Korg Poly 800
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| General | |
| Surname | Poly 800 |
| Manufacturer | KORG |
| Sound synthesis | Analog subtractive |
| Period | 1983 - 1987 |
| properties | |
| Polyphonic | yes, 8 (1 DCO / channel) |
| Multitimbral | No |
| filter | analog, 1 for all voices together |
| LFO | 1 per vote |
| Effects | Chorus or Digital Delay (Mk.II) |
| Keys | 49 (not velocity or pressure dynamic) |
| Interface (noun) | MIDI : 1 × IN, 1 × OUT |
| connections | Headphone audio: 1 / L, 2 / R 1 × pedal 1 × cassette interface |
| Sequencer | 256 events; Step input |
| Storage spaces | 64 |
| ROME | - |
| R.A.M. | - |
| Ext. Memory | Tape, Midi-Sysex (only Mk.II) |
The Poly 800 is a synthesizer produced by Korg in the 1980s . It was the first fully programmable polyphonic synthesizer that sold for less than US $ 1000 and has 8 digitally controlled (and therefore voice-stable) analog oscillators that all run through a single filter, which is why the Poly 800 is particularly suitable for filter modifications is quite popular in the circuit bending scene. Similar to the Korg Monopoly, the polyphony can be switched between 8-fold with 1 oscillator and 4-fold with 2 separately adjustable oscillators. Envelopes and LFOs (MG) are generated digitally by the CPU. The oscillators and the filter, on the other hand, work analog and are only controlled digitally by the CPU.
The equipment includes two holding points for a strap, so that the device can be hung like a guitar ( Keytar ); Battery operation is possible. A version with an inverse color keyboard was also available.
From 1984 to 1987 about 100,000 copies of the Poly 800 and the improved successor version Poly 800-II were produced to which a digital delay was added. The device was sold as an expander under the name EX 800. The model was used by numerous important exponents of electronic music , including Juan Atkins , Kevin Saunderson , Derrick May , Human League , Orbital , Tangerine Dream , Rob Hubbard and Jimi Tenor .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ synthmuseum.com Contains an article from: Peter Forres: The A – Z of Analogue Synthesizers . Susurreal Publishing, Devon (England) 1994