Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

Greetings from a long-time lurker in this group...please bear with an 
overlong post...

I have owned an EX-800 (along with a pair of EX-8000s and lots of 
Roland MKS', BTW) for many years and seldom use it.  Once ever other 
year or so I get to feeling broke (usually end of the year) and 
overburdened with storing underused gear and decide to sell it, but 
have to plug it up to test/audition it first.  Thing is, each time I 
give it a new listen, I fall in love with it all over again!  It just 
takes up too many rack spaces (and I have no ears for it anyway) for 
me to include it in my gigging rig, and my "home studio" doesn't seem 
to get much use for lack of time, BUT THE SOUND KILLS.

The hardware mod clearly is awesome judging from all the reviews and 
the sample files I've heard, but the SOFTWARE enhancements being 
spoken about are just mind-boggling to me.  The messages I was 
reading in this group late spring and early summer of this year 
seemed to suggest that the final kit release was just around the 
corner, so now I'm checking in again to see where it's all at and I 
confess that I am THOROUGHLY CONFUSED.  There's the original moog 
slayer hardware mod, then there's a Hawk, and there is soon to be an 
Atomahawk?  Do I have that part right?

What I fail to see is a FAQ containing: 1) a succinct description of 
current state of kit development, and 2) info on where to go TO BUY 
THE KIT!  I've been holding off on moog slayer mod while waiting for 
the software enhancements spoken of, and now have to wonder whether I 
ought not wait for the newer Atomahawk...?

Perhaps I should add that I have NO interest in sequencing features 
(really got a kick out of the post complaining about only room for 
ONE song -- showing his age there, I think), the arpeggiator 
possibility sounds like a cool feature for noodling around at home, 
but not likely to see much use live (by me, that is), so i don't know 
whether the Atomahawk enhancements, whatever they are, might be of 
interest to me.

Is there a relationship between Hawk and Atomahawk?  I've spent two 
hours reading back through messages and found it educational, useful 
and entertaining, but leaves me with too many questions...

BTW, I have ready cash and will be glad to buy the kit in current 
development once I figure out if it's the right thing for me (as 
opposed to waiting for the later Atomahawk).

Thanx,

Pablo

P.S. -- the skill set in accomplishing these things, as I said, just 
boggles my mind.  Any possibility that one or more of you geniuses 
might be interested/available in consulting on other music gear 
related work?  I have needs....

On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, pablo mastodon wrote:

>  It just takes up too many rack spaces (and I have no ears for it 
> anyway) for me to include it in my gigging rig,
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i'm considering making my EX800 into a 1U rack, after i do the new mods.


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On Donnerstag 21 August 2008, Atom Smasher wrote:
> i'm considering making my EX800 into a 1U rack, after i do the
> new mods.

2U or 3U was my own idea about it as I want to retain the UI and 
perhaps later fit another board or two into the same enclosure.  
But since I just cleaned the buttons and they now work again like 
a charm, this is not likely to be done soon.


Achim.
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Hello

I am selling my EX 800
No idea how much it worth !
You can make an offer.

The EX 800 is in France near Paris

Best

Cyril