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Poly800 Vs Poly800MK2

2012-11-24 by krikorola

Hi,

i made a A/B between my Mk2 and a friends V1 poly800, setting up the same value for all parameters, chorus/delay off, i get a very big difference of level output, my MK2 sounds a lot lower and thinner. The V1 has a filter cut off and res potard added to it, but that's the only mod i think that was done to it.
Anybody ever did a A/B on unmodified ones? do you think it's normal?

best
K

Re: [korgpolyex] Poly800 Vs Poly800MK2

2012-11-24 by Martin Ator

Maybe because the MK2 has a digital delay effect they had to reduce the volume to reduce the chance of clipping? You wouldn't have this problem with the analogue chorus in the same way maybe.

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From: krikorola <krikorola@...>
To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, 24 November 2012, 12:42
Subject: [korgpolyex] Poly800 Vs Poly800MK2

Hi,

i made a A/B between my Mk2 and a friends V1 poly800, setting up the same value for all parameters, chorus/delay off, i get a very big difference of level output, my MK2 sounds a lot lower and thinner. The V1 has a filter cut off and res potard added to it, but that's the only mod i think that was done to it.
Anybody ever did a A/B on unmodified ones? do you think it's normal?

best
K

[korgpolyex] Poly800 Vs Poly800MK2

2012-12-22 by Jill Saphic

hello!

Ive heard them both in the same room at the same time.

The green one and the black one.

The Mark I is louder, and has more low-low mids.

And it's bass patches were very noticably thicker sounding.

Also, the number of useful patches is a lot better on that Mark 1.

The chorus being a programmable parameter is super important

to the foundation of the sounds in the first place, especially strings,

some of those OB horn sounds, The EP sounds,

and that wicked cello sound it has. and those two part sounds,

like the ones that start as a bell, then morph onto a bowed string,

and the Sound FX using the noide generator need that chorus.
But using the solo sounds on the Mark 2 was more fun with its

delay turned way up. 2 bad they didn't just add the delay in the Mark

2 instead of replacing the chorus with it. THAT would have been something!!!

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From: Martin Ator <cyllall@...>
Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] Poly800 Vs Poly800MK2
To: "korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com" <korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Saturday, 24 November, 2012, 13:42

Maybe because the MK2 has a digital delay effect they had to reduce the volume to reduce the chance of clipping? You wouldn't have this problem with the analogue chorus in the same way maybe.

From: krikorola <krikorola@...>
To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, 24 November 2012, 12:42
Subject: [korgpolyex] Poly800 Vs Poly800MK2

Hi,

i made a A/B between my Mk2 and a friends V1 poly800, setting up the same value for all parameters, chorus/delay off, i get a very big difference of level output, my MK2 sounds a lot lower and thinner. The V1 has a filter cut off and res potard added to it, but that's the only mod i think that was done to it.
Anybody ever did a A/B on unmodified ones? do you think it's normal?

best
K

Re: [korgpolyex] Poly800 Vs Poly800MK2

2012-12-22 by L

Were both units unmodified? Depending on how the mod was performed, just adding those pots can make a big difference in sound.
Heres how i did mine. Before doing anything i measured the resistance of the factory trim pots. After that i carefully removed them. Then i installed the pots and an on/off switch for the moog slayer mod. I wired the mod circuit to the "on" position and wired the original trims to the "off" position. I taped them up and rechecked the resistance to make sure it hadnt changed. That way i can select the modified powered filter circuit or the completely original stock circuit.
I can tell you that engaging the slayer mod makes a big difference in sound, regardless of where the new pots are set to, simply because of the extra power to the filter.

Were both Poly's stock?

Thanks, Lucifer

Jill Saphic <jill_saphic@...> wrote:

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>hello!
>Ive heard them both in the same room at the same time.
>The green one and the black one.
>The Mark I is louder, and has more low-low mids.
>And it's bass patches were very noticably thicker sounding.
>Also, the number of useful patches is a lot better on that Mark 1.
>The chorus being a programmable parameter is super important
>to the foundation of the sounds in the first place, especially strings,
>some of those OB horn sounds, The EP sounds,
>and that wicked cello sound it has. and those two part sounds,
>like the ones that start as a bell, then morph onto a bowed string,
>and the Sound FX using the noide generator need that chorus.
>But using the solo sounds on the Mark 2 was more fun with its
>delay turned way up. 2 bad they didn't just add the delay in the Mark
>2 instead of replacing the chorus with it. THAT would have been something!!!
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