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Monday, April 10, 2023
Korg EX-800 Analog Synthesizer with HAWK-800 and AtomaHawk Mods SN 008674
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Friday, December 18, 2020
Korg Ex-800 poly analog synth with Hawk and Moog slayer upgrade
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"Here is vintage Korg Ex800 synth upgrade with the Hawk 800 and Atomahawk (moog slayer) mod. Serviced and professionally installed."
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"Here is vintage Korg Ex800 synth upgrade with the Hawk 800 and Atomahawk (moog slayer) mod. Serviced and professionally installed."
Saturday, December 21, 2019
Poly800 with Hawk800 and the rest....
Published on Dec 21, 2019 No Nag Recordings
"This Video was a test mostly for a new Video software is was testing out. I'm strugling to learn it but im getting there. This just took too long and as you'll se in the end it just craps out and I couldn't fix that.. ??? (Sorry)
The Hawk800 is truely a must for the Poly800 in my mind. it makes this synth go from lame to cool, with the AtomaHawk and FM800 mods. This is just some presets for testing. I have a better video coming with a Behringer BCR2000 and some realtime tweaking because this deserves that."
Monday, August 05, 2019
Custom Korg Poly 800 Synthesizer with HAWK 800 modification SN 056657
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"This Poly 800 is not only Custom in appearance, but in functionality too.
Inside are the HAWK 800 mod boards (HAWK 800 and Atomahawk) with custom firmware that add tons of new features, including midi control over all parameters.
This is not the simple "Moog-Slayer" mod. It is WAYYYYY better.
Check out the HAWK 800 website-
www.hawk800.com
If you go here and download the "Version-2.65l.zip" file you will find the Owners Manual and Parameter Charts inside the zip.
2.65l is the latest version of firmware and is what's loaded into this machine.
There are even a few features Mike put in this version that I suggested!
Here are some Sample videos:
Videos are of the synthesizer before it was painted. Shown using the midi controller, showing some features of the GUI and some tricks using DAWs to manipulate the MIDI control.
This synthesizer was "overhauled" over the years. It has been taken apart, cleaned and reassembled by a professional aerospace electronics technician (me!). Restoring synthesizers is a hobby of mine I do in my spare time.
The volume knob is not "noisy".. no scratching. The joystick works as it should. EVERYTHING WORKS!"
via this auction
"This Poly 800 is not only Custom in appearance, but in functionality too.
Inside are the HAWK 800 mod boards (HAWK 800 and Atomahawk) with custom firmware that add tons of new features, including midi control over all parameters.
This is not the simple "Moog-Slayer" mod. It is WAYYYYY better.
Check out the HAWK 800 website-
www.hawk800.com
If you go here and download the "Version-2.65l.zip" file you will find the Owners Manual and Parameter Charts inside the zip.
2.65l is the latest version of firmware and is what's loaded into this machine.
There are even a few features Mike put in this version that I suggested!
Here are some Sample videos:
Videos are of the synthesizer before it was painted. Shown using the midi controller, showing some features of the GUI and some tricks using DAWs to manipulate the MIDI control.
This synthesizer was "overhauled" over the years. It has been taken apart, cleaned and reassembled by a professional aerospace electronics technician (me!). Restoring synthesizers is a hobby of mine I do in my spare time.
The volume knob is not "noisy".. no scratching. The joystick works as it should. EVERYTHING WORKS!"
Tuesday, June 07, 2016
Korg EX-800 Analog Synthesizer w/ HAWK-800 + AtomaHawk Mods installed - Moog Slayer
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"This unit has both the HAWK-800 and the AtomaHawk upgrades installed, as detailed here:
http://patrioticduo.tripod.com/hawk800...
http://patrioticduo.tripod.com/hawk800...
The upgrades/mods add the following features:
NEW SOUND FEATURES:
1) Portamento mono mode with slide rate parameter stored per patch.
2) Tremolo - apply either LFO1 or LFO2 to the volume of either of the DCO's volume with control over Tremolo depth for each DCO.
3) The single LFO is now two (LFO1 and LFO2) and two more super LFO's (SLFO3 and SLFO4) have been implemented.
4) All four LFO's have triangle, sawtooth, sine, square PWM and random sample and hold waveforms. All waveforms can also be inverted.
5) All four LFO's have free running modes.
6) LFO1 and LFO2 delay type select - allows the LFO's to cycle at note on and then stop cycling when the delay timer expires. This allows the reversal of its original behavior where the LFO delay timer must expire before the LFO begins to cycle.
7) LFO2 sync to MIDI clock.
8) EG3 retriggering sync by MIDI clock.
9) Note triggered sequencer transpose - You can now select a global parameter that will set up the keyboard to transpose the playing sequence. You can also set the mode to allow MIDI to transpose the sequencer too.
10) Resonance can now be modulated by LFO's and the envelope generator.
11) The LFO1 frequency can be modulated by SLFO3.
12) The LFO2 frequency can be modulated by SLFO4.
13) Random sample and hold waveform clocked by the on board seq. or MIDI clock.
14) Random sample and hold waveform clocked by sequencer repeat.
15) DCO harmonics can now be modulated by any of the four LFO's.
NEW MIDI FEATURES:
1) MIDI controllers (special and NRPN) for all original and extended parameters.
2) MIDI standard controllers implemented for LFO1 rate, VCF cutoff and resonance depth.
3) MIDI controllers for setting Poly, Hold, Chord and Portamento modes.
4) MIDI sustain controller send and receive.
5) MIDI SYSEX single patch dump send and receive.
6) MIDI SYSEX bulk patch send and receive.
7) MIDI EX-800 SYSEX dump receive (sequencer and patches).
8) MIDI Poly-800 MK2 SYSEX patch dump receive (patches only).
9) MIDI user initiated SYSEX HAWK-800 bulk dump all patches.
10) Selectable Omni On, Off or Auto on power up.
11) Keyboard MIDI TX channel selection (1-16 or no MIDI TX).
12) Joystick MIDI TX channel selection (1-16 or no MIDI TX).
13) MIDI soft thru of all messages.
14) Sequencer MIDI time code send on/off.
15) Chord mode synchronization SYSEX send - if cascade sync mode is selected then pressing the chord key will send a SYSEX message to set up the chord progression table. This allows a slave unit such as an EX-800 to operate in chord mode with the same chord structure as the master unit.
16) MIDI patch bank selection (1 of 4).
17) MIDI note on velocity sensitivity where VCF and envelope generator parameters can be influenced by incoming MIDI note velocity data.
NEW USER FEATURES:
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"This unit has both the HAWK-800 and the AtomaHawk upgrades installed, as detailed here:
http://patrioticduo.tripod.com/hawk800...
http://patrioticduo.tripod.com/hawk800...
The upgrades/mods add the following features:
NEW SOUND FEATURES:
1) Portamento mono mode with slide rate parameter stored per patch.
2) Tremolo - apply either LFO1 or LFO2 to the volume of either of the DCO's volume with control over Tremolo depth for each DCO.
3) The single LFO is now two (LFO1 and LFO2) and two more super LFO's (SLFO3 and SLFO4) have been implemented.
4) All four LFO's have triangle, sawtooth, sine, square PWM and random sample and hold waveforms. All waveforms can also be inverted.
5) All four LFO's have free running modes.
6) LFO1 and LFO2 delay type select - allows the LFO's to cycle at note on and then stop cycling when the delay timer expires. This allows the reversal of its original behavior where the LFO delay timer must expire before the LFO begins to cycle.
7) LFO2 sync to MIDI clock.
8) EG3 retriggering sync by MIDI clock.
9) Note triggered sequencer transpose - You can now select a global parameter that will set up the keyboard to transpose the playing sequence. You can also set the mode to allow MIDI to transpose the sequencer too.
10) Resonance can now be modulated by LFO's and the envelope generator.
11) The LFO1 frequency can be modulated by SLFO3.
12) The LFO2 frequency can be modulated by SLFO4.
13) Random sample and hold waveform clocked by the on board seq. or MIDI clock.
14) Random sample and hold waveform clocked by sequencer repeat.
15) DCO harmonics can now be modulated by any of the four LFO's.
NEW MIDI FEATURES:
1) MIDI controllers (special and NRPN) for all original and extended parameters.
2) MIDI standard controllers implemented for LFO1 rate, VCF cutoff and resonance depth.
3) MIDI controllers for setting Poly, Hold, Chord and Portamento modes.
4) MIDI sustain controller send and receive.
5) MIDI SYSEX single patch dump send and receive.
6) MIDI SYSEX bulk patch send and receive.
7) MIDI EX-800 SYSEX dump receive (sequencer and patches).
8) MIDI Poly-800 MK2 SYSEX patch dump receive (patches only).
9) MIDI user initiated SYSEX HAWK-800 bulk dump all patches.
10) Selectable Omni On, Off or Auto on power up.
11) Keyboard MIDI TX channel selection (1-16 or no MIDI TX).
12) Joystick MIDI TX channel selection (1-16 or no MIDI TX).
13) MIDI soft thru of all messages.
14) Sequencer MIDI time code send on/off.
15) Chord mode synchronization SYSEX send - if cascade sync mode is selected then pressing the chord key will send a SYSEX message to set up the chord progression table. This allows a slave unit such as an EX-800 to operate in chord mode with the same chord structure as the master unit.
16) MIDI patch bank selection (1 of 4).
17) MIDI note on velocity sensitivity where VCF and envelope generator parameters can be influenced by incoming MIDI note velocity data.
NEW USER FEATURES:
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Korg Poly 800 "Reverse Keys" HD Sound - Rare - Analog Programmable Synth / Keytar - Fast demo
Published on Jun 16, 2015 Nicolas Labatut
Video description is from Wikipedia:
"The Korg Poly-800 is a synthesizer released by Korg in 1983. Its initial list price of $795 made it the first fully programmable synthesizer that sold for less than $1000. It featured a 49 key non-velocity sensitive keyboard, two buttons for data entry, and a joystick controller, which could modulate the DCO pitch or the VCF. Though the Poly-800 had MIDI, it did not feature MIDI sysex functionality, and patches had to be backed up to cassette tape. It had 8-voice polyphony (paraphony) with one DCO per voice. It could be switched into double mode which stacks two DCOs for a fuller sound, but reduces the polyphony to 4 voices. It featured one analog resonant low-pass VCF with 24dB/oct which was shared for all voices. Like a monophonic synthesizer, the filter was switchable between single or multiple modes. In single mode, the first key pressed triggers the filter envelope, and unless all keys are released, the filter does not re-trigger. In multi mode, each key pressed in turn triggers the filter envelope, even if other keys are still pressed down.
Further it had three digital envelope generators, a noise generator, an LFO, and a chorus effect. It also sported a simple built in sequencer. The Poly-800 could be run off batteries and had guitar strap pegs, allowing a performer to wear it like a guitar. It was also available with reversed-colored keys, which gave an appearance similar to a Vox Continental organ.
About a year after the Poly-800 was introduced, a keyboardless, rackmount/tabletop version, called the EX-800, was released, adding limited MIDI sysex capability. After production of the original keyboard ended in 1985, the enhanced Poly-800 MkII was released. It featured a digital delay instead of a chorus effect, and included limited MIDI sysex functionality. It was produced until 1987.
Siel produced an almost identical synthesizer, the DK-70 around the same time period.
Modifications[
Monday, August 18, 2014
Vintage Korg EX-800 w/HAWK 800 + AtomaHawk upgr. - Latest v 2.58 SN 002022
Friday, December 07, 2012
Korg EX-800 with HAWK and AtomaHawk Upgrades
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"The original EX-800 had only a very basic MIDI implementation and also had somewhat limited sound modulating abilities. The HAWK and AtomaHawk kits bring so many new features including total MIDI control of every parameter. And the number of parameters is nearly doubled. There are four LFO's (2 LFO's and 2 SLFO's) instead of just one. The resonance, moog slayer and FM-800 mod's are part of the AtomaHawk upgrade. So you get all of those mod's and also the 12/24db per octave mod is included too. What really makes the difference is having those mod's under MIDI and patch memory control. Now you can use envelope generator 3 and any of the four LFO's to control the mod's. There is also MIDI velocity sensitivity, portamento and many, many more features including harmonic modulation. You also get 256 patch memory in 4 banks of 64. And all data is stored in flash ROM so you can forget about battery replacement and rest easy about battery leakage causing damage since you don't need an internal battery at all..."
"The original EX-800 had only a very basic MIDI implementation and also had somewhat limited sound modulating abilities. The HAWK and AtomaHawk kits bring so many new features including total MIDI control of every parameter. And the number of parameters is nearly doubled. There are four LFO's (2 LFO's and 2 SLFO's) instead of just one. The resonance, moog slayer and FM-800 mod's are part of the AtomaHawk upgrade. So you get all of those mod's and also the 12/24db per octave mod is included too. What really makes the difference is having those mod's under MIDI and patch memory control. Now you can use envelope generator 3 and any of the four LFO's to control the mod's. There is also MIDI velocity sensitivity, portamento and many, many more features including harmonic modulation. You also get 256 patch memory in 4 banks of 64. And all data is stored in flash ROM so you can forget about battery replacement and rest easy about battery leakage causing damage since you don't need an internal battery at all..."Wednesday, December 05, 2012
Korg Poly-AtomaHawk-800 Demo
Published on Sep 26, 2012 by JAkoGreyshire
"A little demo showing a small part of the AtomaHawk-800's sound capabilities. Also, how it handles small amounts of MIDI CC messages. All patches are stock sounds from the library you can download specifically for the AtomaHawk-800 upgrade Modification.
As soon as I program some sweet sounds I'll make another video with better keyboard skills. This video is for people who are thinking about doing the upgrade. With a little soldering, and direction following skills you will enjoy a synth with a second life.
A BIG shout out to the Creator, Michael Hawkins!!! Thanks Brother. His page is here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/korgpolyex800?feature=CAQQwRs%3D
Order the AtomaHawk-800 kit here: http://patrioticduo.tripod.com/hawk800/
My Derelict Myspace page..... http://www.myspace.com/greyshire
Free the Human Soul!"
"A little demo showing a small part of the AtomaHawk-800's sound capabilities. Also, how it handles small amounts of MIDI CC messages. All patches are stock sounds from the library you can download specifically for the AtomaHawk-800 upgrade Modification.
As soon as I program some sweet sounds I'll make another video with better keyboard skills. This video is for people who are thinking about doing the upgrade. With a little soldering, and direction following skills you will enjoy a synth with a second life.
A BIG shout out to the Creator, Michael Hawkins!!! Thanks Brother. His page is here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/korgpolyex800?feature=CAQQwRs%3D
Order the AtomaHawk-800 kit here: http://patrioticduo.tripod.com/hawk800/
My Derelict Myspace page..... http://www.myspace.com/greyshire
Free the Human Soul!"
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."
via this auction
"Korg Poly800 Mark 1 Synthesizerwith 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."
Saturday, August 25, 2012
KORG POLY 800 with HAWK 800 + ATOMAHAWK MODIFICATION
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"I have owned POLY 800s for 15 years and love them. I installed the Hawk 800 and Atomahawk (Moog Slayer) mods to one of my fully functional POLY 800s."
The listing also includes an 800 mkII for parts/repair.
via this auction
"I have owned POLY 800s for 15 years and love them. I installed the Hawk 800 and Atomahawk (Moog Slayer) mods to one of my fully functional POLY 800s."
The listing also includes an 800 mkII for parts/repair.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Friday, January 08, 2010
KORG Poly-800 Videos via korgpolyex800 Including DIY
YouTube via korgpolyex800. via Nebula's Electric Domain
"In James own words...
I used Cubase 4 to record this. The drums are Halion One 909 type of patch, the Epiano was the Emagic EVP 73 and the vibe was the M-Audio Key rig. All other sounds including the Lead was the Atomahawk 800. The work you did on this machine is genious, talk about a second chance at life. I am quite sure we've all said thank you in some way but here it goes again. Thank you Michael. James Diamond Durant
Well thanks go to James for having kindly given me permission to put his great work up here for all to enjoy. Thanks James!"
Another demo - Korg Poly 800 MK1
"Mono recording with a little hall fx added but showing the extended parameters, portamento, second LFO and automatic Poly mode changing with program changes."
Korg Poly 800 and EX 800 with HAWK-800 mod kit
"A crude attempt at demonstrating the HAWK-800 kit installed in a Korg Poly-800 Mk1 and an EX-800. A little echo is added for efx but other than that there are no other synths or effects involved in this video. As an engineer, I am not that good at mastering, encoding, composition etc so you have to forgive me for the roughness of it all. The idea is to show MIDI control of the two synths and some of the other great features of the HAWK-800 and AtomaHawk upgrade kits. Look out for the VCF cutoff and Resonance control, the Chorus toggling, DCO MG via EG3, SLFO modulation of LFO's, random sample and hold and several other new features."
more videos here
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