KORG POLY-800 Analog Synthesizer 1984 | CUSTOM PATCHES | DEMO

[@AnalogAudio1]

Do you want these patches (sounds) for your POLY-800 or EX-800? You can buy these patches, read the video description for details.

[@kiosko33hz]

Hi getting mine next week. Will contact you, these are awesome !

[@ErikD71]

A question for anyone here ; I have the korg poly 800 hooked up to a roland TR707 Rythem Composer. I have the MIDI hooked up, the left and right jacks connected to eachother etc, I listen to the sound through my head phones. if I wanna hear both these instruments through speakers how do I hook them up.

[@AbsurdTV1]

Nice!!! I got the rack unit!!

[@AbsurdTV1]

@@ErikD71buy a mixer! Theres tons of mixers to choose from.

[@ErikD71]

@@AbsurdTV1 Thanks ! Actually I just used a wire, I connected the right to right and left to left of each instrument and it works ! I may add a Hammond organ later on, then I will need a 3 or 4 channel mixing board to play all 3 at once.

[@bevoburn]

Just found this keyboard at goodwill for 10 bucks. This is a huge upgrade from my Casio

[@thebreathalyzer]

cheers! Nice trade

[@robinsss]

that having been said the casio CA 110 is a good keyboard

[@Grow_Everything]

robinsss agreed! It has a bunch of samples from the Casio CZ series of synthesizers. Sounds awesome!

[@geompon6505]

10 bucks??? Here in Greece they sell it for 320€!!!

[@Utubesuxmycock]

Hahahaha

[@PTechnicalOriginal]

Aw man, Thirteen year old kid at the old 'A1 Music' shop in Manchester, 1984. Drooling over a Poly800 being demonstrated to a boy(younger than me) with his mum with her cheque book out!!! Couldn't keep my hands off it, until the guy in the shop kicked me out. HATED that kid at the time, needles to say that shop Hated me:) This synth was a revolution when it came out, much cheaper than a Poly 61 or a Juno 6 by about £400! Yeah, they cut some corners but still this synth holds it own, nice one!

[@nobodyneverknows]

I really like the sound from this Korg. The limitations are high but the sound itself has a character that a lot of synths lack.

[@sauermusicDE]

Fantastic video. It really shows how GOOD the Poly 800 can sound.

[@rdhorsey9081]

I've had a reverse coloured keys Poly 800 for years and have many times considered selling it - then I get back to my senses and pat myself on the back for not selling! She's a beaut!!

[@jamesedinger4956]

a reverse color is the only one I'd consider...just for the visual appeal

[@music130man]

That's the one I had. Kind of regret trading it all those years ago.

[@thejollyjoker187]

I just love the wavelab 3.0 rec. meters in the background!

[@julianchristopher147]

This was my first and last synth, bought in 1984. I enjoyed tweaking the preset sounds, in particular, to get percussion effects. It worked well when multi tracking.

[@BillVincent]

This was my very first synth I owned. Even tho it's small, it packed a huge punch. And, if you know what you're doing with programming it, you can do AMAZING patches.

[@ErikD71]

I have this too, I bought it because Eddie Layton used it at yankee stadium and I always loved the sound.

[@gregcomposition]

It was my first analog synthesizer! I still have it. Great patches, specially at 5:18 - sounds like "Don't Go" Yazoo intro :) Wow!

[@fjfrancois]

Sounds better than the minilogue 😎

[@AnalogAudio1]

Yeah, the real 80's analog sound vs modern analog sound

[@fjfrancois]

@@AnalogAudio1 thank you dude for your videos. I learn a lot even that I been using synths since 1985 😎

[@electronicexposure]

Love this synth, with or without effects it can really get the job done. These sounds remind me of when I used to spend all my time making track after track with it because it was my only synth at the time. Love the step sequencer too omg.

[@andyanderson6455]

One of my first synths I found for a friend in 1986 in a pawn shop for 200$ ! amazing!

[@AnalogAudio1]

Very nice! Even today you would still pay about the same price for one. Not many synths have such a stable price in a 35 years period on the used market :-)

[@SuperEgido]

Uno de los mejores sintetizadores de la historia. Un pionero inolvidable.

[@ferrousoxtaby1103]

Well, With everyone posting "ooh and aah" we can say goodbye to the sub $200 prices.

[@CockatooDude]

You're all good man, I just saw one for 222 dollars on ebay in perfect condition.

[@ewkalt4770]

i'm seeing them for like $400 now ;-;

[@KurtFuller]

This synth does not cost more than 200. I don´t understand how people pay $250€, or even 300-350 bucks, for a synth like this one.

[@elmortobeats5919]

ewk alt yeah 450 now 😣

[@stonefacegall]

I just got one for 207$ hopefully the thing works... Ebay bidding was super easy with their app.

[@jrneme]

I had one and was always frustrated but oddly, I now miss it. I was in a band in the 80s and strapped it as a keytar. Hilarious now.

[@fonya4380]

Ah my first poly synth had much fun with it in the mid 80s. Definitely benefits from adding some external effects. I usually was using two oscillators per note so only four notes at a time, but very warm rich sound.

[@oddities-whatnot]

My first synth when I was 19. I wasn't in Vietnam but I was 19...

[@riccardotorri]

for the few ;-)

[@btw500]

N-N-N Nineteen

[@RundFyrkant]

my first polyphonic synthesizer back in the 80s. got some neat quirks with the chordmemory, monophonic filter and midi omnimode always set to ON.

[@alessandraromano454]

Amazing!

[@capatrateka]

my girlfriend made me a gift yesterday by buying your patches for my korg p800. they sound great, congrats! you did a great job!!!

[@Howardlandscapingllc]

Marry her, you’ve got yourself a keeper!

[@btw500]

Played one of these in 1983. Great “live” patches, easy to transport and very road worthy. Made tweaking on the fly a pleasure.

[@alancummings5651]

Such iconic sounds. Was an awesome keyboard back then.

[@cfcreative1]

something haunting about the sound of this synth

[@johnsaltsman9125]

Yes, it's my childhood.

[@jmakhlouf422]

As an 80's child, there is so much instant recall with this (movies, videos, etc) Played one of these in my high school band room...

[@boglot]

Yeah I have one and it’s very evocative. I don’t know enough about synths to explain it. My virtual synths sound cleaner and more pristine, but the Poly 800 takes me to a different planet when I play it.

[@Synthelicious]

This patchbank is awesome!! I just can't stop playing...... Thanx :)

[@vukferdinand2]

Great sounds and melody! Really like your style of playing :D

[@ChadWork1]

Oh man I had one of those in 1984. So sweet!

[@WebVManReturns]

That is the most beautiful keyboard I have ever heard in my life. I must start bidding on one on eBay this instant.

[@josephjewett2686]

What a great demo of what this synth is capable of. Thanks for sharing!

[@maccagrabme]

This is agreat sounding synth, excellent pads and nice 80s bass but I was shocked at how close the Poly 850 vsti demo was to the real thing, it complements the hardware almost perfectly to my ears. I had to turn down the volume on the real thing to make sure it was the software actually playing.

[@dianamiino7391]

Wonderful and relatively cheap synthesizer, super easy to program, absolutely enjoyable ❤️

[@HeatherDevona]

I did a lot of my early music on one of these, you can hear on my album Three Wishes on KZbin. The sounds always make me tingle. Poor Poly is retired now but her spirit lives on in a new invention I use.

[@jeroenfigee]

Oh man, this brings back memories ;-) I had the rackversion. - EX800 - Programmed so many patches on it. It worked great as a stack-synth. | Thanx 4 uploading : : :

[@Mmourader]

DCO: digitally controlled oscillator. The oscillators are pure analogue, only the frequency signal is controlled by a computer which means you get a more accurate, less " drifty " and "organic" sound. A lot of poly synths of the 80's contain DCO's, no matter the price.

[@johndominick67]

Sniff....sniff... brings back some memories!

[@MoogKorgfan]

Especially powerful synth -3 complex e.g.'s- i remember hooking up an ex-800 and feeling there was no limit to my chording power! Hearing these sounds takes me back!! I was pennyless, but the sound ...

[@christopheringram4118]

Even though I've only used VST emulations, I've come to appreciate Korg envelopes for that reason.

[@AbsurdTV1]

Sounds awesome 👏

[@vtxpony]

OMG...I still have one of these in storage. Must dig it out!

[@coldwar1977]

and I thought it would sound bad, after reading so many negative reviews??? sounds beautiful to me. verrrrrrry 80's!!!

[@M3urs]

looks like a toy but sound like a beast

[@halcyo]

Man, I had one of these! I used it mostly as a bass synth in my teenage band growing up, and damn it would regularly shake stages! Definitely limited, but it had some character though!

[@synesthetica]

This was my first analog. I sold it, because at that time I was after knobs, more flexibility and a more complex architecture. When I look back and listen to this I like this synth. This, Poly 61 and Roland Alpha Juno are one of the softest sounding polysynths ever. They have a certain hollow quality to their sound which can work extremely well in some situations. They don't cut through a mix, but are wonderful when a softer, fuzzy sound is needed. I kind of want one again :D

[@enno6982]

An alpha juno c'ant cut through a mix???

[@troublesomecorsair]

NICE KEYBOARD! Not the musical one. I mean the green and yellow one. Awesome.

[@truthisheredealwiit952]

Dead banter.

[@troublesomecorsair]

T__T

[@AnalogAudio1]

there is even a version in pink

[@adnana7918]

Wonderful Demo! Thanks

[@elfwing5400]

Great atmosphere. Enjoyed.

[@moogdome2562]

Just goes to show, it's ok to listen to others opinions, but there's a lot of synth snobs outhere, so best to judge yourself, if you like it or not. I think it sounds amazing. But aa Synth is only as good as the person programming it, to bring the best out of it. No mattrer what make it is. this a very inspiring and brilliant demo.. On my shopping list after this. Thank you so much.

[@littlebritain64]

When I think that this synth is cheap, raw, sometimes not well playiable, and gave me endless troubles to find a good sound, and I think at the same time that still surprises me, well, this MUST mean that this little toy is a great machine.

[@jonaswortmann5467]

after watching this video, I'll definitely get one of these!

[@lonelywolfy]

um, wow.. this sounds kind of awesome for such a budget synth!

[@Oferko0]

I feel, that this was perhaps the only synthesizer that could be legally bought in Czechoslovakia at that time... the other tools had to smuggle through the customs 😢

[@AnalogAudio1]

then the Poly-61 was illegal? :-) I think it rather has to do with the affordable price

[@Oferko0]

you are right, partly... but some people had money already at that time... but tools were smuggled or bought by the state (for professionals) from West (nearest was Vienna)... it was terrible situation!

[@AnalogAudio1]

I can imagine...

[@christopherholloway8153]

Wow! Nice work! You make this old DCO synth sound better than it deserves to. Nice programming and nice playing, on your part! (The KORG POLY-800 was my first synth, back in 1985. I always thought it sounded thin and 'grainy' so I bought a used KORG Polysix and loved it! I started buying up all the old analogs when they were 'dirt-cheap' because everyone wanted samplers, FM synths, and the Roland D-50. :-P Your vid makes me wanna go back and rediscover my old '800'! Thanks, Bud!

[@AnalogAudio1]

thank you :-)

[@jdubbjazzbass]

i had one of those,it got burned in a vehicle fire,those are really nice synthesizers,hopefully i can find another one on ebay.

[@TheNimasan]

Very underrated synth!!

[@weaselidiotu]

the very last patch sounds so nice

[@AbsurdTV1]

Amazing sound right there!!!! 🎉😢😮😅

[@magevers59]

Great demo! It was one of mine favorite synth's in the early 80's! Thanks for posting.

[@coldwar1977]

Don't shoot me... but I like the Poly 800's sound much better than the Juno 6/60.

[@removalist1995]

bang

[@korgm3radias7]

@@removalist1995 bang bang

[@Lhenndyn]

No... 🤓

[@altraz2k]

OK Chef, da ich wohl morgen einen Poly 800 geschenkt bekomme, das Ding Midi hat und dein Soundset der Hammer in Tüten ist wäre es super wenn wir da ins Geschäft kommen! Hammer-Arbeit!

[@OPHreMIMIC]

thx man - great demo! excellent oldschool keyboard :)

[@KeytarKris]

I’ve one of these and I love the sequencer with the awesome 80s patches

[@TheLiquidTree]

I have one since 1991 and now it is just residing in a corner of my studio, well I think I shall reactivate it again ;-) good video and excellent skills, well done.

[@danbel1967]

after several hours spent (unsuccessfully) to find every possible way at the right volume, I tried to load the patch via phone Samsung GT8500 Wave ...... sounds loaded in less than 1 minute. ... fantastic.....

[@enricpascual1926]

Great patches!

[@AnalogAudio1]

thanks!

[@Sharikoff8]

Thank you for the awesome demo!

[@kontrajelly]

It sounds really beautiful .!

[@LKJDFDG]

Great analog synth for the money

[@kennymd2488]

Analog synth... :-D It was my first synth, it's a little good machine, expecially for some pads, but it's not actual analog; it use digital osc with a bad sound, less by analog taste for sure, some patch came good, but ever with some plastic taste in it's sound. The "data entry" was a bad way to release some cheap synth in the '80s, because it's an horrible way to create a sound, expecially with the complicate envelope section. I kept again my Poly 800, for some patch is good, but as a synth is a very poor machine...

[@LarryShone]

Brings back memories of the one I had

[@zaga9560]

Had one of the inverse colour ones - added a DX7 and also a Seiko Ds 202 - What brilliant noises they made. Not a musician, but later had to go for a few lessons! Was more interested in programing these synths. Great times those. Sadly all sold many years ago.

[@spoonster12]

I don't understand why some people continue to hate on the Poly 800. For a vintage synth with two DCOs and a VCF that you can still get for under $200, it sounds really good to me. I bought a mk II at a pawn shop several years ago for around $75. I will never sell it. Very capable early 80s polysynth.

[@nellsonogmore5938]

I have one of the beauties, paid £70 for it off Ebay about 12 years ago. Great little synth!

[@SudoDSLAM]

Awesome demo! Loved every second of it. Makes me want to pick one of these up

[@PeachBeach]

It sounds beatiful here, makes me regret selling mine, the strings and pads sound warm and lush and nicer than my Juno 1 :O

[@francotonini6446]

Un mostro 🎹👍

[@thebreathalyzer]

Really nice sounds that show off what this nice little keyboard was capable of. Well done.

[@AnalogAudio1]

thanks!

[@bermude8]

Good sound 80 /90S !

[@speakrmusic4811]

Whoa, lush sounds

[@reddiver]

I've still got mine, was used on the first track recorded by Sara MacLachlan!

[@verneblung5855]

such a good demo

[@CommunityGuidelines]

After hearing all these great patches, I am 100% convinced that the Legendary Pink Dots used a Korg Poly-800 in the early 80's.

[@devicefactor2290]

M. Woofington I always thought lpd used a juno6 or the poly61 because theyre was Alot of arp effects

[@cosmosynthesizer]

Community Guidelines Yes, they did. Saw the band in 1990 and they had a 800 on stage.

[@b.l.o.o.d.m.o.s.e.s.]

damn that sounds good

[@mummstylesound]

Die beste Poly 800 Demo im Netz (Meinung des Kommentators)!

[@Droidbot_electro]

Perfect instrument.... KORG's Legend.

[@flyinghorseknuckles]

This is a really great demo! I have one of these. I made a ton of music with this keyboard. The midi function is a little iffy, but with patience it can work fine. I should post some of my old works some day, just to get this keyboard's sounds out there for posterity. Thanks for the post! ~Jon

[@thatswhaticallanicesound6586]

Such a nice instrument! Would like to buy one after experimental VST action with at least some Poly 800 feeling 😊

[@TheKuzmann]

wow this is soouu nice sounding machine. and underestimated. In serbia there is one piece in mint condition for 200 euro with Moog slayer filter mod...Old school sound

[@4OPFab]

ahhh you're responsible of my new synth-crush

[@daniellewis6344]

so... you are a great synth player!

[@AnalogAudio1]

thanks

[@oele]

going to buy a 800 on the strength of this review/demo. thnx!

[@R---66---R]

Wished I'd never sold it...some twenty years ago....regrets. The machine made so much avances, at the time, towards me and my love for the |P|O|L|Y |8|0|0 will be one of eternal values.

[@douro20]

I think it was a Korg Poly 800 which was used quite extensively in the theme music to Rescue 911, composed by Richard Stone.

[@irishmusico]

Sounds great

[@bwc1976]

Absolutely beautiful, I hadn't heard much about this before but it sounds just as good as a Juno. You could do a lot of 80's TV soundtracks with this.

[@georgegeorgio1751]

No not quite as fat or as detuned like movement as Juno (I have AJ2) cause it lacks pulse width (I own both) but in dual mode it can achieve some unusual sounds.

[@georgegeorgio1751]

Not really try getting great a string pad out of it , you have to put it into dual mode and then you only have 4 note poly imo it excels in basic brass , bells , bass , funky Leeds , weird sounds via it’s extra envelope parameters , effects using it’s reso and white noise + organ & organ like pads plus a few more, it’s ok but I prefer the AJ2 I own both.

[@oudoilleoville]

Would love to know the song starting @4:07. Anyone? Great patch for that one too.

[@jgk381]

wow, i love the sound of this. better than juno's, imo.

[@NachoMartyMeyer]

so beautiful Synth, I'm close tu buy one! greetings! good demo!

[@chinossynthesizer705]

Hi nacho

[@NachoMartyMeyer]

@@chinossynthesizer705 hi Chino!!

[@tuesdayzrain]

Awesome!

[@framus90]

GREAT! underrated video...

[@maxauto44e]

so beautiful

[@Thoracius]

Great sounds!

[@ElectronicazMusic]

Beautiful.