Korg Poly-800 MKII w/ Original Box SN 002268

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KORG POLY-800 w/ Original Red Labeled Box

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The box is usually blue.

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Korg Poly-800 Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer w/ Original Box & Tape Cassettes

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Cassettes:

KORG C-7 Preloaded Sound Data

64 Programs by Don Muro - EMPS Electronic Music Products & Services

Good Synth Sounds by Chuck Leavell

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Korg EX-800 Programmable Poly Synth Module w/ Original Box

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"The EX-800 is the table top version of the Poly 800 synthesizer keyboard. The unit sounds and features the same structure as the keyboard with some differences in the front panel. The buttons are larger square shaped as opposed to the keyboard's thin and longer ones. 3 knobs controlled the volume, tuning, and, speed control for the LFO and sequencer.

The front panel matrix remained similar to the original for editing sound parameters as well as the 256 event sequencer found on the Poly 800."

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SIEL DK80 with Expander in Original Box

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"A RARE SYNTH FROM THE '80'S NEW IN BOX....

JUST UNPACKED FOR PHOTO.

COMPLETE WITH PS80 POWER SUPPLY AND EXPANDER!

ALSO, DK-70 STAGE SET, WHICH CAN BE USED WITH THE DK-80.

ALL NEW IN BOX EXCEPT THE POWER SUPPLY, WHICH IS LIKE NEW!

RARE OPPORTUNITY!!!

You are bidding on a rare and complete DK desktop system by SIEL from 1985! It includes the DK 80, Expander 80, power supply and ultra rare and hard to find RAM Cartridge! This thing sounds unique and incredible. Nice Italo Brass and synth sounds. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity!!

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Korg Poly 800 SN 056700 w/ Original Box

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Korg Poly 800 Vintage Polyphonic Synthesizer w/ Original Box SN 029213

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Korg Poly-800 synth w/ Moog Slayer Mod SN 037678 w/ Original Box

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1980s KORG POLY-800 SN 037678 w/ Original Box

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KORG POLY-800 Programmable Polyphonic Synthesizer with Original Box & Manual

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Korg EX-800 Vintage Programmable Analog Synth Module w/ Orig Box SN 002127

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"Up for sale is Korg EX-800 Analog Programmable Polyphonic synthesizer / sound module, a rack-mount version of the classic POLY-800.

The unit appears to be functioning fine as being tested, all the knobs and buttons working fine, including writing program and sequencer functions.

Cosmetically the unit is in beautiful near mint condition as you can see. There are only some very minor signs of wear and usage, and obviously have been looked after very well. I'm including plenty of pictures so you can see exactly how it looks.

Comes in Original Korg EX-800 Box.
I'm also including the Original Korg KAC-301 AC adapter that works on 100V, and Original Rack Ears that seems unused."

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KORG POLY-800 Polyphonic Analog Synth SN 021429 with Original Box & Cassette

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"UNIT HAS BEEN TESTED AND WORKS AS IT SHOULD.
ITEM WILL BE DOUBLE BOXED FOR SHIPMENT

INCLUDES:
- UNIT
- BATTERY COVER
- ORIGINAL DATA CASSETTE TAPE
- ORIGINAL BOX WITH PACKING MATERIAL"

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Siel Synthesizer DK70 with Stage Set in Original Box

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The "Stage Set" appears to be the keytar hand grip & shoulder strap.

"This is an oddball Italian synth made by Siel to compete with the SH101 and Korg Poly 800 -it sounded pretty good, check it out on youtube!! It uses memory cartridges to expand patch memory - same cartridges as some sort of Suzuki synth IIRC -never seen one for sale. I played this for about a year then a few months ago I plugged it in and the power light flashed as though the batteries were low, and it wouldn't play. Sadly, this was around the same time I found an NOS never used mod grip. I suspect its a capacitor or something in the power supply, but can't be sure. Might just be a loose wire. Sold as-is, as pictured, no returns."

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Korg Poly-800 Synthesizer with Original Box & Cassette

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RARE FORMANTA P-432 VINTAGE ANALOG POLYPHONIC SYNTHESIZER

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" It was a revolutionary synthesizer - it was the first hybrid analog-digital preset synthesizer, has an original digital architecture with an analog filter, the first joystick - X-Y.
fIRST MIDI PROTOCOL STANDART TECH. It was built similar to Korg Poly 800.
FORMANTA P-432 is a polyphonic digital preset synthesizer designed for both solo and ensemble performance. It has a 3-octave keyboard, 32 timbres and 4-voice polyphony. UNISON and CHORUS effects are available. Sound modulation parameters: VIBRATO (with variable frequency and depth), tune adjustment and a joystick for controlling modulation and pitch in the real-time mode. A foot pedal is provided for switching on/off SUSTAIN and VIBRATO parameters.

"The synthesizer has a two-digit display for representing a preset number and some other system parameters. In Formanta P-432, a standard MIDI protocol is used, making it possible to select any one of the 16 MIDI channels and to control the MIDI program change. On the rear panel, the following connectors are situated: MIDI IN/OUT/TRANSIT(THRU), LlNE OUT and SUSTAIN/VIBRATO PEDAL INPUT (standard jacks).

The presettable timbres are the following: el.piano, jz.piano, f.piano, harmonica, accordeon, organ, pipe organ, jz.organ, f.organ, hammond1-2, synth organ, brass org., brass, trumpet, flute, piccolo, clarinet, oboe, cosmic, fantastic, slapsynth, blusesynth, klavecin, klavinet, harpsi, el.bass, jz.bass, bass, mus.box, synth.box.

Engineer: Alexander Reunov, designer: Andrey Petukhov, produced by Formanta Katchkanar radio plant"
IT WAS MANUFACTURED IN 1980'S BY 'FORMANTA',"

KORG POLY 800 with Original Box

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Korg Poly-800 Programmable Polyphonic Synthesizer with Original Box, Sealed Tape & Docs

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"It comes with original box, power adapter and Poly-800 tape that has never been taken out of the bag (bag is sealed)."

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Korg Poly 800 Synthesizer with Original Box

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Kind of interesting that KORG went with green font for the box rather than blue like the synth.

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The Synths of Jodorowsky's Dune (2014)

Jodorowsky's Dune (2014) - HD Trailer Published on Feb 14, 2014 Giles Thomas·70 videos

Update: please see this post for some unfortunate news regarding Kurt Stenzel.

Many of you I am sure are familiar with Frank Herbert's sci-fi novel Dune as well as the film adaptation by David Lynch in 1984 and the 2000 miniseries by John Harrison.  If you are not, see this article on Wikipedia and then head back.  Unknown to many, there was a planned film adaptation in 1973 by Alejandro Jodorowsky. It was to feature art by H. R. Giger (Aliens) and Jean Giraud, possibly music from Pink Floyd and Magma; the cast of actors was to include Salvador Dalí, Orson Welles, and Gloria Swanson.   The adaptation never made it due to financial reasons.  Jodorowsky's Dune (2014) is a documentary on the undertaking of the film that never was.

The film launches in the US today. You'll find the cities and dates and additional details on the film's website here: http://sonyclassics.com/jodorowskysdune/dates.html

As for the synth connection, the soundtrack was composed by Kurt Stenzel who reached out to me. I asked him if he could give us more info on the synths used in the soundtrack and particularly what we hear in the trailer. The following is what he had to say (scroll down to Specifically for this Trailer in red if you want to jump to what you are hearing in the trailer):

"I did this soundtrack using a rig that I have used for years in Cookin With Kurt, Beyond-o-Matic and SpacEKrafT.  Since I play out at events in San Francisco I go for as much analog goodness as I can carry- so these synths are throughout the movie.

I have an original Novation Bass Station with keys (it has a really unique filter in my opinion), a Dave Smith Tetra (HEAVY!), an Oberheim Matrix 1000 (god-like), and for the sake of portability, I do get into some of the more recent analog modellers that all have some merit- I have a MicroKorg 2, a Novation Xio 25, and a Quasimidi Sirius.

 In the 'digital that's special' I have TWO CZ101s (the synth I learned on when it was new) and a Yamaha TG-33 vector synth.

Larger analogs that are hard to gig with, include a Moog Source (don't cry, I got this for $40 on the street when analog was uncool) and a rather GRITTY MicroMoog, and the 'head' part of a Moog Taurus 2, and a very handy Roland Juno 6. I also used a Korg Poly 61 and a Korg Poly 800, as well as one studio session with a real Rhodes, a real Celeste (no joke it was the one you see Susan Dey play in Partridge Family episodes-- the studio owns THE one) and they also had a Roland String Machine. The Celeste and Rhodes didn't make it to the film though--Director Frank Pavich though they were 'too normal' Ha! .

I also use Casiotones quite a bit--an original MT-60 my Dad bought in Japan when they were really novel, and a Concertmate from Radio Shack. I mention the Conccertmate as I realized that sucker has appeared on EVERY recording I have ever done--some of the low bit string sounds are ethereal and I run that through effects. It's very beat up from 20 years of gigs. God bless Radio Shack.

I also have lots of effects and toys like the Bliptronic, the Buddha Box, old school Kaos pad, and I use my kids Nintendo DS's to sync up 3 programs on 3 DS devices. I also got a Korg Monotribe and the Korg Monotron. Toys are good.

I used some very low fi techniques for sound design too. Oh, and my buddy Dave Miranda recorded me on his Dave Smith Poly Evolver keyboard as a last minute thing in NY and it wound up being a crucial scene-- that required no overdubs or any treatments-- that thing sounds amazing.

Also noteworthy, I am a hardcore user of the Roland SP-808 for sound design. That has been a platform for me since it came out, so my zip discs were flying on this project.

There's about 9 minutes of SpacEKrafT music in this film as well- that is my duo with Edward Dahl here in San Francisco. Ed uses Ableton and plays guitar and we have lots of toys--Alesis Air Synth and Air Effects. I use my aforementioned rig in various settings with SpacEKrafT. I also played a fair amount of guitar on the soundtrack, as well as some vocalizations. Some screaming, which came natural as I am also the singer in NY band "Six and Violence". When I am not tinkling on the keys.

SPECIFICALLY on the TRAILER: Zero to :40 is a relatively rare Yamaha SS-30 which I think has become fetishized since Sigur Ros uses one. That thing is way fun, and I have to thank Peter Fuhry from Beyond-o-Matic for loaning me that and the MicroMoog for many years.

In the trailer, when you hear the arpeggiation kick in at :40, that's one of my favorite synths ever, the Matrix 1000. That thing is my secret weapon. I love it. I am using the arpeggiator on the Quasimidi Sirius (and playing) to drive and alter the pattern. I know Sirius keyboards are rare nowadays, glad I never got rid of it. I mean, it has real Kraftwerk demoss in it straight from Germany!

The loud "blast" at 1:37, no joke, is a 'thunder tube' which is basically a tube with a drum head and a reverb spring--I banged it and slid the whole tube over an omnidirectional mic running through pitch shifting and all kinds of stuff. Don't tell Hollywood!

Next in the trailer, the brass at 1:55 is the Quasimidi Sirius which has an amazing factory patch named 'Shine On' (Floyd was supposed to do the original Dune) so it was a great coincidence, as I feel that patch is very cinematic--I have been using it for years--sounds great in a club (or now a movie theater). I probably ran some analog under it, the Matrix 1000 and the Tetra just via MIDI. 

This whole project was done largely with a MIDI 8x splitter as I improvise and play, so to get the multiple textures and voices at once, I fire the whole rig up and play my mixer faders live to weave textures. I did NOT use any computer based sequencing, almost no overdubs-- the synths sound beautiful as their own voices.

I played and mostly recorded myself. I pulled all-nighters as I had a full time day job, 2 kids, a lovely fiancee and band gigs the whole time this was happening. Frank Pavich essentially typecast me as he knew I was such a fan of Jodorowsky, all things 70's and analog, etc. This was not just a soundtrack, it was already my own personal and spiritual journey with or without the movie.

One last story of gratitude- I was very intent on getting my hands on a REAL Yamaha CS-80 -- granted that was a little later than the 1975 time period of the documentary, but I love Eddie Jobson's 'Alaska' solo, and obviously Vangelis used it so well on Blade Runner. I was very envious that Daft Punk seemed to have one on the Tron soundtrack. I asked all around-I know synth people- I know the guys in Devo a little and their crew is really cool- they almost got me one. NO ONE had a working CS-80, not even in Los Angeles. One night I came on a YouTube Tutorial called 'Vangelis Bladerunner sound JUNO 60' and followed it and dialed up such a great sound from my good old Juno 6. So I want to THANK "magevers" whoever you are on YouTube. That to me is what the synth community is all about-- people who really have a keen interest and are WAY INTO THE SYNTHS. Like you Matrix Synth Jones, THANKS BROTHER- hope you get to see this movie-- Jodorowsky will blow your mind and you will want to go and CREATE ART!"

Can't wait.  Thank you Kurt!

Update: some links via Edward W. Dahl in the comments:

"I am co-captain of SpacEKrafT and you might have seen this video posted here on Matrixsynth a little over a year ago."

Music: www.soundcloud.com/spacekraft
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/myspacekraft

Update 4/13/2014:

Q&A with Dune Composer Kurt Stenzel

Published on Apr 8, 2014 hellspreetube·39 videos

"Q&A with Kurt Stenzel, soundtrack composer for "Jodorowsky's Dune," after a showing at One Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA, April 5, 2014.

http://www.kurtstenzel.com/
http://www.jodorowskysdune.com/"

via David Wilson-Okamura on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

KORG POLY-800 Reverse Keys SN 048124

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Comes with gig bag, manuals & Korg KA181 100V AC Adapter with original blue AC adapter box.

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