Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

Hi Shep --

Just curious -- would you mind sharing with the group how much your
paid for the Poly 800 via Ebay?

I have an old 800, which I wish was working properly...

Best,

- Dana


--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, "bigfiver69" <bsheppard@t...>
wrote:

>
> 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
>