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From: buddington-paul@cs.yale.edu (Paul Buddington)
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Subject: Re: Poly-800 receives everything on midi (too bad)
Message-ID: <1991May6.043515.29012@cs.yale.edu>
Date: 6 May 91 04:35:15 GMT
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In article <1991May2.133109.23693@cbnewsh.att.com> tjt@cbnewsh.att.com (timothy.j.thompson) writes:
>From article <1991May2.085901.23232@santra.uucp>, by s33996f@puukko.hut.fi (Antti 'Antti' Ketola):
>> RCV CHANNEL parameter seems to affect only the transmit (OUT) channel on the 
>> Poly-800, not the receiving channel!
>>    So, can that 'omni' mode be switched off? How? The Front Panel gives no
>> signs of such feature (which,I think,is of fundamental kind) !
>
>I never found a way on the front panel, but the Poly-800 (the original
>one) *does* respond to the appropriate incoming MIDI message that will
>turn off the Omni mode.  Annoying that you can't do it without an external
>MIDI device to send the message, but at least it's possible.  It also (if
>I recall correctly) gets reset on power-up.  ...Tim...tjt@twitch.att.com...

Actually, it's pretty simple to turn off OMNI mode.  It's in the back of the
manual, I think, although it's not listed in the index.  If you hit the
"Prog/Para" button to put the display in paramater mode then select parameter
number 87 (Midi channel), OMNI mode is turned off.  It works for me - I have
the Poly-800 on channel 2, a DX7 on channel 1, and a drum machine on channel
3.  It is a pain to have to turn off OMNI mode every time I turn the synth
on, but at least it works.


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