Korg Poly-800 Owner's Manual

l IMPORTANT NOTES
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. FRONT PANEL NOMENCLATURE
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. REAR PANEL NOMENCLATURE
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l BASIC CONNECTIONS
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.FUNCTION AND OPERATIONS
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INITIAL SETUP
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SELECTING PROGRAMS
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SOUND SYNTHESIS
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3-I What is a Synthesizer
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What is a Program
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3-3 Digital access control system
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3-4 Poly-800 Synthesizer Modules and Parameters
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3.4.1. DC0 1 ......................................................................................................................
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34.2. MODE ......................................................................................................................
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3.4.3. DCO 2
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3.4.4. NOISE......................................................................................................................
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3.4.5. VCF..........................................................................................................................
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3.4.6. CHORUS
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3.4.7. DEG ..........................................................................................................................
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3.4.a. MG ...........................................................................................................................
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34.9. MIDI ..........................................................................................................................
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CREATING SOUNDS
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4-1l Overview
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4.2 Editing programs
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4.3 Writing programs to memory
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PERFORMANCE FEATURES
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5.1 Tune ...............................................................................................................................
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5.2 Joystick
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5.3 Key assign mode
5.4 sequencer
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5.5 Program Up Footswitch
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENT DIGITAL INTERFACE (MIDI)
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TAPE INTERFACE
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7.1 Saving program and sequencer data on tape ,.,_._!
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7.2 Recorded data tones
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7-3 Verify ..............................................................................................................................
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7-4 Loading data into the Poly-8000
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POWER SUPPLY
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8-l Battery ,life
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a-2 Replacing batteries
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. SPECIFCATIONS ,,,.,_,.,.,.,.,_~
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l OPTIONS
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Korg Poly-800 Specifications

General

Polyphony	8 voices
Oscillators	2 DCOs per voice
LFO	1 LFO
Keyboard	49 keys
Memory	64 patches
Effects	Chorus
Weight	4.5 kg
Year released	1983
Type	Synthesizer
Synthesis Type	Digital
Filter	1 Low Pass Filter (shared for all voices)
MIDI	In, Out
Power	9V DC adapter or 6 x C batteries