Synthesizer Show & Tell | Korg Poly-Ensemble P | Part 1

[@tommyg5095]

This was the first keyboard I ever purchased... Thought it was just a multi featured keyboard, not knowing that this is a pretty darn nice synth... Still have it, as I am a pack rat. Just turned it on today and all is well, fully functioning... Best thing about this unit, I paid 50 bucks for it.... It is in great shape. Yes, I am looking for the traveler pedal also.... EDIT.... Not that anyone would care, but, after playing this synth last night, I decided to clean/ dust it off, including the travel lid that is part of this synth's case/chassis... Well, in the lid i found the traveler pedal and cord.. Did not remember that I had it... Plugged it in and works great....

[@jasonmcgary]

Make a video of this. using the traveler pedal

[@tommyg5095]

@@jasonmcgary Jason, I am so busy, my job site is 310 miles from home, I stayed in a hotel most of last year, but, I will try to do just that... It may take a couple of weeks, and thankfully, this job is about wrapped up, and I should be home in about 2 weeks.

[@jasonmcgary]

@@tommyg5095 right on

[@essential_listening]

Great hair mate, and I’m reduced to tears by the beauty of this synth for whatever odd reason!

[@neverforever387]

I think this is the synth Alvvays uses. Really cool.

[@StephenLearson]

Liam McCloughan it’s the Alvvays synth for sho.

[@lorenzopellicciotta6613]

Great demonstration of this instrument with a typical 70's korg sound, thanks above all to the traveler filter. I believe that at minute 5:54 by chorus he means modulation of the pulse width of the square wave

[@chriseisert1349]

Wow, there is a hell of a lot of character with this thing. Thanks so much for showing it off and all it's bell and whistles. Beautiful!

[@alison_synths]

wow! this thing sounds pretty damn good!

[@SpacePatrollerLaser]

Yeah. It's a pity we can't do those in virtual form. I don't know if we have the proessing power to do those multichannel engines like the Crumoar Orchestrator, Sequential Circuits Preluide. Yamaha SK series or any of those symphonic/ensemble instruments. If we did, we could make more realistic sounding ones using samples of the real instruments they were imitationg

[@stefangios2600]

Very nice presentation of this old synth.

[@synth4ever]

Sounds lovely, very organic! Look forward to part 2.

[@StephenLearson]

synth4ever thanks for watching!

[@amonster8mymother]

Wow, nice song on the end there. I like the style.

[@deltAdataTV]

Thanks for the discovery ! 👍😉

[@StephenLearson]

deltAdata this synth is so awesome it makes the 80’s sound like the 70’s

[@deltAdataTV]

whatever the decade, it soud epic !!!! 😍

[@clappingjazzhands9408]

Thank you for the great video. I picked up a PE 1000 around 10 years ago. Came complete, both traveler and glide pedals included. It’s my favorite vintage synthesizer.

[@StephenLearson]

Clapping Jazz Hands that sounds awesome. Lucky you. I would love to get that traveller pedal some day.

[@magnusvanttinen7855]

Nice sound from this Korg

[@EldarBaruch]

Beautiful and attentive demonstration. Thank you for the inspiration.

[@bumfie]

Thank you lovely sounds

[@rembrandvandooren8027]

AWESOME SYNTH! ♥

[@RegebroRepairs]

Damn, those Poly-Ensembles all sound fantastic, especially the S and P version, but the original as well.

[@RFToob]

Wonderful. I love this time/era of synths. I used to go the synth shops back then as my oasis. This particular one is very useful. Did Greg Hawkes of the Cars have one? Anyway, it sounds awesome. Cheers.

[@neilloughran4437]

I had this back in the 90s. I had this on top of my Rhodes. I really liked the sound but had to sell it (along with my Rhodes) to survive tough times at uni. Mine was a little differnt to this though... did not have the "P" designation... was just Polyphonic Ensemble PE1000.... my fav sound was the PIPE organ... I also had the rare footpedal. This actually sounds much better than I remember... I'd love to have one again as I think it would sound wonderful through a Strymon...

[@kiko1935]

Man for late 70's preset synth this thing sounds pretty damn good

[@discodave6153]

Was the last song played completely live? Sounded fantastic, great playing. High pass filter and hair terrific 👌🏻

[@futumama1]

Amazing artefact this synth ! yehh

[@mattwalsh9413]

Cool playing.

[@Samplers]

Excellent!

[@allio3340]

sooo god , i like ,nice sound

[@amonster8mymother]

This would make nice for arpeggios.

[@flemingandjohn3829]

Did you ever get full sustain? I recently got one of these and am getting some repair done on it. Even on the Presets with no controls, I get about 12 seconds of Sustain and it is tapering off GREAT Demo by the way

[@yebwulebdullah]

What's the song at the beginning?

[@BarbieChaite]

I want one !!

[@baward]

It's primitiveness wasn't enough for me to keep mine. The Traveler expression foot pedal can also be used with the 770 and the 800DV.

[@nickolaykudashkin5232]

please, help! where i can find VST plugin similar to this synthesizer?

[@figurespeech101]

If we can’t find this model what would you recommend for a similar sound?

[@StephenLearson]

Crumar Orchestrator might get you somewhere close

[@amonster8mymother]

Nice and flat on top so I can put my casio mt35 on it. 😎👍🇨🇦

[@jimmyfigueras4476]

When you said "the korg poly...." , you sounded like that actor in "Ready Player One" saying "The Orb of Osuvox!" 😊

[@StephenLearson]

Hahaha. I hold the Poly Ensemble in the same regard

[@RonaldFigura]

So "sustain" is really "release"...?

[@StephenLearson]

Ronald Figura yeah, I guess the terminology wasn’t uniform back in the 70’s. It would way cooler if synth filter sections were all known as “Travelers”