Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

I'm thinking about getting a Korg. What would you get, a Poly 800 or a 
DW-8000(really a rack one EX-8000? Are they very similar in sound? Is 
the DW-8000 the flagship of the Poly 800, or are they two different 
sounding beasts?
Thanks,
Frank

--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, "Frank O' The Mountain" 
<fmmusic@...> wrote:
>
> I'm thinking about getting a Korg. What would you get, a Poly 800 or 
a 
> DW-8000(really a rack one EX-8000? Are they very similar in sound? Is 
> the DW-8000 the flagship of the Poly 800, or are they two different 
> sounding beasts?
> Thanks,
> Frank
>

They're different models not related to each other.  Poly 800 came 
before DW-8000.  They both sound really good.  The Poly 800 is good 
because it is a widely programmable DCO-based synth with an analog 
filter.  The DW-8000 uses samples of simple waveforms to emulate analog 
synthesis, and has 16 waveforms to choose from. DW-8000's envelope 
modulator is a VCA, and it's filter is a VCF, however. DW-8000 also has 
a nice digital chorus/delay which the DW-6000 doesn't have (although it 
has a rather old A/D and D/A stage on either side of it which 
compromises the sound).  DW-8000 also has a MIDI clock-syncable 
arpeggiator and nifty sample&hold LFO.

I have both an EX-800 and an EX-8000, and they definitely sound  
different. I only reletively recently got hold of the EX-8000, so  
I've really only been flicking through presets so far, but I'd  
characterise it as sounding more 'digital' than the EX-800. It's much  
better for plucked-type sounds, and is capable of some nice basses  
too. It also scores over the EX-800 in having a unison mode, where  
all 16 oscillators are stacked, for monster monophonic sounds, which  
is cool. The EX-800 can be very warm-sounding, and definitely has a  
unique sonic signature, but has one major cost-saving quirk you  
should probably be aware of. Though it is polyponic (4 notes, with  
both oscillators going), it only has one filter. I actually really  
like the way this sounds, but some might find it limiting. Installing  
the Hawk-800 mod opens up lots of different possibilities, so that  
might be a reason to go for the EX-800, too.

a|x

On 22 Jan 2009, at 02:33, zoinky420 wrote:

> --- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, "Frank O' The Mountain"
> <fmmusic@...> wrote:
>>
>> I'm thinking about getting a Korg. What would you get, a Poly 800 or
> a
>> DW-8000(really a rack one EX-8000? Are they very similar in sound? Is
>> the DW-8000 the flagship of the Poly 800, or are they two different
>> sounding beasts?
>> Thanks,
>> Frank
>>
>
> They're different models not related to each other.  Poly 800 came
> before DW-8000.  They both sound really good.  The Poly 800 is good
> because it is a widely programmable DCO-based synth with an analog
> filter.  The DW-8000 uses samples of simple waveforms to emulate  
> analog
> synthesis, and has 16 waveforms to choose from. DW-8000's envelope
> modulator is a VCA, and it's filter is a VCF, however. DW-8000 also  
> has
> a nice digital chorus/delay which the DW-6000 doesn't have  
> (although it
> has a rather old A/D and D/A stage on either side of it which
> compromises the sound).  DW-8000 also has a MIDI clock-syncable
> arpeggiator and nifty sample&hold LFO.
>
>
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