MATRIXSYNTH: Korg Poly800 Synthesizer Keyboard with Hawk800 Mods & More


Sunday, November 25, 2012

Korg Poly800 Synthesizer Keyboard with Hawk800 Mods & More

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"Korg Poly800 Mark 1 Synthesizer

with loads of mods making an extreme uber synth with full MIDI spec and loads of new parameters:

The knobby hardware mods were professional installed by Circuitbenders.co.uk:

The "Moog slayer" mod which allows extreme filter resonance and manual control: Cutoff knob, Resonance knob, 12/24db switch.
The "FM800" mod : Source switch, FM Modulation depth knob
Audio Input: Level Knob, Path switch, Filter CV socket.
Hawk800 and Atomahawk boards both installed with all these extra features:

full MIDI spec whereas the original Poly800 had none.
Loads of new parameters: 4 LFOs, many LFO shapes, masses of modulation routings possible, free running or not.
Flash memory so no internal battery required.
7 sequencer memories (originally 1).
MIDI velocity sensitivity.
Moog Slayer and FM800 mods also included so they can be MIDI controlled.
Portamento Mono mode.
4 patch banks
and much much more.
All these mods turn the friendly Poly800 into an extremely versatile and deep synthesizer.

The synth itself is in good condition with the usual minor scratches of something this age. Supplied also is a printed Poly800 manual (not original) and Hawk800 manual, plus PSU."



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