/Poly (which sounds
absolutely amazing) in software land ...

The virtual Mono/Poly adds to the original Mono/Poly:
- Patch Memories!
- Total Recall within your DAW
- Extended synthesis offered via 8 virtual patch cables
- Authentic CMT modelling of your beloved favourite
- Tempo syncable LFO's (and thus ARP) with incoming MIDI clock or DAW clock
- Polyphony up to 32 voices with up to 16 voice Unison.
- No hiss
- Launch as many instances as your computer can handle within your DAW host
- Integrated 2 x insert multieffect processors (MDE-X) each sporting 19
algorithims.

; )

I wrote contributed 105 factory presets to it and provided the demo songs
"Mystery of Love" and "Depths of the Sub" which you can hear at the link
above.

If you've questions about it head to www.korguser.net and download the demo
version of Korg Analogue edition 2007 or join the cummunities at
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/korg-legacy-users/ OR
www.korgforums.com ...


Cheers !


jasefos
Korg Legacy Users YahooGroup owner/moderator

Hi, I'm in London and need desparately a Mono/Poly (240V) by end
March. Any condition - but must work. Thanks for reading. Iain S

> Hi, I'm in London and need desparately a Mono/Poly (240V) by end
> March. Any condition - but must work. Thanks for reading. Iain S

... or .... in the meantime the Korg Legacy Collection Analogue Edition
2007's Mono/Poly (as a VST/AU/RTAS instrument) might fit the bill. It's
quite inexpensive and you'll also get PolySix and MS20 thrown in for good
measure.

[ducking - I'm sure some Mono/Poly purists wouldn't entertain the thought of
a soft substitute for the real machine]

; )

Cheers


jasefos

----- Original Message -----

From: Jase From Outta Space

To: korg_mono-poly@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 11:57 PM

Subject: Re: [korg_mono-poly] WANTED Mono / Poly

> Hi, I'm in London and need desparately a Mono/Poly (240V) by end
> March. Any condition - but must work. Thanks for reading. Iain S

... or .... in the meantime the Korg Legacy Collection Analogue Edition
2007's Mono/Poly (as a VST/AU/RTAS instrument) might fit the bill. It's
quite inexpensive and you'll also get PolySix and MS20 thrown in for good
measure.

[ducking - I'm sure some Mono/Poly purists wouldn't entertain the thought of
a soft substitute for the real machine]

; )

Cheers

jasefos

hey everyone, i recently bought a mono/poly about 3 weeks ago, my
limeted experience of synthesis in my whole 18 years of life has been
purely digital. its sad i know...it was great to learn that there is a
group to help me with this amazing instrument, im so eager to learn. i
downloaded the manual but theres nothing like having someone with
personal experience tell you whats goin on. if anyone could give me a
breif overveiw of syncing the arpeggiator. i have limeted gear and
limeted funds, i have a 707, what are the possibilities???

thanks in advance to anyone that can help
great group, il start posting my patches as soon as i can.
cheers.

Hi

> personal experience tell you whats goin on. if anyone could give me a
> breif overveiw of syncing the arpeggiator. i have limeted gear and
> limeted funds, i have a 707, what are the possibilities???
The arpeggiator requires a single trigger signal for each step (in fact
you need a so called "Switched Trigger"). This kind of trigger signal
was usually generated by analogue drum machines (eg. the TR-808 provides
trigger outs), sequencers or dedicated synchronizers.

For synching with MIDI the easiest way should be a MIDI-2-CV interface,
like Doepfer MCV4 or Kenton Pro Solo (others exist). If you program a
short note for each step of the arpeggiator in your sequencer and feed
the "gate out" of the interface to the arpeggiator in, you will have a sync.
It is irrelevant which note you are using - because you don't use the
tonal information (which is transferred by the CV-Signal) but only the
Note-on/off, which is transferred by the Gate-Signal.

Another possibility, but not as reliable, might be to use a short audio
signal (e.g a rimshot) to trigger the Arpeggio.

Florian