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
>