Korg Poly 800 Synthesizer
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- Опубліковано 16 лис 2020
- Hi everyone hope you enjoy this weeks look at the Korg Poly 800 Synthesizer.
At a time when Roland was doing well with their Juno-series, KORG countered with a poly-synth of their own in 1983 with the Poly-800. The Poly-800 was comparable to the Juno-106, at the time, with respect to the fact that musicians now had access to affordable programmable polyphonic analog synthesizers (it listed for under $1,000) with memory storage, stable DCOs (digitally controlled oscillators) and a new state-of-the-art technology called MIDI (although there was no SysEx implementation yet).
The Poly-800 is an eight-voice instrument (two more than the Juno series) with 64 memory patches (half of what the Juno-106 offered) and up to 50 editable parameters! Like the Juno, the Poly-800 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. The analog filter is a 24dB/oct low-pass which is shared by all voices (the Juno has separate filter chips for each voice). There's also a stereo chorus effect, chord memory, a simple built-in sequencer, three digital envelope generators (for the oscillators, the noise generator and the filter), and a funky joystick used to adjust the pitch, modulation and the filter.
Unlike the Juno, which was still a “studio” instrument, the Poly-800 was built for the performer. With a light-weight plastic case (only 10 lb.), a couple low-profile sliders/knobs and only 49 keys, the Poly-800 can run on batteries and has guitar strap pegs so it can be worn like a keytar. A less common reversed color keys model was released for a unique look as well.
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Take the fear out the gear titles theme tune is called Vintage Jarre copyright 2012 Simon Hunns
First proper synth I fell in love with because I could afford a used one in 1989 (age 15). Better than many people realise when custom programmed.
Just ordered mine yesterday, cannot wait until it comes in the mail!
Awesome video guys, great classic keyboard
Had one of these from new in the 1980’s. Great sounds but only with the Chorus implemented. Unfortunately mine broke down and no one was able to repair it so that was that. Loved the Strings on it.
Loved the sub sonic tuning slider made me laugh
Sweet!
CHEEEEESY! I had one back in the day like everyone else, never used it in a single song though. 🙂 Oh, and stay safe during lockdown!
Back in the eighties it was the worst synth you could buy, next to a Roland Juno-106. How much the times have changed...
xio synth has similar joystick control, take the springs out xD]