This is a big limitation but one that I rather like, as it’s another quirk that adds up to a very distinct character. So if you play legato, the filter envelope will trigger for the first note only, which makes for some funny playing. I myself like the effect of notes stealing voices from one another on a limited polyphony instrument.Īnd speaking of limitations, let’s come to grips with the biggest : all oscillators pass through the same low-pass 24dB filter. Limited, eh? But it wasn’t so long ago you only had 1 voice, so… If you only use one oscillator for your sound, a polyphony of 8 voices is what you get, but also your sound will often be thin and uninspiring.įor a richer sound, you’ll want to switch to the so-called Double mode, using both oscillators and reducing the polyphony to 4 voices. Wait, did I say it was a 8-voices synthesizer? Synthesis (play up to 8 notes at a time! with 1 single filter!) It works on batteries (yeah!) and again, because it’s 1984, you’ll find buttons on each side to use with a guitar strap. The built is cheap, all plastic and please, please, beware of the fragile joystick, but its simple design seems to have aged very gracefully. The joystick is actually more than a simple pitch bend, as it also controls modulation and filter, a really nice feature. Why the dedicated slider, instead of a couple ones for filter cut-off/resonance, I have no idea. Oddly enough, Korg used sliders for functions like Pitch bend range or Oscillator tuning, at which point I should remind you that these are DCO, or digitally controlled oscillators, and they’re very stable. It certainly beats the Roland Juno-1, which is much more of a pain to program without its PG interface. Programming obviously isn’t as easy and straightforward as it should, but as 80’s interface design goes, it’s decent. What you get is a numerical board, a couple of value buttons and a graphical layout so you can understand what’s going on. Now of course, this is a 1984 instrument, so don’t expect useful stuff like, I don’t know, KNOBS. It may look like a toy or home keyboard, but it’s a real, vintage analog synthesizer with plenty of retro character.
The Korg Poly-800… here’s a quirky synth for sure.
KORG POLY 800 SYNTHESIZERS FULL
Head to Full Bucket Music’s website for more info and access to the free download of Fury-800 as well as their impressive catalogue of other classic Korg synths such as the Mono/Poly, the Trident MKII and the legendary PS series.Today's Item : the analog polysynth Korg Poly-800.įirst, to have something relevant to listen to while reading this little review : the following track is all Korg Poly-800. God mode introduces ‘True’ polyphonic behaviour, improving the original’s paraphonic nature. The Fury-800 plugin includes everything people loved about the POLY-800 and adds a tonne of extras including optional velocity control and up to 64 voices of polyphony. Its success certainly wasn’t hampered by a sub $1000 price, nor the inclusion of guitar strap pins for practical and stylistic riffage delivery. With 8 single DCO voices or 4 voices in double mode, the Poly-800 was a huge hit for Korg. And it’s 100% free, with the option of a donation to the developer.įury-800 is a CPU and wallet-friendly plugin by German developer Full Bucket Music based on the popular KORG Poly-800 released in 1983. If you feel like further indulging your retro synthesiser sensibilities, there is another option at your disposal. We recently covered Arturia’s new OB-Xa V plugin which recreates and turbocharges one of the most powerful and iconic synths of the 1980s.
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