Korg Poly 800 and EX 800 with HAWK-800 mod kit

[LizzardHimself]

I have a Poly 800 in mint condition here, its the rare reversed key version. :)

The sounds are gone and the backup battery is dead, though. Still got the sounds on cassette. :)

I wanna know your opinion, should i mod my poly 800 as its the rare reversed key version? I have no idea what these things are worth or will be worth in the future.

[korgpolyex800]

@LizzardHimself I would speculate that the reverse key version is worth about double a mint normal Poly-800. That would put it around the 300-400 USD mark. In my opinion, and I am biased of course, putting the HAWK-800 and AtomaHawk kits into your reverse keyboard version is actually more worthwhile value wise than putting those kits into a normal Poly-800. I am biased since I am the one that developed and sells the kits. But one thing is for sure, don't drill holes in your mint condition synth.

[electronicexposure]

I don't have hacking experience but I know a bit about circuit bending...

I'll check out the site, thanks.

[electronicexposure]

2:15 never heard that on a poly 800, how do I get this mod for mine?

[korgpolyex800]

@electronicexposure check out dub dub dub d0t hawk800 d0t c0m. The kits are listed there. You need electronic hacking experience but I do the mod's for you if you wish too.

[AnalogAudio1]

If your expansion would include an ARPGEGGIATOR and PORTAMENTO I would buy it. So please let me know when you succeed in integrating these features ;-)

[korgpolyex800]

@AnalogAudio1 The HAWK-800 kit already has portamento and I am working on the arpeggiator now. I expect the arp to be ready around December 2010.

[aspidistral]

Hi, nice demo. I like the hollow buzzy lead arps.

[aspidistral]

P.S. I really like the intro bass line too. It's thin, but nice. Also the tones introduced around the 4:37 mark have a really nice light housey feel to them.

Seems you get a nice musical range from the synth, and filters sound clean and cutting.

I'm getting a broken Poly800 this week, and will start work on restoration soon. WIll definitely consider the upgrades.

Cheers

[korgpolyex800]

Thanks for that. Around 4:37 is where I try to demonstrate the LFO rate modulated by the SLFO's. I am always surprised by the breadth and depth of the sounds that you can wring out of the Poly-800. Good luck with the restoration.

[october71]

That was awesome. There's no way I could get anything even close to that out of my stock P800!

[frankothemountain]

Nice! thanks for the demo. Sounds pretty cool.

[korgpolyex800]

Thanks!

[colorform2113]

i have the moog slayer, fm, and noise mods done to my poly800 mk1 and love them all adds some much more real time possibilities. i cant wait to do the hawk mod! once i get money for it anyway

[korgpolyex800]

The Hawk-800+AtomaHawk kits put the moog slayer and FM under software/MIDI control. So if you put away two bucks a week then you'll be good to go this day in 2010!