> From: zach phillips
>
> thanks everyone, I really appreciate it. I will be trying
> various things tonight. I already went through the giant list
> of secret functions (lower function + D for diagnostics, etc)
> and turned all the voices off and back on, etc... didn't find
> the master tune reset so I will look around for that.
>
> but I have one question:
> if I do the factory calibrations that erase the memory (if
> memory serves, the command for this is lower function > D >
> 12 > STOP) will I lose the presets or will the voices be
> RESTORED to factory presets? I don't know how to back up
> memory to cassette... have a Prophet 600 too that uses a
> similar system but I've never used it so I wouldn't want to
> backtrack...

No, you'll have nothing in your memory. But your description of the behavior
of the instrument makes me wonder if you even have anything in the memory.
When you press a letter, do the number switches light up, or are they dark?
If they've all gone dark, then something caused you to lose your memory,
including calibrations.

If you still have programs in there, but just can't be heard, the might try
doing the calibrations without erasing the memory. But you'll have to do
them all, and check every single setting in the instrument. Erasing the
memory is simplest, because you only have to do some of the calibrations
(i.e., not the individual key sensitivities), and you only have to change
those settings that are supposed to be on instead of off.

If all you want is factory presets, then you can download them from here:

http://www.rhodeschroma.com/?id=polarispatches

and get them into the Polaris in various ways. I used the .syx files, and
played them through a USB to MIDI converter using MIDI-OX for Windows.

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Ciao, Paul D. DeRocco
Paul mailto:pderocco@...