KORG DW-8000 Synthesizer 1985 | HQ DEMO

The KORG DW-8000 "digital waveform synthesizer" came out 1985 and was the "deluxe" version of the smaller DW-6000. DW stands for "digital waveform".

The KORG DW-8000 has 8 notes polyphony, 16 waveforms, a velocity sensitive keyboard with programmable aftertouch, auto-bend, an arpeggiator and a digital delay unit. The Digital Delay offers up to 512ms delay, phasing, flanging, chorusing and other time effects.

The DW8000 has been used by Juno Reactor, Depeche Mode, Dream Theater, Joe Zawinul, and Keith Emerson.

This DW is modified with a pre-effect volume knob on the backside. I make use of it in the video. It was made by the previous owner, I don't know how it was installed, please don't aks me for details...
In this clip I played the DW-8000 dry, without any external effects.

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Music

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• Korg
• DW-6000
• DDS-1
• EX-8000
• EX-800
• Kawai
• K3
• K3m
• Poly-800
• Poly-61

[TheSwillMan]

I have to ask-- are these patches all by you, presets, or both? Some of them, like at 1:41 and 3:42 are amazing.

[AnalogAudio1]

@TheSwillMan The first one was a preset, the second was programmed by me.

[Tischhupe]

I own a DW myself and it was my first synthesizer in the 80's. Sold it many years ago and got it back to my 40 birthday from my friends. Big surprise! I have build in the Musitronics expansion, which makes the DW duo phonic, s/h for LFO, layer sounds, keyboard split and more.

Regarding the mod of your DW: could you post me a email from the previous owner? He could give us DW lovers a short tut about the mods, maybe.

[AnalogAudio1]

@Tischhupe I bought the DW from the wife of the previous owner and picked it up in Germany. I don't have a email address.

[louxien]

hi! I bought a DW 8000 two days ago (for

$ 250) and I noticed that someone has installed behind

an additional output jack..I saw in the clip you were fumbling in the same position

OK, but what is?

[AnalogAudio1]

@louxien it is a knob for the volume before the delay. It is also for volume control of the external inputs, which are installed.

[oddboxTopper]

Beautiful video demonstrating some of the versatility of the DW8000. A highly underrated synthesizer in my opinion. Thanks for posting this...

[abadox666]

Great demo of a great synth. It really is underrated. I always preferred the 8000's strings to that of my Juno *blasphemous I know*

[DesecratedProduction]

The sounds reminds me on the 'nightmare on elm street' soundtracks.

[audiotrax2000]

Wow! What a great sounding keyboard. I had totally forgot about these. I think the DW could give the Jupiter 8 a close run at a fraction of the price on the used market. Very nicely done vid.

[irishmusico]

This was my very first synth.Got my first keyboard gig because I could play Jump by Van Halen.Great to hear it again.Thank you.

[douro20]

@LumaMagic

No, but you're close- the DW6000 was the first.

[douro20]

I wish the data slider worked right on mine.

[petertheallblack]

how much could i sell mine 4?

[gjc82071]

As a kid, I had (still) the poly 800. My mom bought it for me brand new. After seeing the DW-8000 in some keyboard mag, I wanted it (& a Yamaha DX-7) sooo bad. A musician friend of my mom's talked me out of buying 1. He told me about some new technology called "sampling" & keyboards with "sampled" sounds/waveforms, etc. Thanks to my grandparents, I ended up with Roland D-10. I wish NOW, that I had got the DW-8000. In the mid-90's, traded the D-10 for a Juno-1.

[LumaMagic]

between 2:28 and 3:41 the dw sounds very scary... °O°

is this korg's first "digital" synthesizer?

[morlokkk]

@TR0jAX Was willst du denn für deinen haben?