Polykobol

Hello, Ok, I agree to managed the second launch. I write again to you about the topic. Thanks Jason, Francois

Hii Nils, Cool to have news from you! :flowers: Please, tell me which forum if you know which one. Have a good evening! All the best, Francois

Hi, I missed the possibility to get the PCB a part of the kit from Wilba. Is there someone here who bought on too much a gree to sell it to me. Not mounted for sure. Best regards and thanks in advance, F

Bonjour Thorsten, Good question... Well, until now, the Midibox FM has got random patches. I would use the Midibox FM more in this direction. And at the moment the TX 816 has got symphonic, strings and pads sounds... And you know, the TX 816 is really good for that. At the moment I can't really compare them. They are there for the right use. Thanks for the message and nice work! C.U. Francois

Ahhh... Ok.. Good so! :) But it sounds also beutifull with SID. With Kobol it is another spirit always interesting to use boths. Francois

Salut, What was there on the caht? I would like to know... Curious... :D Francois

Bonjour, Tu sais, il y a 15 ans, tu pouvais trouver un Korg PS3100 pour 400 Euro.. Personne n'en voulait. Comme d'ailleurs, d'autres machines..;-) Tu joue avec quoi comme instruments/machine encore? à bientôt, Francois

Hello, No, I want to keep the letters like it is. When you are in front of the sequencer, it is already easy to see the characters. You can distinguish the relief of the letter and I like that. Francois

Ok.. I will take the IBM one.. ;D But, I wanted to list the connectors I have to order to repair another Polykobol. I want to repair 2 polykobols this week and after this, if I have to wait to some components to do the mod you proposed. Also, I would like to do a DOUT module to midify a Polykobol. Or, is there already an aplication doing a coding which could be adapted to the keyboard plug connector? Thanks, Francois

Bonjour, You didn't see the second one as well the third one. ;) I got the one which is midified in 88 for 80 euro. It is my first analogic synth. After this, I found one in Paris in 1998 or 1999 which I trade against a Korg Monopoly around 400 Euro at this time. Again, a friend of mine proposed his for around 800 Euro, the one which has some wood scratched. But, it is not a big problem. I wanted to obtain a Korg PS3300 sound. With 3 Korg PS3100 I even get better. :D But It takes more place. All of the 3 work perfectly and I don't have to canabilise one to repair the other. I know fine that synthesizer. And it is a really strong one. Yesterday evening, I did connect the output of the midified one to the audio input of a kobol.. And I modulated it via a midibox CV. Was really cool too! 8) I really don't care about a full midification on it.. I waited around 20 years to get it midi.. ;) I also tried to patch the few jacks inputs via the midibox Cv but without any success.. The input signals should be beetween -5volts and + 5 volts.. But, I am thinking to connect all the 3 Korg PS3100 together thru the same relay set, using SCSI 1 flat cables.. The cheapest solution to get a PS3300 sound in live. I will order that to Reichelt and will let you know the result! Francois

Bonjour, ;) Thanks for the compliments! Well, I first thought to use the keyboard of a sun station to fix the front panel on it. Due to that fact, the sequencer is not rackable.. But I don't care as the goal is to get akind of desktop sequencer. It is bigger and in fact, I got a little more place for the electronic. After I noticed that the Sun keyboard is to fin for the electronic, I collected aluminium panels from my company.. :P And did a design for the case which I gave to a friend to machine it. It is true there are many connectors.. At the moment I have 3 midi sockets and 1 power supply. I have to drill other holes and I will use mini din, the same one you can find on video cams. For other additional midi outs and ins as well as for the roland synchro 24. I will add soon machined thick foots with a V shape, just to bring the sequencer a little bit higher with a small angle.. approximately the same you can find on the TR 808 or on the Roland MC4B sequencers. I try to get a 60's 70's spirit design.. 8) I like this design now.. Funny as during the 80's I hated it.. I wanted to get a very square design, with everything flat, with buttons at the same level than the front panel but with only the rotary knobs doing the contrast. I found the knobs in a electronic used surplus parts and components shop . exactly 17 like that.. :D I have been quite lucky. :D But to find again the same.. It will be impossible :-\ I also wanted to avoid any screw on the front panel. If you want to find similar knobs, I noticed that some guitars Fender or Gibson use the same.. But, it is not cheap.. Around 5 euro or even more for the guitar one comparing to the 1 euro per knobs I paid.. There is also a chinese amplifier company using this kind of buble or valve knobs... I wanted to install the CV/gate option, but I will do an additional module for it. If not the case would have been thicker and it would have been sade. But, all these words turn around cosmetical aspects.. I like to do that.. But the main purpose is the electronic and the software..Thorsten.. thank you!! ;D