The mods are okay, but they dont really transform the poly 800 into something totally amazing moog slayer or whatever is a lieif you dont like the poly 800 stock, you probably wont like it modified either. This instrument has been engi neered for highest quality sounds and superb relia bility. Korg poly800 mkii 49 key polyphonic synthesizer synth 1980s w power adapter. Korg poly800 mk1 one of these cheapo boards you buy when youre a kid and mom gave you some money and you can buy your first synthesizer cause you think its time you could start making some cool music. Korg poly800 service manual pdf download manualslib. Korg poly800 analog synthesizer 1984 custom patches. Referring to the poly 800 ii, this is an awesome synth. Oct, 2019 this korg poly 800 mk1 had suddenly started to behave oddly. I am the creator of an upgrade kit for the poly 800 mk1 and the ex 800 synthesizer module. When shifting the slider to the right the global pitch of the synth is sharpened. If it made any sounds at all they were inconsistent and random. Add some effects and the poly 800 can be a nice different synth to add to the mix.
Back then i had a gem dsk8 accompaniment keyboard, but a schoolmate of mine had a poly800, and i often got to play it. The poly 800 sports a tune slider whose principle function is to shift the entire pitch range of the synth. Feb 09, 2018 in addition, many poly 800 s dont have the battery mod in them so when you shut them off you loose the presets unless you buy batteries and pop them in there. Korg poly800 wav samples, pdf manuals cyborg studio. Midi allows a pob 800 to be linked with a second poly800 or another midi keyboard for rich layering. I would like to add the following text to the poly 800 article. Visit synthxl for more service manuals, owners manual. This is the synthesizer that made me upgrade to my first real synthesizer a casio cz in 1987. In the center position the normally expected pitch of each key is heard. As a result we have put together a limited number of korg poly800 polybeast mod kits. I have an opportunity to buy a korg poly 800 mk2 which is in great condition, with the filter mod. Korg id 42h format id 21 h poly 800h id och lsb 4birbit. The kit includes all the necessary parts and a 10 page manual detailing the installation of all the modifications found on our standard polybeast mods, on a poly800 mk1.
The korg poly800 is a synthesizer released by korg in 1983. Korg poly 800 mk1 problems vintage synth explorer forums. 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. The poly 8oo is an eight voice, programmable polyphonic synthesizer designed, among other things, to be battery operated and thus portable, it weighs less than 10 lbs with batteries included. A locally cached version of owners manual is available at. This should appeal to those of you who are more retrominded or who prefer to load patches from a walkman instead of bringing your computer to live performances. To obtain optimum performance from your new korg poly 800, please read this manual careful iy befo. The hawk 800 is an electronic hardware and software upgrade kit for the korg poly 800 mk1 ps 800, and the ex 800 or mk2 models. A there are instructions for the poly 800 ii data transfer process in the manual. Korg poly800 ii editor librarian sound quest music software. To obtain optimum performance from your new korg poly800, please read this manual careful ly before using. Some have referred to the filter as muddy, but i dont think so. A midi compatible home computer or similar equipment connected to a poly 800 can provide ex tended polyphonic sequencing, music transcription, and many.
The 2ramdata 1 wordn least significant 8bits arechecksumdata. Mark ewing something about the style and colour of the microkorg reminds me of such mid80s korg classics as the poly 800 and dw8000. Korg programmable polyphonic synthesizer thank you and congratulations on your choice of the korg poly 800. View and download korg poly800 service manual online.
Sound quests midi quest multiinstrument editorlibrarian gives you the tools to get the most from your korg poly 800 ii. Home forums general programming korg poly 800 mkii tagged. At a time when roland was doing well with their junoseries, korg countered with a poly synth of their own in 1983 with the poly 800. 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.
Page 2 thank you and fongratulations on your choice of the korg poly 8oo. This would indicate that the memory is corrupt due to a bad battery. This instrument has been engineered for highest quality sounds and superb reliability. Korg poly800 owners manual pdf download manualslib. This was from the description of the last p800 we sold, though i think we may have done the same thing to this unit as it sat for months without c batteries installed before i just tested it and the original sounds are still present if you need to k.
An electronic kit called the hawk 800 became available in 2008. 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. Due to the lack of the storage batteries, the factory sounds were gone when the synth arrived at my place. It features 64 programs with edit and tape interface, midi musical instrument digital interface capabilities, builtin noise generator, chorus and an. To obtain optimum performance from your new korg poly 800, please read this manual carefully before using. Korg poly 800 poly800 analog synthesizer keyboard synth polysynth working case.
Mar 09, 2015 i had a poly 800 and did all the mods and i still hated it, and i have a hard time getting rid of keyboardsand i got rid of this one. Home manuals korg poly800 mkii owners manual this page contains information about the owners manual for the poly 800 mkii from korg. Wav format immediate zip file download zipped 123mb unzipped 140mb this is the same sample set as the. Included in the sale is a pdf with exact instructions. Midi quest includes all of the standard features you would expect to find in a poly 800 ii editor librarian along with unique capabilities found nowhere else. Also, ive never owned the mk2, but many seem to prefer the older poly 800 for reasons i cant remember. It took me a while to also realise that the control knobs bear more than a passing resemblance to those on my minimoog in fact, apart from the position marker on the knob, they are nearly identical. The hawk 800 kit gives those three music synthesizers amazing new sound capabilites, midi controls and many new user performance features.
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