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Summary of Contents for HAWK-800

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Page 2: ...t Thank you and congratulations on your choice of the HAWK 800 upgrade kit This kit has been engineered for highest quality sounds and superb reliability To obtain optimum performance from your new HA...

Page 3: ...ncer mode you can edit up to seven different sequences and each one can be selected to play in real time Sequences can be locked to protect them from accidental editing The sequencer edit display show...

Page 4: ...SYSEX dump global parameters 10 11 GL 25 Jump into flash update routine 10 11 GL 26 Jump into diagnostics mode 10 Global Mode Parameters 10 12 GL xx Selected patch or parameter 10 13 GL xx Patch Bank...

Page 5: ...meter Groups 16 P1 Parameters 11 18 21 27 17 P1 13 23 DCO harmonics selector 17 P1 14 24 DCO harmonics modulation waveform selector 17 P1 15 25 DCO harmonics modulation LFO selector 18 P1 16 26 DCO ha...

Page 6: ...ation Group 24 P2 41 VCF 1st LFO waveform selector 24 P2 42 VCF 1st LFO modulation source selector 24 P2 43 VCF 1st LFO modulation depth 24 P2 44 VCF 2nd LFO waveform selector 24 P2 45 VCF 2nd LFO mod...

Page 7: ...Hints and Tips 31 MIDI System Exclusive Messages 31 Receiving EX 800 or Poly 800 Mk2 Sysex Bulk Data 31 MIDI Controller Messages 31 MIDI CC Non Registered Parameter Number Method 31 MIDI CC Quick Para...

Page 8: ...http www hawk800 com Finding Your Way Around Front Panel There are four major differences between the operation of the front panel buttons and the original Korg Poly 800 or EX 800 Poly 800 MK1 and MK2...

Page 9: ...e HAWK 800 software 11 GL 11 No operation No command is executed if you select executable parameter 11 and set the data value to 11 and press the Write key This ensures that you don t accidentally exe...

Page 10: ...he data display will be blanked out You edit global parameters by using the keypad to select the desired parameter and then using the up and down buttons to set the value for that global parameter The...

Page 11: ...ogram Up 1 Pedal will hold notes at sustain level 2 Decay and Release will be extended by extended parameter 78 3 Both mode 1 and 2 combined The pedal jack on the rear of the Poly 800 was originally d...

Page 12: ...annel 27 GL xx MIDI receive channel xx 1 16 Determines the MIDI receive channel to which the synthesizer will respond 28 GL xx MIDI soft thru xx 0 off 1 on This parameters allows setting the HAWK 800...

Page 13: ...sages and the pitch of the unit itself will not work correctly if this parameter is not set to one If your HAWK 800 kit is installed in a Poly 800 MK2 then the device type should be set to 2 This enab...

Page 14: ...t to off so that no transmission of joystick movement occurs 42 GL xx Local Joystick control off xx 0 off 1 on original 2 extended mode 3 extended mode with patch change Allows turning local control o...

Page 15: ...he sequencer by reducing the number of ticks A typical use would be to set the tick count to 3 so that the sequencer would step forward twice as fast This is particularly useful for matching the time...

Page 16: ...ons Remapped Original Parameters Certain parameter numbers have been changed to allow support of the MK2 effects parameters and to fit in additional parameters as efficiently as possible The HAWK 800...

Page 17: ...harmonics on 16 all harmonics off Selects the DCO harmonics to be enabled at note onset If no harmonic modulation is applied then this parameter determines the DCO harmonics that will be applied thro...

Page 18: ...ter 34 is set to 0 or 1 corresponding with Poly 800 MK1 or EX 800 then these parameters are inactive and will not be available for editing P1 34 MK2 Effects Unit Delay Time 00 99 sets the delay of the...

Page 19: ...her bass When the Poly 800 device global parameter 34 is set to 2 then these parameters become active If global parameter 34 is set to 0 or 1 corresponding with Poly 800 MK1 or EX 800 then parameters...

Page 20: ...er of the velocity operators are not being used then that operator or both should be disabled P1 82 85 OP1 OP2 Velocity Intensity Invert 0 1 0 normal intensity 1 inverted intensity Both velocity opera...

Page 21: ...ues Both LFO s have seven identical parameter controls The eighth parameter is unique between the two LFO s We discuss each of the common parameters together and then discuss the unique parameters sep...

Page 22: ...oth 4 inverted sawtooth 5 sine wave 6 inverted sine wave 7 square PWM wave 8 inverted square PWM wave It is now possible to modulate the frequency of LFO1 by SLFO3 and LFO2 by SLFO4 The SLFO waveform...

Page 23: ...d hold from sequencer loop repeat point Selects the LFO waveform that will be used to modulate the DCO s P2 32 DCO LFO modulation source selector 1 4 1 LFO1 2 LFO2 3 SLFO3 4 SLFO4 Selects the LFO or S...

Page 24: ...odulated by any of the four LFO s and the EG3 envelope generator P2 41 VCF 1st LFO waveform selector 1 8 1 triangle 2 inverted triangle 3 sawtooth 4 inverted sawtooth 5 sine wave 6 inverted sine wave...

Page 25: ...use 12db per octace filter slope NOTE Only works with the aTomaHawk 800 upgrade kit Resonance Modulation Group The resonance of the VCF can now be modulated by any of the four LFO s and the EG3 envelo...

Page 26: ...aTomaHawk 800 upgrade kit Selects the mode of operation of the resonance modulation Setting this parameter to zero applies the normal amount of modulation to the resonance level Setting this value to...

Page 27: ...FM800 level Setting this parameter to zero will turn off all LFO modulation of FM800 Setting this parameter to 15 will apply the maximum possible modulation P2 66 FM800 EG depth 00 15 00 no EG modulat...

Page 28: ...dom Sample and Hold Ticks 01 99 Number of note ticks to pass before next RSH from seq Or MIDI clock This setting determines how many quarter notes should pass before the next random sample is held for...

Page 29: ...last four a unique per patch parameters P2 81 Tremolo DCO1 mode and LFO source 0 2 0 set tremolo on DCO1 off 1 use LFO1 as source for tremolo modulation 2 use LFO2 as source for tremolo modulation Use...

Page 30: ...rameter that is found to contain data that is outside of the limits for that parameter will be reset to be exactly half of the allowed range for that parameter This means that the first time you power...

Page 31: ...atch global parameter 16 then the desired parameter will not be changed This is useful if you have more than one HAWK 800 listening on the same MIDI channel and wish to edit sounds independently which...

Page 32: ...cian will generally edit HAWK 800 sounds by working inside of each parameter group So it is very convenient to be able to set up a hardware controller to select a parameter group and then edit any one...

Page 33: ...all global memory to zero except for the device type global parameter 34 which will retain its value It is important to ensure that the device type and all other parameters are set correctly Use this...

Page 34: ...s functions Or press the the Bank Hold button to return to normal synthesizer operation Or press the Prog Para button to restart the HAWK 800 If the HAWK 800 displays an error code then consider the f...

Page 35: ...86 and VCF velocity operator set by parameters P1 87 88 add additional delay between when a MIDI note on event is received by the Poly 800 and the actual onset of those notes Thus if you do not wish...

Page 36: ...e if we had first selected sequence three as mentioned in point 3 above and then pressed and held the Write button while then pressing the sequencer Start button The display shows the selected patch w...

Page 37: ...es playing and the new selected sequence begins to play A selected sequence will continue to loop until it is either stopped using the Start Stop button or another sequence is selected for playback 8...

Page 38: ...ill change to show sequence 8 as being selected Sequence 8 is not stored in non volatile flash memory so you must copy the sequence to 1 thru 7 sequence locations if you wish to keep sequence 8 13 You...

Page 39: ...synth to use seven segment displays Hold down the Start Stop button Switch to LCD display mode Not yet implemented Allows use of a standard 16 x 2 LCD display SourceForge HAWK800 Project Software dev...

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