New here.
  Just interested in what the range in prices is for these.

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>
>  New here.
>  Just interested in what the range in prices is for these.
>
This may not be too helpful to you in determining a reasonable price
for this synthesizer, but I got mine free from a local high school,
clearing out a storage closet of unused items.

Hi Balthazar,

I find it usually useful to search in ebay for "Completed listings only"
- though it is not necessarily the real measure.
I paid for mine 590 Euros plus shipping in 2004. It was a "buy it now"
price. Before I did not win several normal auctions, which ended in a
lower price - but it doesn't help if always there is someone bidding one
euro higher a second later. Finally I do not regret to have paid that
price. The MonoPoly is my main synth for arpeggios (though my
Supermax-DX7 is a tough competitor).

Florian

balthazarr8 wrote:

>  New here.
>  Just interested in what the range in prices is for these.

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>  New here.
>  Just interested in what the range in prices is for these.
>

I paid £450 on ebay for mine but have seen them go for £420/30 before
now.

Hello,

I found a great MIDI Retrofit for the MonoPoly. Its produced by Mungo
Enterprises in Australia.
http://home.netspeed.com.au/aistorm/midiretrofits.html

The retrofit has a sysex programmable offset, so the keyboard can start
at any key number you like.The retrofit is available either as a
shortform kit for $50 (PCB + microcontroller) or a fully assembled and
tested unit for $225. The shortform kit requires about $20-30 worth of
parts to be purchased for it and takes about 2 hours to
build.

I will order at least two - one for the Monopoly and one for my SH-101.

Best regards, Florian


PS: I can recommend John Pillans (the man behind Mungo-Enterprises); I
bought already some of his incredible Mungo-Syncs.

I installed one of these in my Juno 6.  I got my self
the £50 self esembelt option.  John was very helpfull
over email whern I came up against a few problems
which he helped me get sorted very quickly and the
systerm now works a treat.
--- Florian Anwander <Florian.Anwander@...>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I found a great MIDI Retrofit for the MonoPoly. Its
> produced by Mungo
> Enterprises in Australia.
>
http://home.netspeed.com.au/aistorm/midiretrofits.html
>
> The retrofit has a sysex programmable offset, so the
> keyboard can start
> at any key number you like.The retrofit is available
> either as a
> shortform kit for $50 (PCB + microcontroller) or a
> fully assembled and
> tested unit for $225. The shortform kit requires
> about $20-30 worth of
> parts to be purchased for it and takes about 2 hours
> to
> build.
>
> I will order at least two - one for the Monopoly and
> one for my SH-101.
>
> Best regards, Florian
>
>
> PS: I can recommend John Pillans (the man behind
> Mungo-Enterprises); I
> bought already some of his incredible Mungo-Syncs.
>
>
>



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Hello Alan

That's good news. Is there anyone in the european union interested in a
bulk buy of the kit version (John told me he can do good offers for the
kit, but not for the assembled version). We could share the shippping
costs; I could manage the customs hassle.

Florian

Alan Dicker wrote:

> I installed one of these in my Juno 6.  I got my self
> the £50 self esembelt option.  John was very helpfull
> over email whern I came up against a few problems
> which he helped me get sorted very quickly and the
> systerm now works a treat.
> --- Florian Anwander <Florian.Anwander@...>
> wrote:
>
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I found a great MIDI Retrofit for the MonoPoly. Its
>>produced by Mungo
>>Enterprises in Australia.
>>
>
> http://home.netspeed.com.au/aistorm/midiretrofits.html
>
>>The retrofit has a sysex programmable offset, so the
>>keyboard can start
>>at any key number you like.The retrofit is available
>>either as a
>>shortform kit for $50 (PCB + microcontroller) or a
>>fully assembled and
>>tested unit for $225. The shortform kit requires
>>about $20-30 worth of
>>parts to be purchased for it and takes about 2 hours
>>to
>>build.
>>
>>I will order at least two - one for the Monopoly and
>>one for my SH-101.
>>
>>Best regards, Florian
>>
>>
>>PS: I can recommend John Pillans (the man behind
>>Mungo-Enterprises); I
>>bought already some of his incredible Mungo-Syncs.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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Hi,

I am looking for a "EES MIDI CV 7" MIDI/CV-interface. I am in the
european union, but world wide offers are welcome.

Florian

Maybe you should contact a professional synth repair man. It will ofcourse cost
a little, but
save your own time to a profitable work.

Maybe you should contact a professional synth repair man. It will ofcourse cost a little, but
save your own time to a profitable work.




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Hi Chase

> should which is creating the noise.  So now I am changing the
> capacitors, op amps, and voltage regulators and if that does not work,
> then I am out of ideas.
You might try to isolate the error also by disconnecting some boards,
and measure the rest:
'+++' means switch power on
'---' means switch power off

disconnect all boards
+++
check powersupply out with oscilloscope
---
connect KLM-356 (uP board) to powersupply and keyboard to KLM-356
(perhaps also the 353 with the keyboardmode switches is required)
+++
check the CVs at the connector pins 27-1 to 27-4  with oscilloscope
---
connect the VCO-board
+++
check the CVs at the connector pins 1,3, 9, and 11 of IC-7 with
oscilloscope.
check the outputs of IC-22 (opamp after Ext VCO in) with oscilloscope.
check at the four summing points for VCO-CVs
check the output of all four VCOs separately.
---
add VCF board
+++
Check again the output of the VCOs

and so on....

If the constant FM appears, the let the constellation as it is, but go
back in the measurement chain to check how far 'back' the FM can be
traced (e.g. already on VCO board, but not at the uP-board-output).

I don't remember wether the ICs originally are socketed. But if they
are, you might also remove some relevant ICs.

Florian

Hi Chase

> should which is creating the noise. So now I am changing the
> capacitors, op amps, and voltage regulators and if that does not work,
> then I am out of ideas.
You might try to isolate the error also by disconnecting some boards,
and measure the rest:
'+++' means switch power on
'---' means switch power off

disconnect all boards
+++
check powersupply out with oscilloscope
---
connect KLM-356 (uP board) to powersupply and keyboard to KLM-356
(perhaps also the 353 with the keyboardmode switches is required)
+++
check the CVs at the connector pins 27-1 to 27-4 with oscilloscope
---
connect the VCO-board
+++
check the CVs at the connector pins 1,3, 9, and 11 of IC-7 with
oscilloscope.
check the outputs of IC-22 (opamp after Ext VCO in) with oscilloscope.
check at the four summing points for VCO-CVs
check the output of all four VCOs separately.
---
add VCF board
+++
Check again the output of the VCOs

and so on....

If the constant FM appears, the let the constellation as it is, but go
back in the measurement chain to check how far 'back' the FM can be
traced (e.g. already on VCO board, but not at the uP-board-output).

I don't remember wether the ICs originally are socketed. But if they
are, you might also remove some relevant ICs.

Florian



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Hi Chase

> should which is creating the noise. So now I am changing the
> capacitors, op amps, and voltage regulators and if that does not work,
> then I am out of ideas.
You might try to isolate the error also by disconnecting some boards,
and measure the rest:
'+++' means switch power on
'---' means switch power off

disconnect all boards
+++
check powersupply out with oscilloscope
---
connect KLM-356 (uP board) to powersupply and keyboard to KLM-356
(perhaps also the 353 with the keyboardmode switches is required)
+++
check the CVs at the connector pins 27-1 to 27-4 with oscilloscope
---
connect the VCO-board
+++
check the CVs at the connector pins 1,3, 9, and 11 of IC-7 with
oscilloscope.
check the outputs of IC-22 (opamp after Ext VCO in) with oscilloscope.
check at the four summing points for VCO-CVs
check the output of all four VCOs separately.
---
add VCF board
+++
Check again the output of the VCOs

and so on....

If the constant FM appears, the let the constellation as it is, but go
back in the measurement chain to check how far 'back' the FM can be
traced (e.g. already on VCO board, but not at the uP-board-output).

I don't remember wether the ICs originally are socketed. But if they
are, you might also remove some relevant ICs.

Florian



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Change your electrolytics, maybe. I had to replace mine on my filters a
couple years ago.

If you're having global problems, maybe it's your power supply. Maybe
your caps are going there...?

Good luck,
Scott Deyo
The Bridechamber
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On Dec 26, 2007, at 9:21 PM, Chase Smith wrote:

> Hello,
>     Upon the previous suggestion, I was able to get a bit closer to
> the problem, but still no solution.  However, I am hoping that my new
> information makes the problem easier to solve.
>
> First, I replaced all the op/amps and it did not help.  After that, I
> tried various combinations of cables to see if I could eliminate the
> noise.  I was able to significantly reduce the noise by unplugging the
> orange cable from the CV board to the board with the LFO knobs.  Doing
> this almost eliminates the noise.  A noise is still there, but it is
> much quieter.  However, a click is present in the audio at max res and
> cutofff which happens at each cycle of the LFO.
>
> It appears as if the LFO (s) and (most importantly) the arpeggiator
> are bleeding into the audio and creating much of this noise.  What
> could cause this kind of thing to happen?  Dead capacitors?  There are
> some capacitors on this board but I'm not  sure what kind they are
> (polypropylene?).
>
> I believe that fixing this bleeding problem will fix it all.  Any help
> is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Chase Smith
>
> Florian Anwander <Florian.Anwander@...> wrote:
>>
>> > should which is creating the noise. So now I am changing the
>> > capacitors, op amps, and voltage regulators and if that does not
>> work,
>> > then I am out of ideas.
>> You might try to isolate the error also by disconnecting some boards,
>> and measure the rest:
>> '+++' means switch power on
>> '---' means switch power off
>>
>> disconnect all boards
>> +++
>> check powersupply out with oscilloscope
>> ---
>> connect KLM-356 (uP board) to powersupply and keyboard to KLM-356
>> (perhaps also the 353 with the keyboardmode switches is required)
>> +++
>> check the CVs at the connector  pins 27-1 to 27-4 with oscilloscope
>> ---
>> connect the VCO-board
>> +++
>> check the CVs at the connector pins 1,3, 9, and 11 of IC-7 with
>> oscilloscope.
>> check the outputs of IC-22 (opamp after Ext VCO in) with oscilloscope.
>> check at the four summing points for VCO-CVs
>> check the output of all four VCOs separately.
>> ---
>> add VCF board
>> +++
>> Check again the output of the VCOs
>>
>> and so on....
>>
>> If the constant FM appears, the let the constellation as it is, but go
>> back in the measurement chain to check how far 'back' the FM can be
>> traced (e.g. already on VCO board, but not at the uP-board-output).
>>
>> I don't remember wether the ICs originally are socketed. But if they
>> are, you might also remove some relevant ICs.
>>
>> Florian
>>
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Hi, I'm a new member as of a few minutes ago!

I hope you all don't mind, but I made a new photo album called "mods"
for people to share their Mono/Poly mods, and uploaded the first photo.

That said, I got mine used with this mod already done, but I have no
idea what it is for! Can anyone please have a look and get reply to
this post?  I've scoured the internet for an answer with no avail. The
closest thing I could find was some Moog hook-up port thingy, but that
could be totally wrong...

Thanks,
Casey

Hi Casey

> That said, I got mine used with this mod already done, but I have no
> idea what it is for! Can anyone please have a look and get reply to
> this post?
The picture doesn't say too much. It would be more helpful to open the
MonoPoly and take a shot from the inside to show where the cables go to.

There are a lot of possible moddings:

CV/Gate-out CV/Gate-In for the individual VCO-voices.

Separate triggers for the VCO / VCA Envelopes

The width of the connector also implies access to the keyboard matrix,
which would enable additional MIDI-In/MIDI-out interfaces.

...

Florian

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Hi Casey

> That said, I got mine used with this mod already done, but I have no
> idea what it is for! Can anyone please have a look and get reply to
> this post?
The picture doesn't say too much. It would be more helpful to open the
MonoPoly and take a shot from the inside to show where the cables go to.

There are a lot of possible moddings:

CV/Gate-out CV/Gate-In for the individual VCO-voices.

Separate triggers for the VCO / VCA Envelopes

The width of the connector also implies access to the keyboard matrix,
which would enable additional MIDI-In/MIDI-out interfaces.

...

Florian

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Hi there, just wondering how i can trigger the arpeggiator?  Would a tr 808 work
...or what
can i use to trigger this?

thanks,
vince

Hi Vince

> Hi there, just wondering how i can trigger the arpeggiator?  Would a tr 808
work ...or what
> can i use to trigger this?
Originally the arpeggiator clock in is a switched trigger input (means:
shorten tip to ground advances the arpeggio one step).

To use it with a TR-808 trigger out, you have to use a
V-Trigger-to-S-Trigger adaptor as shown at
http://www.doepfer.de/faq/gen_faq.htm#S-Trig


Alternatively you may try to use a short audio click signal like the 808
Rimshot, but it will not be that reliable and may cause double triggering.

All the best, Florian

thanks florian!!!

looks not too hard...hehe umm would there be anywhere or anyone who sells this
type of adapter?

thanks again.

vince
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> Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 03:59:50 +0100
> Subject: Re: [korg_mono-poly] monoploy arpeggiator
>
> Hi Vince
>
>> Hi there, just wondering how i can trigger the arpeggiator?  Would a tr 808
work ...or what
>> can i use to trigger this?
> Originally the arpeggiator clock in is a switched trigger input (means:
> shorten tip to ground advances the arpeggio one step).
>
> To use it with a TR-808 trigger out, you have to use a
> V-Trigger-to-S-Trigger adaptor as shown at
> http://www.doepfer.de/faq/gen_faq.htm#S-Trig
>
>
> Alternatively you may try to use a short audio click signal like the 808
> Rimshot, but it will not be that reliable and may cause double triggering.
>
> All the best, Florian
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Hi Vince

> looks not too hard...hehe umm would there be anywhere or anyone who sells this
type of adapter?
as you can read in the text, doepfer does: "...We offer such a special
cable at a price of about Euro 20.00 - 25.00 (depends upon cable length
and connector type)...".

Florian

If you using a computer to sequencer and you want to sync the monopoly
arp up to it then there is a simple way that I found to work with any
synth with an arp trigger.  You may have read that sending the audio of
a drum shot to the trigger input can work and it can but its not very
reliable.
I use Sony sound forge to synthesize an 18 millisecond pulse wave.
Then I place this very short sample in to my software sampler with no
note scaling on and send the audio out put of this to the trigger input
of the monopoly.  Once you set the correct volume it works without
fail.  plus whats really cool is that your not stuck with a strait
pattern for the triggering as you can write in your sequencer the
pattern you want.
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<iamhappiness@...> wrote:
>
> Hi there, just wondering how i can trigger the arpeggiator?  Would a
tr 808 work ...or what
> can i use to trigger this?
>
> thanks,
> vince
>

Please help my VCO3 is way outta tune it is very high pitched and
sounds real bad. I found the service manual online but I don't really
know where to take it to have it fixed.
Anyone have experience with this ?
Also one Key is broken. I'd like to order replacement parts, keys,
etc. can't find a supplier.

Please write back thanks~!
Andy

Hi Andy

> sounds real bad. I found the service manual online but I don't really
> know where to take it to have it fixed.
Hmm, where in the world are you located? I am in Munich germany and
might be able to repair it...


> Also one Key is broken. I'd like to order replacement parts, keys,
> etc. can't find a supplier.
http://www.senso.dds.nl/

Senso is a very nice guy. He has all keys on stock with exception of the
UpperEnd C.

Florian

Florian,

Thank you for the link. I'm in Michigan. prob a little too far to ship
the keyboard for repairs. I will look through the vintage planet.
Thanks again,
Andy

--- In korg_mono-poly@yahoogroups.com, Florian Anwander
<Florian.Anwander@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Andy
>
> > sounds real bad. I found the service manual online but I don't really
> > know where to take it to have it fixed.
> Hmm, where in the world are you located? I am in Munich germany and
> might be able to repair it...
>
>
> > Also one Key is broken. I'd like to order replacement parts, keys,
> > etc. can't find a supplier.
> http://www.senso.dds.nl/
>
> Senso is a very nice guy. He has all keys on stock with exception of
the
> UpperEnd C.
>
> Florian
>

www.rightkeyrepair.com does stuff for me, in Minnesota.

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


On Mar 10, 2008, at 1:58 PM, A wrote:

> Florian,
>
>  Thank you for the link. I'm in Michigan. prob a little too far to ship
>  the keyboard for repairs. I will look through the vintage planet.
>  Thanks again,
>  Andy
>
>  --- In korg_mono-poly@yahoogroups.com, Florian Anwander
>  <Florian.Anwander@...> wrote:
>  >
>  > Hi Andy
>  >
>  > > sounds real bad. I found the service manual online but I don't
> really
>  > > know where to take it to have it fixed.
>  > Hmm, where in the world are you located? I am in Munich germany and
>  > might be able to repair it...
>  >
>  >
>  > > Also one Key is broken. I'd like to order replacement parts, keys,
>  > > etc. can't find a supplier.
>  > http://www.senso.dds.nl/
>  >
>  > Senso is a very nice guy. He has all keys on stock with exception of
>  the
>  > UpperEnd C.
>  >
>  > Florian
>  >
>
>
>

spear key for the monopoly and  polysix can often be
found on ebay.
What the problem with the 3VCO? Is it uned out of
range of the VR trim?
--- Scott Deyo <contact@...> wrote:

> www.rightkeyrepair.com does stuff for me, in
> Minnesota.
>
> Cheers,
> Scott Deyo
> The Bridechamber
> contact@...
> www.bridechamber.com
>
>
> On Mar 10, 2008, at 1:58 PM, A wrote:
>
> > Florian,
> >
> >  Thank you for the link. I'm in Michigan. prob a
> little too far to ship
> >  the keyboard for repairs. I will look through the
> vintage planet.
> >  Thanks again,
> >  Andy
> >
> >  --- In korg_mono-poly@yahoogroups.com, Florian
> Anwander
> >  <Florian.Anwander@...> wrote:
> >  >
> >  > Hi Andy
> >  >
> >  > > sounds real bad. I found the service manual
> online but I don't
> > really
> >  > > know where to take it to have it fixed.
> >  > Hmm, where in the world are you located? I am
> in Munich germany and
> >  > might be able to repair it...
> >  >
> >  >
> >  > > Also one Key is broken. I'd like to order
> replacement parts, keys,
> >  > > etc. can't find a supplier.
> >  > http://www.senso.dds.nl/
> >  >
> >  > Senso is a very nice guy. He has all keys on
> stock with exception of
> >  the
> >  > UpperEnd C.
> >  >
> >  > Florian
> >  >
> >
> >
> >



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Hej everyone! This is my first post and it's no funni at all.

I was to tune my 3rd osc when a PCB that was hanging loose came in contact with the PSU-unit. Do you know the PCB with the radiator-thing on it?

I saw a flash and then a resistor was burning.

Is it beyond rescue ?

Best Regards

Alexander Henriksson

Hi alexander

> I was to tune my 3rd osc when a PCB that was hanging loose came in
> contact with the PSU-unit. Do you know the PCB with the radiator-thing
> on it?
>
> I saw a flash and then a resistor was burning.
>
> Is it beyond rescue ?
Yes there is rescue, but this is now a job which should definitely NOT
be done by yourself (letting this pcb hang free around proved, that you
do not understand anything about the dangers of open synths). This
should be done only by a knowlegded person. This won't save money, but
it will save your live.

Florian