Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

--- In 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