# Korg DL8000 R
**URL:** https://forum.electra.one/t/korg-dl8000-r/2840
**Category:** Instruments
**Created:** [April 13, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/korg-dl8000-r/2840 "2024-04-13T20:23:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@oldgearguy](https://forum.electra.one/u/oldgearguy)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/korg-dl8000-r/2840/1 "2024-04-13T20:23:18Z")
What started as an offhand remark from a friend about the DL8000R (and initially dismissed by me because the sysex looked challenging), turned into something that came together relatively quickly.
It got easier to finish once I actually bought a DL (but that’s another story).
These delays are known for their deep menus, encoders that get completely flakey to use, and their amazing sound when programmed.
So here is a working version that does everything but save the edited patch (that will come).
For now, I didn’t embed the factory or default user names because I’m trying to keep it small enough to run on the Mk I as well as the Mk II.
Let me know what you think.
[Korg DL8000R](https://app.electra.one/preset/XPwA8xhh27MvL96kSYhA)
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### Author:  [@oldgearguy](https://forum.electra.one/u/oldgearguy)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/korg-dl8000-r/2840/2 "2024-04-14T16:44:40Z")
OK, I think I added the patch naming change and saving a preset.
Still some random cleanups here and there, but it seems fine (at least from my 10 minutes testing).
now back to my personal Sisyphean task known as the PCM 80
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### Author:  [@oldgearguy](https://forum.electra.one/u/oldgearguy)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/korg-dl8000-r/2840/3 "2024-04-21T16:28:58Z")
Some tweaks to the main, but, also added a Mk II only version.
[DL 8000R mk II only](https://app.electra.one/preset/dnV5uZ3EglXwZ2RSm5lV)
What happens now is - when you first choose a preset to edit, I download all presets and the utility info.
This way, I can display all the preset (factory and user) names plus give you access to the utility config info _and_ the ability to change between Tap Tempo and regular millisecond time.
The Tap Tempo stuff is currently out on Page 10, still making sure it’s stable, but it is there and seems to be working.
I will need to rearrange the Config, Utility, and Tempo controls to be less cluttered and more useful, but for now, I think this version is useful, so it’s out there for you.
There’s no documented way I’ve found to just grab the utility info, so I can’t do most of these extras on the mk I just yet.
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### Author:  [@oldgearguy](https://forum.electra.one/u/oldgearguy)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/korg-dl8000-r/2840/4 "2024-05-19T18:33:17Z")
Did some cleanup on the Mk II version.
The renaming will save the new name
Also - in the config page, you can choose to have the E1 download just the specific patch or all the user names+the patch.
version 6
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### Author:  [@oldgearguy](https://forum.electra.one/u/oldgearguy)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/korg-dl8000-r/2840/5 "2025-01-09T19:25:27Z")
down the rathole of creating editors for gear that isn’t too common …
Been working on a preset for the Korg AM8000R. If there’s any owners out there, let me know.
Plan is to devote some time next week to the DL and AM 8000’s and get them ready for the 4.0 OS update.
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### Author:  [@nireus](https://forum.electra.one/u/nireus)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2025, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/korg-dl8000-r/2840/6 "2025-01-12T12:57:25Z")
Digging out the AM-8000, happy to try the preset for it.
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### Author:  [@oldgearguy](https://forum.electra.one/u/oldgearguy)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/korg-dl8000-r/2840/7 "2025-01-12T16:05:52Z")
It is still private, but for initial playing around, here you go:
[AM8000R](https://app.electra.one/preset/xlpIXh5GOxwwDpCeLGtK)
Some random caveats that I’ll be addressing – renaming a preset before saving kind of works, but the AM is stuck in the rename screen, so save doesn’t save the new name. Need a remote way to exit that screen.
For some reason, some AM8000R patches (mainly with Saturator as FX 2) will lock things up. I think the Korg MIDI documentation is not 100% correct (already fixed a few errors in it).
So if a particular patch locks up the Electra One, reboot and try a different patch.
Let me know if you like the way I decided to implement the FX 1/2 and Dly/Rvb algorithm selections
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### Author:  [@oldgearguy](https://forum.electra.one/u/oldgearguy)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/korg-dl8000-r/2840/8 "2025-01-13T21:03:47Z")
fixed the lockup and fixed the rename/save (ugly - still needs work).
Also added a FX 1 on/off button as a test.
still private - next week it’ll be cleaned up and finalized and made public.
As with the DL8000R preset, the very first patch you recall pulls back all the user patch names so that scrolling through stuff makes more sense. You need to wait a bit until the Electra screen shows the patch name and the fx1/2/rvb names then you’re good to go.
Note that you can pull back just 1 patch after that and in the Utility page you can set the option to just grab 1 preset, but there’s a downside to that because then there’s no way to grab all the utility parameters on the Utility page and you’ll have to set the FX 1/2/Rvb CC numbers manually to use the section on/off buttons.
There’s ways I can probably work this stuff, but I need time to think and that won’t be until the weekend.
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### Author:  [@anzv808](https://forum.electra.one/u/anzv808)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/korg-dl8000-r/2840/9 "2025-01-27T00:03:44Z")
How’s it going OGG? Saw you pushed an update to the DL8000R (V7), but wasnt sure what changed exactly. I saw the patch name/selector is in a new location on bottom left. Anything else notable? Thanks for working on this for all of us!
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### Author:  [@oldgearguy](https://forum.electra.one/u/oldgearguy)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/korg-dl8000-r/2840/10 "2025-01-27T00:13:35Z")
I finally got the link on/off working properly for everything but panning.
Also moved around a lot of parameters to better match what they do and how the DL has them organized.
Panning just need a tweak in it should be good to go in the next couple days.
I was going to hold off putting out a message until the panning was ok
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### Author:  [@oldgearguy](https://forum.electra.one/u/oldgearguy)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/korg-dl8000-r/2840/11 "2025-01-27T20:44:29Z")
The latest version of the DL8000R is now here: [DL 8000R v8](https://app.electra.one/preset/oCtNoOP5cQ9BmrUsucgR)
Any/all earlier links to the mkII version are no longer valid. I have not thought about porting changes to the mkI mainly because I’m overwhelmed with things that need to be done in the next few weeks.
The description has the changes. Give it a whirl and let me know. I did some consolidation of the pages. Hope it helps you navigate things a bit easier. There’s still a lot of parameters in this unit and I tried to more closely follow the general flow of the DL menus and block diagram.
The Mixer page is first and the tap delay times and modulations are on the Left Mod and Right Mod pages.
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### Author:  [@anzv808](https://forum.electra.one/u/anzv808)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2025, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/korg-dl8000-r/2840/12 "2025-01-30T04:24:31Z")
hey there - just playing around with this now. the new arrangement of pages is great!
I noticed something that seems like a bug. rather than use the left side buttons on my E1 to jog through the rows, I prefer to just touch the parameter directly to select it.
However, touching any parameter directly on this preset always shoots me back to the Config/Save page.
In the attached video, I am trying to select the BPM parameter on the Utility page. When I make contact, it shoots me back to Config/Save and opens the parameter in that same position (Pedal Mode \> Down).
I’m not sure why it would behave like this, but noticed it in the last version too. Let me know if you have any ideas!
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### Author:  [@oldgearguy](https://forum.electra.one/u/oldgearguy)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2025, 9:46am UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/korg-dl8000-r/2840/13 "2025-01-30T09:46:10Z")
What??? The Electra One has a touchscreen??? 🙂
I’ll take a look. Probably some leftover code that I had pulled from another project in the event handling section. I will update this reply with what I find and/or update the preset.
Thanks much for giving it a spin and the feedback on the layout changes.
EDIT #1 - there’s nothing in the code that is specifically handling screen touches. No custom controls or anything. What OS are you running on the Electra? I have been developing/testing mainly with 3.7.0f (I think that’s the one - Electra is at home and I am not, but that’s close to the number). I have sometimes booted up 3.6.1, but I think all recent DL8k and AM8k changes/testing has been again a 3.7.x variant.
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### Author:  [@martin](https://forum.electra.one/u/martin)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2025, 11:27am UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/korg-dl8000-r/2840/14 "2025-01-30T11:27:38Z")
> [@oldgearguy](#):
>
> What??? The Electra One has a touchscreen??? 🙂
you are kidding us, right? 🙂
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### Author:  [@oldgearguy](https://forum.electra.one/u/oldgearguy)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2025, 11:48am UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/korg-dl8000-r/2840/15 "2025-01-30T11:48:47Z")
you guys - of course it’s all in good fun and I’ve implemented touch actions in the past (Waldorf XT Wave envelope, touches for short-cuts on various controls, etc).
That is why I was not sure if old/dead code was causing this problem. I see nothing in my code that would react to a screen touch. @martin - are there any new configuration parameters that would trigger events on a touch?
My code for events in this preset is very minimal:
```auto
-- event handling
--
-- NOTE: jumpPage() called first, then onPageChange()
events.subscribe(PAGES | POTS)
function events.onPotTouch(potId, controlId, touched)
if (touched == false) then return end
end
function events.onPageChange(newPageId, oldPageId)
curPage = newPageId
-- if (oldPageId == 10) then
-- pages.setActiveControlSet (CONTROL_SET_1)
-- end
end
```
so I’m a bit confused.
HOWEVER, I did rearrange a number of controls and the pages in the cfg/save, utility 1, and utility 2 pages, so it is possible I am trying to do something on a page/control that no longer exists. As long as all the other controls/pages are behaving properly, my best guess (pre-testing) is that the toggle between time and tempo is causing the issue.
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### Author:  [@anzv808](https://forum.electra.one/u/anzv808)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/korg-dl8000-r/2840/16 "2025-01-30T15:34:30Z")
shoot, my bad. i just realized I did load up the latest beta firmware, and I bet that has something to do with it. I will revert back to 3.7 asap and see if the issue persists.
tagging @martin as it seems likely to be a factor.
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### Author:  [@oldgearguy](https://forum.electra.one/u/oldgearguy)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2025, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/korg-dl8000-r/2840/17 "2025-01-30T21:29:58Z")
3.7 works as expected here. Let me know if that matches your findings
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### Author:  [@anzv808](https://forum.electra.one/u/anzv808)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/korg-dl8000-r/2840/18 "2025-02-01T14:04:43Z")
Back on the latest non-beta and can confirm it’s working correctly now. Sorry for the alarm!
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### Author:  [@oldgearguy](https://forum.electra.one/u/oldgearguy)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/korg-dl8000-r/2840/19 "2025-02-01T14:53:32Z")
No worries. That’s part of the help @martin needs for stabilizing the release. To assist, - here’s the formatter() and function() code associated with the Time/Tempo toggle button (the button _is_ on Page 8):
```auto
function dispMode(valueObject,value)
if (value == 0) then
return("Time")
else
return("Tempo")
end
end
-- flip between time and tempo mode
function timeTempoCC(valueObject,value)
local isVis = true
if (value == 1) then
bpmMode = true
isVis = false
else
bpmMode = false
isVis = true
end
for i=0,3 do
local left = controls.get(7+i)
local right = controls.get(59+i)
left:setVisible(isVis)
right:setVisible(isVis)
end
if (curPage == 8) then
-- control that sets the CC for the time/tempo panel button
local ctl = controls.get(292)
local timeCC = ctl:getValue("value"):getMessage():getValue()
midi.sendControlChange(portNum, midiChan+1, timeCC, (value * 127))
end
end
```
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### Author:  [@martin](https://forum.electra.one/u/martin)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2025, 6:02am UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/korg-dl8000-r/2840/20 "2025-02-02T06:02:35Z")
I am now testing a very-serious release candidate. I will use the code snippet to see if it works ok now. Thanks!
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