Korg Poly 800.
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Only fiddled with one in a shop for a while.
A unique sound for sure. I think it's one of the machines emulated in the korg legacy collection.
Korg were great until the M1 advert generator came along. Only worthy ouput since has been Wavedrum and Prophecy.
BTW, finally blew up your avatar, can now see it's a 106.
Turn it down, it'll be too loud.
had a DW8000 for a while, although it was capable of some lush sounds, i found it difficult to place it in a mix, it always ended up sounding muddy
I used to have one a long time ago, not very good, has some unique sounds, but your money would be better spent on old roland gear, or even oberhiem if you can find something.
Having tried a few times to learn to make my own music, I have come to the conclusion that it is better to let other people get on with it; either buy their cds or go and see them play live.
Trying to do it yourself involves a lot of expensive twatting around and sore fingers.
Hope this helps.
Biginoil 
Diamond 383 wrote: Having tried a few times to learn to make my own music, I have come to the conclusion that it is better to let other people get on with it; either buy their cds or go and see them play live.
i e,ye were shite! 
Dont worry mate,so am I 
Can't recall being impressed the last time I played one but it's been ages ago. I seem to remember it being rather limited but didn't spend much time with it. There are many more interesting options in vintage analog...
Bentley wrote: Can't recall being impressed the last time I played one but it's been ages ago. I seem to remember it being rather limited but didn't spend much time with it. There are many more interesting options in vintage analog...
I think it's single biggest asset is that it's not a Roland, an SCi or a Moog, and therefore has a sufficiently "different" sound.
Doctor? wrote:
Bentley wrote: Can't recall being impressed the last time I played one but it's been ages ago. I seem to remember it being rather limited but didn't spend much time with it. There are many more interesting options in vintage analog...
I think it's single biggest asset is that it's not a Roland, an SCi or a Moog, and therefore has a sufficiently "different" sound.
sounding 'shiny, crackly and harsh' so say the reviews.
Ravi Kumar wrote:
Doctor? wrote:
Bentley wrote: Can't recall being impressed the last time I played one but it's been ages ago. I seem to remember it being rather limited but didn't spend much time with it. There are many more interesting options in vintage analog...
I think it's single biggest asset is that it's not a Roland, an SCi or a Moog, and therefore has a sufficiently "different" sound.
sounding 'shiny, crackly and harsh' so say the reviews.
When I played the real one it was through a gigantic bass amp, so I can't comment on the quality of it's output, but the virtual one in the Korg Legacy Collection sounds a lot like an sh101 or small Moog, with a filter that's more Moog than Roland (ie the resonance is easy to set the "sweet spot" on).
Doctor? wrote:
Ravi Kumar wrote:
Doctor? wrote:
Bentley wrote: Can't recall being impressed the last time I played one but it's been ages ago. I seem to remember it being rather limited but didn't spend much time with it. There are many more interesting options in vintage analog...
I think it's single biggest asset is that it's not a Roland, an SCi or a Moog, and therefore has a sufficiently "different" sound.
sounding 'shiny, crackly and harsh' so say the reviews.
When I played the real one it was through a gigantic bass amp, so I can't comment on the quality of it's output, but the virtual one in the Korg Legacy Collection sounds a lot like an sh101 or small Moog, with a filter that's more Moog than Roland (ie the resonance is easy to set the "sweet spot" on).
I thought the Legacy collection version was a Polysix? Those are quite interesting.
Oooops yes, confusing myself there.
In that case, my memories are of a real one from fookin years ago.
I was really pleasantly surprised by some of the presets. They are actually ok, especially the strings and pads. The basses are shit however, there is no arpeggiator even and editing capability is quite limited. This is a good value synth however for anyone taking the first tentative steps towards analogue synthesis. circa £150.
Diamond 383 wrote: Having tried a few times to learn to make my own music, I have come to the conclusion that it is better to let other people get on with it; either buy their cds or go and see them play live.
Trying to do it yourself involves a lot of expensive twatting around and sore fingers.
Hope this helps.
Biginoil
Thank God for Colin.* As ever, he is the voice of reason in a sea of would-be musos, repressed lesbians, social lepers and self-absorbed Americans convinced that now the Sheriff really is a nigger they can talk about (what passes for) US politics on here without mockery or condemnation.
(* - Yes, we are sleeping together. What of it?)
PETER COATES'S BELATED REDEMPTION wrote:
Diamond 383 wrote: Having tried a few times to learn to make my own music, I have come to the conclusion that it is better to let other people get on with it; either buy their cds or go and see them play live.
Trying to do it yourself involves a lot of expensive twatting around and sore fingers.
Hope this helps.
Biginoil
Thank God for Colin.* As ever, he is the voice of reason in a sea of would-be musos, repressed lesbians, social lepers and self-absorbed Americans convinced that now the Sheriff really is a nigger they can talk about (what passes for) US politics on here without mockery or condemnation.
(* - Yes, we are sleeping together. What of it?)
Would I be the repressed Lesbian? Or Social Leper? And nigger? He looks more like a zebra.
Diamond 383 wrote: Having tried a few times to learn to make my own music, I have come to the conclusion that it is better to let other people get on with it; either buy their cds or go and see them play live.
Trying to do it yourself involves a lot of expensive twatting around and sore fingers.
Hope this helps.
Biginoil
My sentiments entirely!
