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Hey folks,

My new Poly-800 arrived on Thursday, just in time for a gig my band had on Saturday
Night.

When the board arrived, I was thrilled to see that what was actually described on ebay as
'mint' was indeed 'mint'. The board is flawless (only drawback - no A/C adaptor). So that
was wonderful.

I reloaded the presets from the WAV file that's floating around, and they sounded just as
great (and in places, cheesy) as I remembered them. I had kept some parameter charts for
a few of my old bread and butter patches, and keyed them in - they sounded fantastic.

Without doing any rehearsals before the show, I was able to use the Poly-800 for synths
and pads on songs like 'Everybody Want to Rule the World' and 'Don't You Forget About
Me'. My other board is a Korg Wavestation, and the two sounded really good together.

It's the first time I had played the board live since 1988, and hearing it through the mains
was a pure pleasure. More than nostalgia, the Poly-800 is a very versatile board for live
shows. I'm digging it in a huge way.

I'll try and post up some of my patches over the holidays.

Hope all are well,
Shep