Members turretg Posted September 16, 2009 Members Share Posted September 16, 2009 Haa Haaa I remembered those flimsy black vinyl that came with the magazine. I had a few still at my parents home, my favorite was the Sequential Max or was it Six-Trak demo... Yeah, my favorite was the multi-trak demo. That board had some nice sounds, always wanted one. but then I wanted almost every keyboard that came out back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TropicThink Posted September 16, 2009 Members Share Posted September 16, 2009 Very good sweeps, clearly underrated. I likes me a good sweep from time to time, I might just go buy an EX-800 then (looks cool it does too). Also, Orbital owned a Poly-800. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xanderbeanz Posted September 16, 2009 Members Share Posted September 16, 2009 i bought a poly 800 for the lowly price of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bruto Posted September 16, 2009 Members Share Posted September 16, 2009 Korg Poly 800 flyer. Here's a quick demo I made with my Ex-800: 800 Club The Poly-800 and EX-800 sound good through an effects processor. I used a Sony DPS-V55 on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members flat earth Posted September 16, 2009 Members Share Posted September 16, 2009 Korg Poly 800 flyer. Here's a quick demo I made with my Ex-800: 800 Club The Poly-800 and EX-800 sound good through an effects processor. I used a Sony DPS-V55 on this. Nice little demo bruto! That sweep sounds just like the sound used in the film 'Logans Run' when the carousel was starting up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Strenge Posted September 16, 2009 Members Share Posted September 16, 2009 Mine would at random times go so out of tune that the "tune" adjust wouldn't quite fix it. I'd either have to transpose on the fly or grab (and hold) the joystick and pitchbend it until it decided to go back into tune at a later time. Yeah, don't miss that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bruto Posted September 16, 2009 Members Share Posted September 16, 2009 Nice little demo bruto! That sweep sounds just like the sound used in the film 'Logans Run' when the carousel was starting up Thanks. The sweep is preset #15 on the EX-800. I never thought about it, but it does sound like the synth on Logan's Run. LR was made in 76, so it's probably an ARP or Moog. The high sound on the demo reminds me of Tangerine Dream's Exit album. I think they used a PPG run through a delay of some sort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ElectricPuppy Posted September 16, 2009 Author Members Share Posted September 16, 2009 Nifty demo, Bruto, thanks! I can hear the 800's signature character in all those patches. And that's one of the reasons I gave mine up (among other reasons); No matter what kind of patch it is, it still has that somewhat hollow squarewaveness hiding in it. Well, that and it's paraphonic filter, making filtered pads impossible unless you always play whole chords. Oh, and its knobless programming UI. Oh, wait: That and its super-noisy chorus. Yeah. Yeah, I think that's all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members flat earth Posted September 16, 2009 Members Share Posted September 16, 2009 No matter what kind of patch it is, it still has that somewhat hollow squarewaveness hiding in it. Although I generally love older Korg gear, I totally agree with you on that. Has a definate charactor that you can't quite put your finger on, but bothers you all the same. The 'hollow squarewaveness' is that charactor. Well described Sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Metrosonus Posted September 16, 2009 Members Share Posted September 16, 2009 i bought a poly 800 for the lowly price of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ElectricPuppy Posted September 16, 2009 Author Members Share Posted September 16, 2009 Well, I can see which way this thread is about to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Chando Posted September 16, 2009 Members Share Posted September 16, 2009 Isn't there some dance/garage bass tone that the Poly 800 was known for? that heavy square bass sound? Or am I crazy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Metrosonus Posted September 17, 2009 Members Share Posted September 17, 2009 nothing note worthy that i can think of used the 800 in the context, and correct me if im' wrong i think depeche mode used one at one point, but you're probably thinking of the octave "walking" bass sound popular in early 80's sythpop. if sequenced / programmed right the 800 can o it's own unique take on it. that's one of the things i loved about it was the deep pulsating / resonating sound.. [YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bruto Posted September 17, 2009 Members Share Posted September 17, 2009 nothing note worth that i can think of used the 800 in the context, and correct me if im' wrong i think depeche mode used one at one point, but you're probably thinking of the octave "walking" bass sound popular in early 80's sythpop. if sequenced / programmed right the 800 can o it's own unique take on it. that's one of the things i loved about it was the deep pulsating / resonating sound.. I agree. What I've always thought uniquely identified the 800's sound is the resonant decay. I'll never part with mine. It simply does certain sounds that no other synth can do - not great fat Moog stuff, or warm P5 pad stuff, but unique Poly-800 stuff that fits certain mixes (my mixes anyway.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members flat earth Posted September 17, 2009 Members Share Posted September 17, 2009 Isn't there some dance/garage bass tone that the Poly 800 was known for? that heavy square bass sound? Or am I crazy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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