Tune; Joystick - Korg POLY-800 Owner's Manual

The Poly-800 provides many useful performance lealures. in-
cluding the Tune control, Joystick: Key ksign modes (Poly,
chord Memory and Hold); Polyphonic Sequencer; and Pro-
gram Up footswitch.
Adjusts the basic pitch of the Poly-800 to match other in-
struments. Moving the slider towards '.#' raises the pitch;
moving it towards 'b'

TUNE

For easy pitch bending and performance control over vibralo
and filter elfects. You can combine effects by moving the
Joystick diagonally.
Moving ihe Joystick to the right or left raises or lowers the
entire keyboard pitch. The maximum pitch bend depth is
Moving the Joystick upward adds vibrato; moving it downward
adds VCF modulation effects ("wah-wah" or "growl"). Since
all Joystick modulation is produced by the programmable MG.
the speed of the vibrato or VCF modulation is determined by
Parameter c : (MG FREQ).
,
the pitch.
The POLY. CHORD MEMORY, and HOLD playing modes
significantly extend the flexibility of the Poly-800.
Up to eight fully-articulated notes may be played and releas-
ed independently (four in DOUBLE Mode). If you play more
than eight (four), the more recent notes will '%ancel out" the
earliest notes still sounding. For example, if you play a low
'A' and then 7 more notes (8 notes total), playing an 8th note
will "cancel" the low 'A' if it is still sounding.
In POLY Mode, the DISPLAY shows the following:
5.3.2 HOLD
When the Hold function is on. notes played will keep soun-
ding indefinitely after the keys are released. Up to 8 notes
may be held simultaneously (4 in DOUBLE Mode); playing
more keys will cancel "older" notes and replace them with
new n&es. In HOLD Mode, the DISPLAY shows the following:
Hold mode only operates when combined with Poly mode.
If you are in Chord Memory mode and press the HOLD
button, both Hold and Poly modes will be selected.
In order for notes to be sustained indefinitely. the DEG
SUSTAIN parameters ( ':
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and then attack again. automatically
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be set some-
each note will die away