Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

Atom Smasher wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Nov 2008, Alex Drinkwater wrote:
> 
>> Ah.. I seee. I hadn't analysed the sound in such detail, I must admit. 
>> And I don't have a 303 of my own to run tests on, sadly.. So is the 
>> filter env attack only altered on accented notes, or on all notes, as 
>> the resonance is increased?
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> don't spend too much time on it, unless you really want to build a clone 
> and/or drive yourself crazy. this is the topic of much bandwidth in places 
> like analog-heaven, synth-diy, etc, and i wouldn't be surprised if there 
> have been graduate theses done on it.

I've thought about it *waaaay* too much.  I wrote a software clone and 
went crazy.  There's a lesson in that for us all ;-)

> at the end of the day, it's just "magic". especially when you're trying to 
> recreate the "vibe" or "feel" on other hardware.

Yeah.  Ultimately you need a not-quite-squarewave (the Poly-800's 
divider-generated squarewaves are too perfect), a squeaky resonant 
filter, and a fuzzbox.  Maybe an echo machine, too, but definitely a 
fuzzbox.

And then you need to listen to New Order - "Confusion (Pump Panel 
Remix)", you know, the one from Blade with all the vampires dancing in 
the club in back of a meat packing plant.

Gordon