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korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, "bigfiver69" <bsheppard@t...>
wrote:
>
> Hey everyone,
>
> Just saying hi. I'm a big fan of the Poly-800. I bought my first
one back in 1985 ($890!!!)
> at Steve's Music in Ottawa, and I well remember seeing a stack of
about 20 of them in
> boxes in the showroom. They were selling like hotcakes.
>
> Back in the day, I had a tough time choosing between the Poly-800
and the Juno 106. A
> buddy of mine had the Juno (and a JX3P) and there was just
something about the 800
> which beat them both. I eventually had three (!) in my setup, along
with a Yamaha DX-27
> and two Akai S-612 rack-mounted samplers. Played in a pop band
then, and the set up
> sounded great!
>
> I'm getting back in to playing again (with my old band no less!)
and I have a Korg
> Wavestation, and I just got a Poly-800 off ebay. Can't wait to get
that thing humming
> again. I loved programming it, and I really appreciated that it was
an instrument that you
> could know intimately, despite its limitations. I crafted some
killer strings, pads and lead
> patches, and I wrote down all the parameter info back in the day.
When my Poly arrives, I'll
> doublecheck the patches and post some.
>
> Anyway, nice to see a list dedicated to this warhorse. I know for
many a big-haired, eye-
> shadowed player back in the 80s, this was the board they learned
on.
>
> Shep
Hi Shep
Your Post remind me that I bought my Poly 800 back in 1985 at Steve
Music, in Montréal in my case. It's working like the first day (well
not exactly because I did the moog slayer mod).
If you want to share the patches you wrote down, i'll be pleased to
hear it.
Cheers
Bernard