Korg EX-800 // All Compromise, or All Character? // Walkthrough & Demo

Another quirky one, the oscillators, the envelopes, the polyphony, all weird.

*Had a mid-editing software crash that led to a few strange things, I left in two takes of the filter triggering modes, and some of the images are doubled. Apologies!

I got this on reverb for a great deal as non functioning, all it really needed was a new battery & the patches restored, and I don't believe it to be that unusual. Tons of models from the 80s experience the same thing.

Hope this helps someone make a decision, or helps explain the way this freaky little guy works.

I never mentioned the sequencer, but it works the way you would expect it to, very simple.

This is a great write up about the oscillators :
http://sequence15.blogspot.com/2013/0...

Here is the user manual :
https://cdn.korg.com/us/support/downl...

This is the data sheet for the oscillator chip :
http://www.citylan.it/wiki/images/3/3...

This is the list I used to find related arcade cabinets :
https://www.mikesarcade.com/cgi-bin/s...

Here is one place to learn about the mods done to mine :
http://synthmod.net/korg/moog_slayer/

I reloaded the presets from a youtube video, plugged into the tape input :
   • Korg Poly-800 factory preset tape file  

Cheers!