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Poly-800

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. Manufacturer:
Korg

Model:
Poly-800 and Poly-800II

Production period:
Poly-800 1984-86
Poly-800 1986-87

Quantity produced:
100,000

Also:
- Paula Chase's Poly-800
- a Poly-800 with Reverse Keys
- a Poly-800II
- Poly-800 brochure courtesy of Benjamin Ward

Famous Fingers
Who played this instrument?

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Korg Poly-61

above photo from the collection of Joseph Rivers, Audio Playground, Orlando, FL

other synths in the Audio Playground Collection

This polyphonic (8 voices), programmable synthesizer featured a 49-note (C-C) non-velocity keyboard, MIDI, one DCO per voice, a single VCF, three six-segment envelope generators (one for each group of 4 oscillators, and one for the VCF or noise generator), battery power, and two strap buttons, which, combined with its light weight, made it a truly strap-on synth. The batteries lasted approximately 6 hours. It allowed layering both banks of oscillators for much better (fatter) sounds, although it reduced the polyphony to 4 voices. The Poly 800 also featured a simple 256-event step-time sequencer and a simple chorus. The Poly 800 II featured improved MIDI, and a comprehensive digital delay instead of the chorus. It was also slightly darker brown in color.

[from The A-Z of Analogue Synthesizers , by Peter Forrest, published by Susurreal Publishing, Devon, England, copyright 1994 Peter Forrest]



Famous Fingers
Who Played This Instrument?

Juan Atkins, Brian Chatton, faTT deX, Geoff Downs, Peter Erskine, Chris Franke of Tangerine Dream, Human League, L. Ron Hubbard, Michael Huygen of Neronium, Inner City, Jake of Joe Public, Daniel Lanois - a Poly 800II, Chuck Leavell (Rolling Stones, Sea Level), Derick May, Orbital, Out of Logic, Peter Oxendale, brasilian singer and composer Vitor Ramil -"A paixao de V segundo ele proprio" recorded in 1984. (LP Som Livre/Sigla, no 403.6306), Nick Rhodes, Kevin Saunderson, Michael W Smith, Jim Tenor

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