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KORG POLY800
'POLYBEAST' MOD KIT: £42

These are also available on our ETSY shop for EU customers.
Read more about buying from the EU HERE.

We have had many requests for modifications kits for our korg Poly800 mods, mainly due to the fact that Poly800's are pretty big and therefore expensive to ship for modding, especially from outside the UK. As a result we have put together a limited number of Korg Poly800 'polybeast' mod kits.

The kit includes all the necessary parts and an 11 page manual detailing the installation of all the modifications found on our standard 'Polybeast' mods, on a Poly800 mkI. The installation guide refers to the mkI, but the EX800 and the Poly800 mkII both have exactly the same motherboard as the mkI, so the actual mods are the same and you can work from this guide and install this kit. Obviously the controls positioning mght differ, especially on the EX800. We do not supply a different kit that is specifically for the EX800 or Poly800 mkII.
More details and demos of the kind of sounds these mods are capable of producing can be found over on the main Poly800 mod page HERE.

Mods include:

Cutoff and Resonance knobs
12dB / 24dB Filter response switch
VCF CV input
External Audio input
External Audio Path Switch
Input Level Knob
VCF FM source selector
VCF FM amount knob

While we have produced diagrams and attempted to make the installation as simple and pain free as possible, this is probably not a project for an absolute beginner. You should at least have some experience of soldering and working with various electronic components. Having modified a synth, drum machine or toy before would be a definite advantage.

You will also need some wire, a soldering iron, some solder, wire cutters, a drill with various size bits, and we’d also recommend some solder wick or a solder sucker to remove components from the circuitboard, although they’re not strictly necessary.

This kit does NOT contain the data entry knob. The data entry knob can be bought separately from HERE.

You can choose between the kit having green knob caps, which would be suitable for a Poly800 mkI, or blue caps which would look better on a Poly800 mkII or EX800.

PLEASE NOTE: We will not supply the installation guide, without the parts kit.

If you want to buy one of these kits click on the Buy Now button below. Payments are processed via Paypal, but you can pay using a credit or debit card without having a Paypal account. If you want to pay using some other method, please get in touch via the CONTACT page.

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