Korg Poly-800 Synth + Strymon BigSky Reverb

[@kelvindodd5577]

Very glad I kept my Korg. Still working.

[@dwaynecarroll6098]

Wish I still had mine byt I see them used on EBay for about $200-$300. May have to re-purchase!

[@LoudMountain]

Just managed to buy one cheap. A dream come true!

[@dwaynecarroll6098]

I've learned this from recent videos like this one: even an imperfect synth (or any other audio source) sounds amazing through a high quality reverb. Going to install the Valhalla Super Massive VST today. It appears to be FREE!

[@jokervinyl]

2:30 and 3:23 sound so ridiculously amazing and bring up alot of emotions - thank you!

[@R0381N]

The Big Sky almost makes the P800 sound like a Jp8. Great vid!

[@mylesofkeys2496]

+Nibor Ahnberg thanks a lot, the jp-8 is one of my favourite sounding synths!

[@JohnBassarcticsoundstudios]

The flute sound was my favorite. and the hold button control.

[@johnafrides7128]

Great Sounds! I have my original Korg dw8000 and you’ve made up my mind to get the new strymon big sky Mx!

[@rasclaatuk]

Tremendous sounds! The deeper I delve with this synth the more I love it. But it sounds excellent through that reverb.

[@KDEADS]

I used to have a Korg Poly 800 many years ago...sounds great with a big sky

[@dkba52]

i absolutely love this synth for medieval /gothic / Tolkien tones. Easy and fun to learn synthesis. Add a vintage processor like the MPX 100 and fire up the lava lamps. run the sequencer and sweep through the cutoff filter. perfect for long journeys as a music bed.

[@neotropeusa]

I bought one of these the day they came out way back when; I still have an EX800. Still love this synth. I used to do spring reverb back in the day, but this is mahvalous!

[@mylesofkeys2496]

+Christopher Simmons thank you! Yeah, this little synth packs a punch and I like the lush reverb with it. It really makes me think and play differently, in a good way!

[@jonasness]

It sounds amazing! Great instrument!

[@mylesofkeys2496]

+jonasbjarke thanks!

[@HotStrange]

Korg made some underrated gems in the mid eighties. DW6000/8000 and the Poly 800/61. All 4 great machines.

[@chieftp]

I'd love to have a DW8000 and a poly 800. I could play the DW8000 and use the poly 800 as a door stop.

[@HotStrange]

chieftp why would you use a good synth as a door stop? Lol Are you trolling or being pretentious?

[@chieftp]

a "good" synth? now THAT'S funny! LOL

[@HotStrange]

chieftp ah looks like you’re both.

[@chieftp]

I've had a poly 800. it's about as close to not being a synth as you can get. it doesn't sound that great, has ridiculously limited features and has flimsy, crappy build quality on top of all that. of course I understand they were trying to hit a price point.

[@airtonrodriguesdeoliveira9447]

Cheguei a fazer uma viagem mental com esses sons maravilhosos!

[@e-conrecords4665]

Lovely

[@dedytron]

Awesomely beautiful ambient! I will keep on experimenting with mine!

[@永死葬men]

😊16,8,4,2feet Simultaneous waveforms👍

[@Andrew-K]

Wow huge sound.

[@永死葬men]

Synth of my youth👍

[@bobbarcus8310]

My Dad bought mine on Christmas eve 1983 It still works perfect only changed the memory battery 1 time..

[@pasttofuturesamples]

Awesome video!

[@4wayrecords]

Geniale questo synth! Nonostante é stato snobato ai tempi!

[@ALTARBEATZ]

Ohw man that sound!!!

[@bradleylinemihler]

what a beauty

[@pendago8484]

Incredible what a difference the reverb makes... I owned a poly800, but would not recognize it if I didn't know this was an actual poly800...

[@bobbarcus8310]

I get a great sounding EVH jump tone use the patch that goes up to 99with the sound at 2:00 min

[@chill-qp7db]

This a very beautiful music gem💎💎💎

[@audioap]

Im jus trying to get my original 800 working, successfully changed battery..!

[@cheapthrills716]

this keyboard was a dream of mine as a kid, never got it though, I found one at a flea market and bought it but when I got home to test it it didn't work, crushed dreams, so I took it back and got my $60 bucks back.

[@FromZeroToZed]

Did you change the CMOS battery on board? I bought one and it powered on but didn't make any sounds, I replaced the battery on the board, used a video on youtube with an aux cable and reloaded factory sounds and it worked perfect.

[@matrixmirage2699]

I sure do miss mine. It finally fried itself.

[@JohnKGoodman]

impressive sounds you've coaxed from that thing ;) The fx don't hurt I'm sure

[@markushutto4017]

"Stranger Things" made me dig mine out the closet. Just a new power cord and I was good to go. I used patch 42 a lot. One of my songs in the studio with my band used it. There's. A "Jump" sound on it too. At least close anyway

[@NinoJoel]

Do yourselve a favor and replace the internal memory bank battery..... Everything might work fine but in reality the leaking battery destroys the PCB inside the Korg and some day you will find it not working without any chance to fix it.

[@markushutto4017]

@@NinoJoel yea I thought about that too. I know those aren't good in an older keyboard

[@mundolukas]

You could do some really neat synthwave on that thing!

[@JulioAvalos3000]

Yeah it's got those sweet 80s sounds.

[@nathaliedhondt4777]

Love my années 1985 1989 big moment in studio rencording actuel in my studio I the Fury-800 VST et le DX7 VST Nostalgie of reel good son et misique et SMILE the Roland TR707

[@cjayamsterdam]

hi mate. i bought a sub37 with a bigsky some weeks ago. as i was looking for a cheap analog poly as well, your video totally convinced me of buying a poly 800. which i just did for 200 euros :) thanks for the vid. think i will also buy the modification which adds knobs to the korg. i really dont like korg nowadays, but this little 80's machine is very tasty for the money. syncing arps / seq's to a daw's tempo works fine i guess?

[@mylesofkeys2496]

Glad to hear that and thanks!! The lack of knobs/ sliders is the only real downside of the synth for me. Killer deal otherwise; I'm sure you'll love it. I haven't really played with its sequencer for recording but I'm sure it could sync like any other. Post a video if you can! Analog Korg is where its at :)

[@ntrsnofficial8328]

Midi sync on and forget this mod knobs . try to accept how it work . i never gonna mod my poly 800

[@dexe1534]

I lent mine out 15 years ago, got it back the day before yesterday. Unfortunately, it no longer works .... no power ... my 16-year-old self is now deeply saddened!

[@fumocamel]

the solution is Strymon BigSky Reverb, maybe my farst with Strymon BigSky Reverb sounds interesting

[@NicolasKernNk]

Amazing patches, are they from the original Poly800?

[@mylesofkeys2496]

+Nicolas Kern These were loaded on the synth when I bought it in 2010, but I'm almost certain they are.

[@Knoc_Whearity]

defo not the original, i had to change the battery in mine and loaded the sounds back in from a cd player. took ages to get it right,, you have to time it perfect on the load switch.. Maybe bang those patches up @Myles of Keys....

[@galenhanson7118]

i need a KORG 9V AC adapter rated at 300 mA ? need help......

[@mylesofkeys2496]

I'm pretty sure it has to be a Korg adapter. Mine didn't come with one but the adapter off my MS2000 works with the Poly 800 just fine.

[@newignis]

It does not need to be Korg specific: every adapter with the same voltage on the pins having at least 300mA will do.

[@galenhanson7118]

@@newignisthanks any info on this Korg is very much needed n helpful !!

[@raymuscari7221]

what setting to sound like a piano? If there is one!

[@newignis]

A poly800 is not a good instrument to mimick pianos.

[@seth4766]

on the first patch, is that octave up on the 2nd DCO or the big sky?

[@mylesofkeys2496]

It's on the DCO, but the big sky really enhances it.

[@seth4766]

ah ok cool. so there's no like shimmer or pitching up aspect of the verb? just bought an 800, I am so excited =) I've got a few different verbs (no big sky alas) so just wondering. amazing patches btw.

[@mylesofkeys2496]

The BigSky can pitch up/down at pretty much any interval and shimmer, but on this video, I believe I just used the "bloom" setting with a higher brightness. Also used a volume boost on that setting, which acts a little bit like a compressor and adds to that glassy sustain. Congrats on the 800! It sounds great with any reverb, even basic GarageBand presets. I'd highly recommend the BigSky down the road because I've used that thing for drums, piano, guitar, and even tenor sax -- super fun possibilities!

[@seth4766]

I see I see =) thanks for the info! and yeah the big sky is definitely on the list but it's a long list lol

[@dkba52]

Zawinul used one.

[@peterfuzz3887]

all you play are factory presets ?

[@mylesofkeys2496]

I don't think they are factory, but they were programmed into the synth when I got it

[@Manjarow]

And stilll no velocity

[@newignis]

Not at the time it came out, no. But you can modify it nowadays so it listens to external velocity via MIDI. Be aware: at the time it came out, ŵe could only dream of velocity sensitive synths. They were way too expensive.

[@supertonepre7513]

Thanks for this! Now I know that no matter what its played through, that fake plastic sound cant be masked.

[@chieftp]

wow, the big sky can even make a piece of shit like the poly 800 sound a little less shitty

[@MasleyVystupoe]

Analogue synth? Xcuse me? Absolutely not!

[@ntrsnofficial8328]

Lool yes its analogue

[@elreyabeja4539]

Analogue Additive Synthesis. Digitally Controlled Oscillators.

[@HoTeNaTV928]

Its a DCO yes right not VCO, its Digital controlled not voltage controlled, but the Oscillator that makes the waveform is Analog.

[@Knoc_Whearity]

The Jupiter 8 had DCOs, is that not an analog synth?????? synth snobs do my head in.... go back to your Moog modular....... LOL......

[@newignis]

The sound generation and the sound path is 100% analog.