@@thebioticmessage I suppose it’s a relative term. But as it was a very common synth, and it gets a lot of hate, the market price is as close to nothing as you’ll find for a vintage synth.

this is a good comment because i feel like with the amount of solutions based plug ins, there really is no excuse. All sounds in the field today, natural or synthesized can be molded and shapes to sit in within any context.

I had one of these in high school-absolutely loved it.

"Butt whooping" ? For showing an interest in music ? Christianity in action...😂

No the Poly800 came out way before the CZ Synths from Casio. The poly 800 was around the same time (couple of years later maybe) than the Juno106 came out. The CZ1000 and the 101 came out a couple of years after the DX7 by which time analogue synths were on the decline. I had both at the time and still have an Ex800 and a CZ3000.

I used to have a Jx and the controller. It was an excellent synth. Definetely better than the poly 800 but I dig how light the poly is. I have it as the mini synth.

AX-73 RULES!!!

Try running it through several guitar pedals. It will become a beast. Poly800 through Earthquaker Afterneath is awesome.

It’s not just you, they have

Prices started getting crazy about 3-4 years ago, and continue to rise. So far the Poly-800 is relatively unaffected, but I think that will change. It's gotten a lot of love from some prominent KZfaqrs recently.

@@infindebula I almost bought a Poly 800 a year or two ago for $100, but spent $350 on a DX7 instead. Both are now about double that on eBay.

Corona did it. People wanted to stay in the dark and play synth. I sold my synths so fast it was insane. I'm just now getting back into them.

They are both worth owning. The CZ-101 is a GREAT synth.....but the Polly 800 is just a little better!

Ew gross now I don't want one

Sorry, Casio HT-6000

Only if you don’t program much, you’ll be surprised if you learn how to program plug ins can sound pretty awesome.

@@georgegeorgio1751 Too much aliasing...no thanks.

@@morenazo6412 Only true for some plug ins not all , they’re are some real hi quality ones I’ve tested them , it also depends on the waveforms used and if they’re synth generated or sampled.

@@georgegeorgio1751 It's not just the synths, bro, it's also that digital eq and compression. Boosting high frequencies on those digital eq's sounds terrible, but boosting frequencies on a Manley passive massive analog eq sounds like heaven...and that digital compression just😝😝😝 Hell, I like my old Alesis 3630 better, once you open it up and disconnect the noise gate, you've got a pretty good analog compressor that's unpredictable, I like unpredictable in music!

There’s a vst of one of these which is very good!

The Polly 800 is a legit synth.....The D-50 is NOT! It's digital hot garbage. The Polly 800 is a legit vintage analog.

@@deelux5519 whilst I like my EX-800 (rack version of the Poly-800), it's a rather divisive synth. I wouldn't say the D-50 holds the same amount of hate.

That's when I got mine and how much I paid. I don't think I'd spend $100 on one today.

Additive tricks indeed, but still analog! A very unusual design.

Yes, much more robust, different sounding

Downtown! So sorry that’s where most of our stuff is!

Not sure where you're coming from - keeping a $300 synth working shouldn't be a burden. Usually these things only need batteries, and if they somehow fail more significantly, the most you should ever need to spend is $300, i.e. the cost of a used replacement.

@@infindebula after three trips to my local synth wizard I sold my first one. The second one was a reverse keys one i sold after it's second round of repairs. At £60 an hour for repairs the time between repairs was not long enough. Maybe mine got a hard life, i was gigging them...

@@PorchBass it sounds like you hit some bad luck. I have a mkII and an EX-800. I had to replace the battery in the EX, but they've both otherwise been flawless for years. (I don't gig with either of them, but the mkII does occasionally travel with me for jamming and stuff)

They were built very cheaply. Mine broke in several ways before I finally gave it away.

They last for ages if you don't abuse them. Mine is still going perfectly after 35 years.

Repairs on equipment of this vintage are usually easy, typically battery or capacitors.

@@rwdplz1 Through hole components and batteries are easy fixes, but you'll still be charged at least an hour of repair time if that's the only problem. I'm not against vintage synths, but repairs at this stage have to be factored into the price of these instruments. I just saw a synth repairman comment on another video saying he only buys new synths, because many components and replacement parts are becoming hard to get a hold of.

Came here to say this too! The Fury-800 is one of my favorite software synths.

I will say I love the plugin, it sounds great. But I did an A-B test with a patch from the Fury-800 to my Poly-800 and it sounded nothing alike. Had all settings the same and not really close. The overall sound/tone was very close but the settings just didn't translate from VST to hardware.

I disagree about the Alpha Junos being better. The Poly-800 has 2 oscillators whereas all the Junos have only 1.

@@ricecironi19 Still crappy sounds.

Full Bucket FTW! I donate yearly.... Björn Arlt is a coding genius.... And everything is free! Dont dismiss this legend.... seriously .

I paid $90 for mine, what do they go for now?

@@naneek2 They sell in the UK for £200-250

The rackmount version of it - the EX-800 - is built like a tank. All metal housing.

Pizza Gogo I'd take the poly 800 over a crappy digital software synth any day of the week... f

@@morenazo6412 whatever you want to waste your money on is not my concern...

@@pizzagogo6151 Yeah, waves has a sell on their Krammer "analog" tape plugin $29 sounds just like it🤣🤣🤣😆😆😆

The Poly 61 is a great sounding synth. Very rich sound. I also like the Poly 800 though.

You were lucky?

Finally found the Max4live midi editor, and that makes it a controllable beast!

@@nicksterj Clearly you don't know what you are talking about. DCO means Digital Controlled Oscillator. Which can imply an analogue core controlled with digital timing its how the Juno 6 Poly 61 Ax73 and a few other 80s synths work. The poly800 works a little differently. The saw tooth waves are generated in what is know as a. "staircase" function which is essentially a digital logic function. The source of the square and triangle waves is from the main CPU which is digital. Unlike the Jen Sx1000 that most people think is analog but is infact a DCO. (Kind of) In the Jen a digital Oscillator chip produces square waves that are the passed through solid state waveshaping circuits to produce the sawtooth and PwM waveforms Contrary to what you think the Oscillators in a Poly800 are DCOs in their purest form. PCM sampled oscillators and DSPs are not DCOs because the waveform is created from a sample or formed from a mathematical equation. You can call them digital oscillators DO because they are digital But the electronics isn't controlling an oscillator (There is a difference) Wavetable Oscillators on the otherhand produce waveforms mathematically from a look up table by manipulating the harmonics of a sine wave oscillator. Thats how the PPG wave and the Kawai K3 work. Those Oscillators can be called DCO in a loose sense bcause the the electronics is timing the sine wave frequency and intensity to produce the desire waveform. FYI I've been playing synths for 40 years been an electronics tech for 40 years and repairing synths for 30 years. I might know what I'm talking about?

Very cheaply made indeed, but for $999 new (at the time), there were ZERO other options. These sold well for KORG.

Cheap - yes. Junk - No.

it doesnt need c batteries for patch memory. that uses a small internal battery.

@@naneek2 mine definitely had to be loaded up with the c batteries. Either it was flawed or that was one of the upgrades in the mk2. Either way it sucked.

@@VincentPresley must have been defective or damaged because all versions of the poly 800 have an internal battery for patch memory

@@naneek2 good to know. Although that was the least of it’s problems

I rest my case.

Nah mate. It's beautiful 😃

Well, you know what they say......what one says about their synths is true of their Mother.

Oh come on.....like you could ever get a decent sound out of those "better options" If you can't make this thing Rock for you. find a new hobby.....because I KNOW it's your hobby. (I.E Nobody pays you to make music.)

It didn't like YOU!....You don't know how to play!

Real answer: "I actually pay my bills making music and I say YES!"......I'll give you three guesses as to whether this guy does?...Ever had a major label deal there champ???"....I didn't think so......Let the PROS tell you what to play when you want to do sh!t for REAL. When it's "Hobby time" go ahead and ask this guy......OH! And if you don't like what I have to say?.....Go take it up with Freddy Mercury.....HE used one....Do a seance and find out how valuable he thinks your opinion is........STAY IN YOUR LANE BRUH!.....(And hurry up with my fries)

@@deelux5519 The funny thing is: i have two EX800s 😗

@@clauscombat418 Learn how to use them. RTFM

@@deelux5519 I know how to use them, and i really like them (why else own two units?). It is the Poly 800 that's not worth it! Buy an EX800 instead...

@@clauscombat418 How could you own two of a synth you say "Sadly no" regarding the quality thereof?..that doesn't make sense.Something doesn't add up here.