Perhaps there is a reason for that, but regardless i found it be a cool little retro synth from the 80s. Fully tested, cleaned and serviced by professionals and working great. It featured a 49 key nonvelocity sensitive keyboard, two buttons for data entry, and a joystick controller, which could modulate the dco pitch or the vcf. Korg poly800 ii analog synthesizer 1986 new patches. Korg poly800 factory presets steve hoffman music forums. Korg poly 800 ii analog synthesizer 1986 new patches hd demo duration. Widely considered to be korgs answer to rolands affordable juno series, the poly800 employed similar digitally controlled oscillators to offer early. We have had many requests for modifications kits for our korg poly800 mki mods, mainly due to the fact that poly800s are pretty big and therefore expensive to ship for modding, especially from outside the uk. I have played the poly800 and poly61 extensively, and the poly61 is a far superior sounding instrument.
At a time when roland was doing well with their junoseries, korg countered with a polysynth of their own in 1983 with the poly800. The poly800 is an eightvoice instrument two more than the juno series with 64 memory patches half of what the juno106 offered and up to 50 editable parameters. The custom complete patch pack, which includes all 20 patches shown in this video and 44 additional patches. The bass bomb modification also see the hawk800 mod, and keep an eye out for the atomahawk800. The poly800 moog slayer, fm800 and filter mode mods. The mark 2 version of the poly800 had some fairly minor changes, including a partial midi sysex implementation and replacement of the chorus effect with a digital delay. Here are a whole bunch of patches for the korg poly800ii. Delia gonzalez returns to dfa with horse follows darkness album. Korg poly 800 sounds korg poly800 is an 8 voice polyphonic analog synthesizer with 64 memory patches and up to 50 editable parameters. The korg poly 800 is a limited, but beautiful and relevant instrument. Korg poly800 analog synthesizer 1984 custom patches.
I would think an internal battery has run dry or something similar, since it stores patch data digitally. In this movie, i play my poly800ii custom patches no external. New listing reverse keys korg poly 800 synthesizer with moog slayer filter mod and case. The korg poly800 series, produced between 1983 and 1987 was the first fully programmable synthesizer that sold for under a thousand bucks. One more thing that you need to know you have to have batteries in your poly or it will lose all its patches the moment you turn off the power.
Hello i just got a korg poly 800, and i would just like if there is a way to reset the synth to its original state. As a result we have put together a limited number of korg poly800 polybeast mod kits. Midi allows a poly800 to be linked with a second poly800 or another midi. Duplication of contents of owners manuals andor product literature in part or in whole without the permission of the company for the purposes of sharing, massproducing.
The poly800 model was succeeded by the the poly800 mkii pictured above in 1985. Korg poly800 factory preset by kuma published on 20121202t12. In standard form, the korg poly800 is a pretty decent synth. It featured a 49 key nonvelocity sensitive keyboard, two buttons for data entry, and a joystick controller, which could modulate the. I actually think it sounds pretty good if you are into synthpop as pretty much anything goes in that synth genre. Korg poly800, ex 800, poly 800 mkii sounds and patches. I havent opened it up yet to look, but i reckon somebodys messed with it, because there are some case screws missing, the battery cover is missing and signs of battery leakage, and the strap pegs are absent.
The korg poly800 is a synthesizer released by korg in 1983. Unfortunately i dont think the patches will work on the mkii. It was an affordable addition for the studio or live gig and had easy access to. The korg poly800 ii not to be confused with the original poly800 is an interesting polyphonic analog synthesizer with built in digital delay. Korg instruments 700 700cs 700s mini korg 707 770 800dv 900ps preset bpx3 bx3 cx3 delta ds8 dss1 dw6000 dw8000 eps1 es50 lambda ex800 keio korgue lambda es50 m500 micropresets monopoly ms10 ms20 ms20 big ms50 poly 61 poly61m poly 800 polyphonic ensemble polyphonic ensemble 2000 polysix ps3100 ps3200 ps3300 sas20. Also agreed on all points with andrews characterisation of the poly61. For the sake of simplicity the following list is of famous artists who used the poly800, the poly800 mkii and the ex800. Horse follows darkness is her second album following 2015s in. Korg poly800ii patches here are a whole bunch of patches for the korg poly800ii. What is does is allow you to load and dump the entire patch memory to and from your synth and your computer via midi system exclusive sysex data. To obtain optimum performance from your new korg poly800, please read this manual careful ly before using.
Korg poly800 ii analog synthesizer 1986 new patches hd. A mark ii version was also made it could be powered with batteries and had guitar strap pegs so that it could be worn like a guitar and played live. Poly800s have been used by orbital, depeche mode, sneaker pimps, and jimi tenor. In this episode i take a look at this korg poly 800, clean it up, replace the battery on the logic board, and reload the factory sounds using the cassette interface. Synthesizer demo of the polyphonic analog synthesizer korg poly800 mk ii. Back then i had a gem dsk8 accompaniment keyboard, but a schoolmate of mine had a poly800, and i often got to play it. No digital recreation can truly capture the immense suckiness of the real deal. Korg poly 800, poly 800ii, poly 800mk 2 analog synthesizer simple sequencer c synth database. I need to mod it with a battery so i wont need to put a load of c batteries in it but it seems to have another issue. Korg poly800 ii 1985 polysynthesizer updated version with digital delay.
Moog slayer by atom smasher filter mod for korg ex800 and poly800. A locally cached version of owners manual is available at. This model normally has its memory backed up by standard batteries, but they tend to leak and cause serious damage. The korg poly800 mkii is more or less exactly the same machine as the mki version but with the addition of a basic analogue delay line and a slightly better midi spec. This can be heard in the subtle differences in attack, timbre, and vibrato in the four solo stringed instrument patches. Korg poly 800 battery replacement and factory reload.
They came from a bunch of old patchblock files i had sitting around from the unreleased korg proedit for poly800ii patch editor macintosh, circa 1986, which i. The process is complicated by the fact that the battery is soldered onto one of the pc boards inside the machine. This is the synthesizer that made me upgrade to my first real synthesizer a casio cz in 1987. Page 3 musical instrument digital interface midi bus sends and receives key data pitches and gales, pitch bends, program changes, and full sequencer control. I recently got a korg poly mk1 for cheap, it seems to be working except that upon turning it on i can only hear a faint noise and first that becomes increasingly louder. This copy of owners manual was originally available from. That, and a real poly800 is worth less than any commercial vst. I still have two poly61s, but i gave away the poly800. The basic sound of the poly800 mk 2 is different to the original poly800 mk 1. Korg poly800 factory preset by kuma free listening on. The hawk800 is an electronic hardware and software upgrade kit for the korg poly800 mk1 ps800, and the ex800 or mk2 models. It was the first synthesizer manufactured with midi onboard, so it was a popular controller for other synthesizers.
As far as the patches disappearing overnight is concerned, i think there could be different reasons for this. Busy jam with elektron octatrack mkii, korg arp odyssey, moog sirin, minitaur, opz duration. Heres a tutorial on how to change the battery on a korg poly800 ii synthesizer. The poly800 is an analog synthesizer in a small allplastic case with minikeys and no velocity sensitivity.
I bought a midi cable midimateii which was recommended to me. In good condition albeit missing the battery cover and the control stick tip. For instance, i think that korg uk sells a cassette copy of poly 800 presets. Depeche mode, geoff downes,goldfrapp, orbital, nick rhodes, sneaker pimps, jimi tenor, vangelis and yesterdays. This isnt a problem with the patch data, the patches are stored just fine. I just found a korg poly800 synthesizer and boy are they going for real cheap nowadays. Countless hours have been spent coding trying to obtain the incredible toy accordion effect that emanates from every poly800 patch, but software just doesnt cut it. Korg poly 800, poly 800ii, poly 800mk 2 analog synthesizer. Topangebote fur korg poly 800 online entdecken bei ebay. Korg poly800 dumping patch memoryfactory presets whats up.
But since you seem psyched, im going to pm you the patch from 1. They came from a bunch of old patchblock files i had sitting around from the unreleased korg proedit for poly800ii patch editor macintosh, circa 1986, which i wrote a long time ago, and lead to the dw8000 version which korg sold. I got another korg poly 800, and its in a rather curious state. It might be worth looking for patch cassettes on ebay also. At a time when roland was doing well with their junoseries. Like the juno, the poly800 had one dco per voice, although it did feature a double mode in which the oscillators could be stacked up for a fuller sound and only four voices of polyphony. Korg poly 800 reverse keys hd sound rare analog programmable synth keytar fast demo duration.