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
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2005-11-08 by bigfiver69