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Conference napalm::commusic_v1

Title:* * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * *
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Created:Thu Feb 20 1986
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Number of topics:2852
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2642.0. "Poly 800 and Sysex ?" by VMSSG::DICKINSON (Peter 381-1973) Tue May 14 1991 21:49

    
    Does anyone know if the Poly 800 does Sysex ?
    
    I want to be able to dump the on board sequencer, preferrably
    initiating the dump from the Korg side.
    
    merci,
    
    Peter
    
    
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2642.1SorryPAULJ::HARRIMANDo not annoy the monkeys.Wed May 15 1991 16:486
Poly-800s didn't do sysex, to my knowledge. I don't think many boards
that age knew sysex. You definitely can't dump the sequencer to MIDI, just
to tape. That's why I got rid of mine.

/pjh
2642.2Talk About VagueIXION::ROSTMake my foam pre-CBSWed May 15 1991 17:335
    I've seen ads for editor/librarian programs for the Poly 800 which
    suggests that it *does* do sys-ex, but I have no idea if that includes
    sequence dumps, or how to do it if it did.
    
    							Brian
2642.3The 1984-vintage docs said nothingPAULJ::HARRIMANDo not annoy the monkeys.Thu May 16 1991 12:5812
	re: .-1

	maybe... it certainly wasn't documented c. 1984. I'd be curious to
	know. I think it did understand some registered parameters. I never
	saw a product which explicitly stated that it could load/save 
	sequencer data. I don't recall many really decent MIDI implementations
	from that time, MIDI was too new. Like, my JX-3P had a lousy
	implementation as well (default OMNI mode? yuk)...

	well, whatever. Anybody have more recent documentation for a
	Poly-800?
2642.4Poly 800 mkIICSC32::M_MOSHERSpace alien escapesMon May 20 1991 13:138
	The Poly-800 does not do sysex. But I am about 90% sure that
the Poly-800 mkII does.  If it is anything like the Korg DW-8000
(which came out before the Poly-800 mkII, I think) it can not
initiate its own sysex dump. 

			Mark M.


2642.5VMSSG::DICKINSONPeter 381-1973Tue May 28 1991 15:549
    
    Well, I have gotten around the problem by having a QX21 receive midi-out
    from the korg while the Korg sequencer is playing. The QX21 will do
    Sysex, so I am able (eventually) to dump the Korg sequence data to
    disk.
    
    peter