I'm still in love with this little bastard!!! Jarre-sounds/Daft Punk, whatever...this dream-machine changed my life at the time: affordable, high quality, endless features........and so much regrets, having sold it, decades ago!
Arrgh! I've owned many synths over the years, especially Korg and early Roland units, and had 2 flawless Poly 800 II's but I sold them both around a decade ago. Just discovered your channel and now I'll have to look for another 800 II just because I want to install your great patches! Still have a Korg M1 unit and a Korg 01W/FD board which I use (via MIDI) to layer over a Nord Electro 3 Seventy Three keyboard (IMHO Nord has some of the best Hammond B3 and Leslie emulations around.) Anyway, glad I discovered your great channel. Thanks!
Beautifull. It takes a while for me not to search for another one on ebay after hearing your demo. It's not about the synth, it's all about your love and passion embeded in every sound you have created and every note you play. I won't get that from synth. I have to search in myself:) Thanks for greta videos and keep it up!
This is partly true as i also program sounds on many synths, you do need a wild imagination , lots of time initially to understand the architecture of a particular synth. But the synth must be able to create good sounds the processing power needs to be there ,but then the problem is most keyboard players love to just concentrate on chords and scales etc they don’t understand the power in combining playing style with patch making as a player you learn so many different styles depending on the patch type.
I really prefer the Poly 800 II - the envelopes are snappier, but not actually faster than the original. This is because the envelope curves on the model II are logarithmic, whereas they are linear on the original. The difference is astounding. The programmable DDL on the model II has an analog feedback path (unlike newer DSP-based delays) so it sounds warm and a little dirty. Also the II looks much nicer, with its mostly black housing and buttons. Very nice sounding demo, I love your patches.
I just bought and installed these patches and its best I did with this plastic analog synth. It brings a new life to the synth, I recommend it for people like me who are not very into program with buttons , the presets are top quality, very happy with it!
Dude. I love the Korg stuff, these are really nice sounds. For what this is (one of the first affordable poly synths), it was really good. I ended up getting the DW8000 and still have it.
I was fortunate to get access to one of these at college standing in the corner of a music storeroom. I asked politely if I could use it a lunchtimes and they used to lend me the keys. I never really came up with much music but enjoyed experimenting with sound.
Really useful demo! Liked the Jarre parts (the equinoxe and oxygen one too) also the italo disco basses :) (I had this synth I used it for vocodering live on stage - with a digitech vocoder)
I've bought patches from this guy. They are quite good. The ones for the poly800 appear to be high quality also. I really dig his style when it comes to patch creation.
Great demo! (same as all your other demos) From what I've read, the Mk2 is just a Poly 800 w/digital delay. (?) But IMO the Mk2 sounds slightly fatter, creamier, smoother etc, then the Poly 800. I have a Poly 800, but I'm seriously considering getting a Mk2. What I really want & have wanted since the mid/late 80's, is a DW8000, but they're a bit harder to find. Each time 1 comes up on Ebay, I don't have the $ & then when I DO, there are none to be found. Eventually I'll have a Mk2 & DW8000.
In college I played with a guy who had one of these. He said that within months the joystick broke during transport. I guess it needed some sort of protective cover.
My dad used to have one of these. I couldn't play for shit but used to love just holding chords and playing with the joystick. Got Reason with loads of VSTs now but i may track one of these down
Had one many years ago. It's considered a cheesy synth, and the sound palette and modulation capabilities are very limited, but the truth is that is capable of very convincing sounds, expecially pads or delay spiced leads. Basses are reasonably fat and nice too. Good patches here.
Greetings to all, someone who can help me with my korg poly 800, connect a charger, I think it has a lot of voltage and it turned off and does not turn on anymore, what happened? could it be the protective diode at the input? Would the internal card be burned because of that? any trick remedy or solution here?
I don't know, and I'm not sure, however the sound at 04:14 it's very similar to one using at the beginning of the Alphaville's song Forever Young??? well, and also it's a really good demo, Fantastic!
These are incredibly cheap now, so they're a nice choice for someone looking for a decent analog synth. Biggest limitations are the single filter for all voices, the lack of real-time knobs and the lack of velocity or aftertouch on the keyboard. Also, it sounds very thin in 8-voice mode, so most decent patches only give you 4-voice polyphony. Even so, a nice-sounding keyboard if you don't want to use a softsynth.
Sounds miles better than a DX anyway! But for some reason KORG never made THE analog synth that had all the pros of the PolySix, 61 and 800 and none of the cons...would have been a true classic!
Are these sounds i can program myself into the keyboard using the keyboards controls? Or are these samples from something else? Noticed the sounds/riff from one of droid bishop’s songs there in the beginning :)
früher dachte ich, daß der MK1 vom Gefühl her wärmer klingt, aber im direkten Vergleich hat sich gezeigt, daß es dem nicht so ist. In jeder Hinsicht der Poly-800 II. Ist auch seltener. Knackigere Hüllkurven, die Effekte sind zwar nicht sehr fein regelbar aber eine echte Bereicherung. Meinen gebe ich nicht mehr her
nice patches e I seem to hear that poly 800 II sounds better and cleaner than version I, and also that it has a more pronounced and immediate attack than its brother dw 8000 which is known to be slower in attack.
no, this synth is very basic. Microtuning came along with the fully digital Yamaha DX7II. Only a few analog (and expensive) synths had it before, Prophet-5 REV3 for example.
I have DW-8000 (and used to have Poly 800). DW-8000 has digital oscillators instead of digitally controlled, thus it is hybrid synthesizer, not truly analog (imo without influence on soud quality). But most important is, that DW-8000 has one filter per voice, while Poly 800 is paraphonic and has only one filter over all eight oscillators. Next pleasant features of DW are five octave keyboard with velocity and aftertouch and arpeggiator. I prefer DW-8000 :o).
question: you also made a video for the mk1 of the Poly800, with your own patches. do they also work on the mkII? and if yes, are those patches the same you are presenting here?
is there possibility to convert these presets for ex-800? btw is poly800 mk2 that different with its specs and speed of envelopes against ex-800? would like to buy those and convert it for ex-800 if its possible, great sounds mate!
hi, the Poly/EX-800 does not accept banks from the Poly-800 II. Both instruments sound similar, but different. Some MK2 sounds can be converted, others not.
I think both. The MK II has a built in programmable delay wich can be used as chorus, flanger and delay. Apart from that, the MK II has faster envelopes.
Which are the differences between this one and the Poly-800? I think that the 800II has effect delay, instead the chorus effect of the first version, and that it was updated with SysEx interface, isn´t it? Apart from that, Do they have the same wave forms and parameters? Can they produce the same sounds? Which do you prefer?
+KurtFuller yes, the programmable delay instead the simple chorus, sysex was implemented, more sequencer memory. But also faster envelopes. The basic sound is a bit different, but very similar. I prefer the MK2, but I have both, also the EX-800..
Nice sounding synth but what a bitch to program. I have a friend with one of these and he produced a amazing album with just this one keyboard but it took him forever. Thanks for the great demo I really enjoyed it.
actually no, the 8 voices are generated by an old arcade chip ; technically it uses the chiptune technology ; BUT, the signal go trough a VCF and an analogic chorus so the analog warmness is still here :) it's one of my favorite synth and I like the sound it produces, unique if you ask me, besides you'll never have a broken voice/vco because it's digital (analog polysynth are known to "lose" some of their voices with time)
The 800 can also run on batteries, the bad thing is, if you leave it setting up somewhere without the batteries in it , it will lose the memory.. I guess the small internal battery isn't strong enough without having the D size batteries in it.. I was told this when they first came out in the 80s by the keyboard guy at "Reliable Music" in Charlotte N.C.. so I didn't buy one..
You're talking about early Poly-800's. Later Poly-800 and Poly-800 II do not have these problems, they have a reliable CR2032 battery built in, to preserve memory.
@@AnalogAudio1 the board just came out when I was told that.. I saw one in a pawnshop probably 20 years ago, it was dead.. not one sound came out , the guy didn't test it before he bought it apparently.. oh .. it had no batteries in it so it must have been an early model too
Well, it can make decent analog synthesizer sounds. If you are looking for digitally recorded, realistic guitar or trumpet sounds, this is not the right instrument.
Do you want these patches (sounds) for your POLY-800 II? You can buy these patches, read the video description for details.
sounds better than my korg minilogue
I'm still in love with this little bastard!!! Jarre-sounds/Daft Punk, whatever...this dream-machine changed my life at the time: affordable, high quality, endless features........and so much regrets, having sold it, decades ago!
Arrgh! I've owned many synths over the years, especially Korg and early Roland units, and had 2 flawless Poly 800 II's but I sold them both around a decade ago. Just discovered your channel and now I'll have to look for another 800 II just because I want to install your great patches! Still have a Korg M1 unit and a Korg 01W/FD board which I use (via MIDI) to layer over a Nord Electro 3 Seventy Three keyboard (IMHO Nord has some of the best Hammond B3 and Leslie emulations around.) Anyway, glad I discovered your great channel. Thanks!
Absolutely beautiful patches at 5:22 & 7:00! I can't wait to find a good Poly-800 II so I can use your patches!
Great demo! I love this synth, especially the bass tones. And the way it sounds when you assign at little LFO modulation to the pitch - sweet!
Beautifull. It takes a while for me not to search for another one on ebay after hearing your demo. It's not about the synth, it's all about your love and passion embeded in every sound you have created and every note you play. I won't get that from synth. I have to search in myself:) Thanks for greta videos and keep it up!
This is partly true as i also program sounds on many synths, you do need a wild imagination , lots of time initially to understand the architecture of a particular synth.
But the synth must be able to create good sounds the processing power needs to be there ,but then the problem is most keyboard players love to just concentrate on chords and scales etc they don’t understand the power in combining playing style with patch making as a player you learn so many different styles depending on the patch type.
I really prefer the Poly 800 II - the envelopes are snappier, but not actually faster than the original. This is because the envelope curves on the model II are logarithmic, whereas they are linear on the original. The difference is astounding. The programmable DDL on the model II has an analog feedback path (unlike newer DSP-based delays) so it sounds warm and a little dirty. Also the II looks much nicer, with its mostly black housing and buttons.
Very nice sounding demo, I love your patches.
Uploaded the patches last night - thanks very much, sounds great
superb programming! the opening pad really shows off the filter.
10:17 almost sounds like The Great Commandment by Camouflage.
I just bought and installed these patches and its best I did with this plastic analog synth. It brings a new life to the synth, I recommend it for people like me who are not very into program with buttons , the presets are top quality, very happy with it!
I'm pleased :-)
Hey there, was your MK2 expanded/modded when you loaded these patches??
Your patches are very high quality. They make this synth sound much more expensive than it was. Also, your demonstration was very effective. Thanks.
+Patrick Manderson thank you :-)
Dude. I love the Korg stuff, these are really nice sounds. For what this is (one of the first affordable poly synths), it was really good. I ended up getting the DW8000 and still have it.
I was fortunate to get access to one of these at college standing in the corner of a music storeroom. I asked politely if I could use it a lunchtimes and they used to lend me the keys. I never really came up with much music but enjoyed experimenting with sound.
Found one of these in an abandoned mall today. Can't wait to use it!
Lucky! That's such a find.
+David Winchester This is the most vaporwave thing I've ever heard. Congrats on ｌｉｖｉｎｇ ｔｈｅ ｄｒｅａｍ．
+Alex Hauptmann what's vaporwave?
Hey everybody I got the poly 800ii working but the F keys don't work for some reason. Not sure about the sequencer key either.
Vaporwave is a sad ironic mockery of what some millennials think 80s/90s culture was like. Do not recommend looking into.
cool...the poly800 mk1 was my first synth in 1984/85...i still like his cheasy sound...
very nice patches!!!!
Really useful demo! Liked the Jarre parts (the equinoxe and oxygen one too) also the italo disco basses :)
(I had this synth I used it for vocodering live on stage - with a digitech vocoder)
Great taste, I love 80's feeling..........
I used to have one of these back in the 1980s. Very good synth!
very nice patches...
I've bought patches from this guy. They are quite good. The ones for the poly800 appear to be high quality also. I really dig his style when it comes to patch creation.
Glad you like them!
De trés bons sons, bonne démo !
+Gerard Syd merci :-)
Awesome demo. Probably one of the best. Remembers me many french compilation from DJ Jean-Marie K. Cheers from Paris.
My first synth... I bought it together with a KORG DVP-1 and a KORG DDD-1 drum machine.
That first sound was very good!
Der klingt ja richtig klasse :) und das Video ist auch gut!
Back to the 80s. Glen Park San Francisco, with Hector and Patrick. God bless
So smooth...
Very quality channel ! Great videos
Merry christmas
Erick
well spotted! just got my poly800, my first indication was.. surprisingly daft sounds
Excelente sons, nem acredito que vem do pequeno POLY 800 2
Just got these patches. They're f*#king great!
thank you for your feedback :-)
nice demo thnx!
Great demo! (same as all your other demos) From what I've read, the Mk2 is just a Poly 800 w/digital delay. (?) But IMO the Mk2 sounds slightly fatter, creamier, smoother etc, then the Poly 800. I have a Poly 800, but I'm seriously considering getting a Mk2. What I really want & have wanted since the mid/late 80's, is a DW8000, but they're a bit harder to find. Each time 1 comes up on Ebay, I don't have the $ & then when I DO, there are none to be found. Eventually I'll have a Mk2 & DW8000.
7:01 :0 this is crazy
Ivan - Fotonovela at 8,16 :)
In college I played with a guy who had one of these. He said that within months the joystick broke during transport. I guess it needed some sort of protective cover.
Just bought these patches and they blow the factory ones out of the water. Thanks!
thank you :-)
@@AnalogAudio1 where you get patches? Thanks
@@richardlewis2970 Read the video description
My dad used to have one of these. I couldn't play for shit but used to love just holding chords and playing with the joystick. Got Reason with loads of VSTs now but i may track one of these down
What chord progression do you use between 07:54 and 8:06? Sounds great!
How is that bell/marimba sound made at 9:15? I guess oscillators and a resonant filter of different frequencies were used
I see, the Poly 800 has limited additive synthesis capabilities
Wow, your patches are wonderful. could you please turn my Casio VL tone into an Oberheim. Wonderful..
thanks! I could turn your Oberheim into a Casio VL, this would be much easier :-D
HAha, that made me laugh.Can't stop laughing here, but no thanks.
8:14 Fotonovella ;)
@AnalogAudio1 the sound at 07:00. Could you make that on a Deepmind 12?
Indeed, I created a similar flute sound on the Deepmind, see my video "Deep Impressions" Soundset
Did anybody else jump at 1:33? 😂 I may or may not have had the volume a liiiiitle too high for those notes.
8:25 Daft Punk - Around the world sound
Had one many years ago. It's considered a cheesy synth, and the sound palette and modulation capabilities are very limited, but the truth is that is capable of very convincing sounds, expecially pads or delay spiced leads. Basses are reasonably fat and nice too. Good patches here.
Greetings to all, someone who can help me with my korg poly 800, connect a charger, I think it has a lot of voltage and it turned off and does not turn on anymore, what happened? could it be the protective diode at the input? Would the internal card be burned because of that? any trick remedy or solution here?
I guess you can't have it cleared here, the unit should be examined by a tech, there are many different things possible.
I don't know, and I'm not sure, however the sound at 04:14 it's very similar to one using at the beginning of the Alphaville's song Forever Young???
well, and also it's a really good demo, Fantastic!
patch No. 44 is may favorite
I assume these patches are in a WAV file, I haven't been able to get Sysex to work.
Yes, a wav file, see video description for details.
@@AnalogAudio1 cool, thanks!
ich höre "IVAN - FOTONOVELA" mehrmals
und noch viele mehr
hammer
I had one in the 1980's with reversed black/white keys.
That was a Poly-800 MK1. The MKII was not available with reversed keys.
These are incredibly cheap now, so they're a nice choice for someone looking for a decent analog synth. Biggest limitations are the single filter for all voices, the lack of real-time knobs and the lack of velocity or aftertouch on the keyboard. Also, it sounds very thin in 8-voice mode, so most decent patches only give you 4-voice polyphony. Even so, a nice-sounding keyboard if you don't want to use a softsynth.
Should I get one of these? I have a Korg Poly 800 already. Is the Poly 800 2 have different features?
Yes, different sound, different features, although similar basic sound. They are not compatible.
Such a polarising synth. I still love mine. It certainly has its own character.
HOLY shit you coaxed a formant filter out of it 9:50 !! ??
Hi! 7:00 what is?
Sounds miles better than a DX anyway! But for some reason KORG never made THE analog synth that had all the pros of the PolySix, 61 and 800 and none of the cons...would have been a true classic!
nice!
0:33
4:25
5:07
5:43
6:31
6:52 Living on video
Great video, one of korg’s best synths, an inspiration to the korg m1
Memories... my first synth and unfortunately I sold it because I needed 88 keys to learn piano... 😪
Are these sounds i can program myself into the keyboard using the keyboards controls? Or are these samples from something else?
Noticed the sounds/riff from one of droid bishop’s songs there in the beginning :)
These are patches created by me I am offering for sale. You can buy them and load them into your Poly-800II, so you can play with these sounds.
italo disco, "love is the drug" kinda at 8:15 :) nice presets
can the delay unit on the mkII be configured to sound like chorus on mkI?
yes!
They should make a version III with chorus AND delay
The eighties were past and the concept was obsolete I think...
8:49 Jean Michel Jarre!! :D
Will these patches work on the 800 I?
8:15 Ivan - Fotonovela
Did you use effects on this demo?
No, everything comes from the Poly-800 II.
welcher ist soundmäßig zu bevorzugen, abgesehen jetzt vom Chorus und Delay ?
früher dachte ich, daß der MK1 vom Gefühl her wärmer klingt, aber im direkten Vergleich hat sich gezeigt, daß es dem nicht so ist. In jeder Hinsicht der Poly-800 II. Ist auch seltener. Knackigere Hüllkurven, die Effekte sind zwar nicht sehr fein regelbar aber eine echte Bereicherung. Meinen gebe ich nicht mehr her
Alles klar! Danke.
nice patches e I seem to hear that poly 800 II sounds better and cleaner than version I, and also that it has a more pronounced and immediate attack than its brother dw 8000 which is known to be slower in attack.
Yeah, they sound all different.
Hi, very very nice sounds! Question: Is microtuning possible on this synthesizer?
no, this synth is very basic. Microtuning came along with the fully digital Yamaha DX7II. Only a few analog (and expensive) synths had it before, Prophet-5 REV3 for example.
Hi
Between a DW-8000 and this Poly 800 II... what do you prefer overall?
What is better option for make warm pads and retro strings sounds?
Thanks
dw8000 has more waveforms
I have DW-8000 (and used to have Poly 800). DW-8000 has digital oscillators instead of digitally controlled, thus it is hybrid synthesizer, not truly analog (imo without influence on soud quality). But most important is, that DW-8000 has one filter per voice, while Poly 800 is paraphonic and has only one filter over all eight oscillators. Next pleasant features of DW are five octave keyboard with velocity and aftertouch and arpeggiator. I prefer DW-8000 :o).
Najvrtson
dw 8000 sounds analog
it can sound either, but is digital. Used by Depeche Mode in the Black Celebration album and Nine Inch Nails in the Pretty Hate Machine album
question: you also made a video for the mk1 of the Poly800, with your own patches. do they also work on the mkII? and if yes, are those patches the same you are presenting here?
No, they are NOT compatible. Poly-800 MK1 and MK2 are two different synths, I made two different banks with totally different sounds.
hmm .. ok. it is because I really love the very first patch sound from the Mk1 Video right at the beginning. sad, it is not for the MK2.
is there possibility to convert these presets for ex-800? btw is poly800 mk2 that different with its specs and speed of envelopes against ex-800? would like to buy those and convert it for ex-800 if its possible, great sounds mate!
hi, the Poly/EX-800 does not accept banks from the Poly-800 II. Both instruments sound similar, but different. Some MK2 sounds can be converted, others not.
I wish Korg would remake this synth or do an FPGA remake
it's not necessary, since you get the original for 200 Euros
Sure....they are getting old now though.........it would be nice to see a mini version like the Roland Boutiques......
Why not an FPAA!
This sounds a lot better than what I've heard of the original poly 800, but I'm not sure if that's the instrument or your patches.
I think both. The MK II has a built in programmable delay wich can be used as chorus, flanger and delay. Apart from that, the MK II has faster envelopes.
Do the patches work on the original poly 800
no, it's for Poly-800 II only
8:15 Ivan - fotonovela
What's the name of the album? :D
Nice. Is these patches compatible with Poly-800 1?
No. It will work only with Poly-800 II. For the Poly-800 MK1 I created another patch bank.
Hey! I read the FAQ, but this is a 7 yo video. Can I still buy these patches? THX in advance!
Of course you can! Drop me an email (see description)
I've got this sinth.
You could score a John Carpenter movie with this thing!
Which are the differences between this one and the Poly-800? I think that the 800II has effect delay, instead the chorus effect of the first version, and that it was updated with SysEx interface, isn´t it?
Apart from that, Do they have the same wave forms and parameters? Can they produce the same sounds? Which do you prefer?
+KurtFuller yes, the programmable delay instead the simple chorus, sysex was implemented, more sequencer memory. But also faster envelopes. The basic sound is a bit different, but very similar. I prefer the MK2, but I have both, also the EX-800..
Nice sounding synth but what a bitch to program. I have a friend with one of these and he produced a amazing album with just this one keyboard but it took him forever. Thanks for the great demo I really enjoyed it.
Analog???
actually no, the 8 voices are generated by an old arcade chip ; technically it uses the chiptune technology ; BUT, the signal go trough a VCF and an analogic chorus so the analog warmness is still here :) it's one of my favorite synth and I like the sound it produces, unique if you ask me, besides you'll never have a broken voice/vco because it's digital (analog polysynth are known to "lose" some of their voices with time)
The 800 can also run on batteries, the bad thing is, if you leave it setting up somewhere without the batteries in it , it will lose the memory.. I guess the small internal battery isn't strong enough without having the D size batteries in it.. I was told this when they first came out in the 80s by the keyboard guy at "Reliable Music" in Charlotte N.C.. so I didn't buy one..
You're talking about early Poly-800's. Later Poly-800 and Poly-800 II do not have these problems, they have a reliable CR2032 battery built in, to preserve memory.
@@AnalogAudio1 the board just came out when I was told that.. I saw one in a pawnshop probably 20 years ago, it was dead.. not one sound came out , the guy didn't test it before he bought it apparently.. oh .. it had no batteries in it so it must have been an early model too
I always had the notion that Poly800s were garbage. They really aren't.
Ironically I found mine in the garbage.
@@brandonmacdonald7802 Nice find.
Can it make decent sounds like guitar, strings , Trumpet, besudes those annoying robotic sounds ???
Well, it can make decent analog synthesizer sounds. If you are looking for digitally recorded, realistic guitar or trumpet sounds, this is not the right instrument.
🤤🤤🤤
Reminds me of Blade Runner
wieder mal ein geiles video, dasblöst schon wieder den wunsch nach nem poly800mk2 aus. darf deine videos nicht mehr anschauen :)
Have a chance to pick up one of these guys for the price of gum. Hoping the seller doesn't find this vid.
Had one of these late 80s, great sounds but so unreliable, it broke down every other month.
yours must have been broken. Quite reliable. Maybe you confuse it with the older Poly-800 which had no backup battery
omfgfggffg 5:33!
it has dco's so no analog synth...
DCO means digitally controlled oscillator - not digital oscillator. The oscillator and the whole synth is still analog.