It was an affordable addition for the studio or live gig and had easy access to excellent analog sounds. The poly800 was released in 1983 so its quite old but it sounds lovely still. The korg collection series, which reproduces some of korg s greatest synthesizer keyboards as software, are renewed as korg collection 2. Korg poly800 factory presets steve hoffman music forums. 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. This site helps you to save the earth from electronic waste. 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.
In this video, i focus heavily on korgs product decisions that led to. The poly800 moog slayer, fm800 and filter mode mods. Heres a longform presentation of korgs 1983 analog synth, the poly800. The hawk800 kit gives those three music synthesizers amazing new sound capabilites, midi controls and many new user performance features. This can be heard in the subtle differences in attack, timbre, and vibrato in the four solo stringed instrument patches in volume 2. That, and a real poly800 is worth less than any commercial vst. Korg poly800, ex 800, poly 800 mkii sounds and patches. All patches are stock sounds from the library you can download specifically for the atomahawk800 upgrade modification. Korg id format id poly800h id data dump request eox 42h 2ih och i0h afterreceiving adatadumprequest,thereis adelayof about300msbeforethepoly800iibeginsdata dump transmission. Usingsystemexclusivemessages i communicationbetweenthepolyboohandacomputer. 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. I bought a midi cable midimateii which was recommended to me. The hawk800 provides the korg poly800 with a dramatically improved and expanded midi implementation as well as many new sound and user control features. Moog slayer by atom smasher filter mod for korg ex800 and poly800.
I actually think it sounds pretty good if you are into synthpop as pretty much anything goes in that synth genre. Korg poly 800 service manual download, schematics, eeprom. Korg poly 800 is an 8 voice polyphonic analog synthesizer with 64 memory patches and up to 50 editable parameters. Due to the lack of the storage batteries, the factory sounds were gone when the synth arrived at my place. Service manuals, schematics, eproms for electrical technicians.
While roland was having huge success with their juno range of synths korg released their poly800 defective nation explains why this synth deserves a chance today and why musicians might want to take a closer look at this popular synthesiser. The korg poly800 series, produced between 1983 and 1987 was the first fully programmable synthesizer that sold for under a thousand bucks. I bought an old korg poly 800 for a few euro knowing it might never work so im willing to use it to learn some basic repair skills. Sweet dreams synth riff sequenced on a korg poly 800 mk2 duration. 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. Widely considered to be korgs answer to rolands affordable juno series, the poly800 employed similar digitally controlled oscillators to offer early 80s consumers an alternative to rolands budget model. At a time when roland was doing well with their junoseries, korg countered with a polysynth of their own in 1983 with the poly800. I was briefly in possession of another korg poly800 this month.
The korg poly800 is a synthesizer released by korg in 1983. Ms20, polysix, mono poly, m1, wavestation and mdex each have a completely revised user interface that is scalable and high resolution. This was a budget hybrid synth, somewhere between the korg polysix and their monopoly in that is polyphonic but only has one filter rather than one per voice that came with the polysix. The process is complicated by the fact that the battery is soldered onto one of the pc boards inside the machine. Search everywhere only in this topic advanced search.
Midi allows a poly800 to be linked with a second poly800 or another midi. This page contains information about the owners manual for the poly800 mkii from korg. No digital recreation can truly capture the immense suckiness of the real deal. As a result we have put together a limited number of korg poly800 polybeast mod kits. Korg poly800 ii 1985 polysynthesizer updated version with digital delay. To obtain optimum performance from your new korg poly800, please read this manual careful ly before using. On salediscontinued products may differ in each country. This model normally has its memory backed up by standard batteries, but they tend to leak and cause serious damage. 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 factory preset by kuma free listening on. Page 3 musical instrument digital interface midi bus sends and receives key data pitches and gales, pitch bends, program changes, and full sequencer control.
Im proud to say im the first person in the world to honour the lunchware. Patchman music poly800 ex800 pro patches were created in the studio by an experienced, professional sound designer carefully utilizing all of the programming nuances the korg will allow. The poly 800 offers ultra stable dcos, a fully analog 24db filter, extensive midi control, 8 voices of polyphony and 64 patch memory slots. A locally cached version of owners manual is available at. A detailed look at the analogue korg poly800 synthesizer.
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 sas. Heres my korg poly800 with atom smashers moogslayer mod. The hawk800 can be installed in the original korg poly800 as well as the mk2 and the ex800 synth. Korg poly 800 mk1 problems vintage synth explorer forums.
Korg poly800 error after installing memory back battery. The polysix programmable sixvoice polyphonic analog synthesizer was introduced in 1981. In standard form, the korg poly800 is a pretty decent synth. The bass bomb modification also see the hawk800 mod, and keep an eye out for the atomahawk800. Synth quest gives you an indepth look and a sonic tour of the. Korg dw8000 a spectacular hybrid synth 64 new patches download duration. The korg poly800 ii not to be confused with the original poly800 is an interesting polyphonic analog synthesizer with built in digital delay. Back then i had a gem dsk8 accompaniment keyboard, but a schoolmate of mine had a poly800, and i often got to play it. You should make these patches available for sale for people to download.
There are a couple of sysex sound banks in their resources if i remember right. The basic sound of the poly800 mk 2 is different to the original poly800 mk 1. The synth powered up and i was able to reload factory patches from a. This is the synthesizer that made me upgrade to my first real synthesizer a casio cz in 1987. With a surprisingly fullsounding voice structure, chorusphaseensemble effects and performance functions such as chord memory, arpeggiator, and unison the polysix became a worldwide hit. I have bought a korg poly 800 mk1 at a very low price recently, but unfortunately i found out that it does not work properly. Heres a tutorial on how to change the battery on a korg poly800 ii synthesizer. The hawk800 is an electronic hardware and software upgrade kit for the korg poly800 mk1 ps800, and the ex800 or mk2 models. Fully tested, cleaned and serviced by professionals and working great. View and download korg poly800 owners manual online. The hawk800 is a hardwaresoftware upgrade kit for the korg poly800 model synthesizers. 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.
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