Hi all,
I was given a Poly-800 (mk I) for free some time ago, probably because
I have some knowledge into synthesizers already, as you can tell from
my home page, and the woman who gave it to me no longer had any use for
it. It was in perfect shape both technically and cosmetically. It even
came with the original cassett with the factory sounds. I downloaded
the user manual, and through some contacts I was able to get hold of
the service manual.
However, it didn´t had any wall-wart power supply, and all I tried I
couldn´t get it to work properly. Finally I reconfigured an older
wall-wart power I had, bought new batteries, and made it work again.
After some trial-and-error I got the factory sounds loaded, so now it
plays like new.
I set it up at the family Macintosh, so that my kids could have a go at
it (and leave my other keyboards alone! - they usually drive me mad
whamming away on my Yamaha DX-7 in the studio), but every time I´m at
the Mac reading email (like now), I usually jams a little on the
Poly-800, and now - to my surprise! - I am thinking about integrating
it into my keyboard rig! It actually sounds amazingly good. I am
planning to do some of the standard mods (moog slayer etc.) when I get
the time (too many projects right now). I do like Korg keyboards of
old, and have used a lot of them, but I never got into the - for me -
"newer" Korg synths, like the Poly-800 at the time when they were new.
I remember at the time that I thought they sounded too cheesy. Whether
it is time or my ears, it doesn´t sound too bad now. I guess I am also
better at programming these days, so I can get some good sounds out of
it.
I searched out this group because I needed to get the Poly-800 up and
running, and I am thankful for all the help I got. I thought about
leaving now that the Poly-800 works again, but you all seems like good
folks, and the info and discussions here are nice and interesting, so
I´m still here.
I am a norwegian composer and synthesist, I occasionally make some
music, both solo and with my band, and perform live and record albums.
Thanks a lot, and all the best to all of you.
Terje Winther
http://www.wintherstormer.no/ > Over the last six months or more, we've seen many new Poly 800 and EX
> 800 enthusiasts join our group - to you all we say welcome.
>
> And also feel free to let us know how you came to become a Poly fan
> and what drives you to be still using one in the year 2007.
>
> Thanks,
>
> The moderator - Mike.
tw. :)
"Those great moments come when musicians are playing together..."
(Bob Moog)