Trend price : 300€
Rackmount version of the famous hybrid synthesizer DW-8000 featuring digital waveforms plus an analog filters.
Company: Korg
Model: EX-8000
Class: Synth Module
Rackmount: 2 units
Country: Japan
Weight: 8 Kg
Dimensions: 430 (w) x 412 (h) x 90 (d) mm
Dates: 1986
Display: 2 / 7 segments
Price: 300€
Synthesis: hybrid
Technology: DWGS
Polyphony: 8 voices
Oscillator: 2 DCO
N. waves: 16 PCM
Resolution: 8 bits
Filter: analog low pass
LFO: 1 modulator
Envelope: 3 EGS
Effect: digital delay
Memory: 64 slots
Midi: IN / OUT/ THRU
CPU: 63B03
IC: NJM2069
Demo: 1
Video: 1
Review: 1
DOWNLOAD: user manual - service manual - factory patches -
Overview
The main panel features a segments display, 3 knobs, 19 buttons, 1 data encoder and 3 switch tabs.
Terminal connectors:
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Midi Interface
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main signal out
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headphones
- tape Interface
Voice
8 voices polyphony based on DWGS Digital Waveform Generator System subtractive synthesis, each voice is composed by 2 oscillators a white noise circuit.
Wavetable
256 kb ROM contains 16 short-cycled spectral 8-bits PCM waveforms
Performance
the system is monotrimbric
- 2 polymodes
- 2 unison modes
- aftertouch be assigned to filter, amplitude or LFO depth
- interval transposes the OSC2 pitch to keep a constant interval above first OSC values: minor 3rd, major 3rd, perfect 4th, perfect 5th and unison
Filter
based on analog 8 NJM2069, lowpass resonant VCF at -24 dB/Oct and polarity inversion.
LFO
delayed modulator MG and 3 destinations:
- OSC 1 & 2 pitches (not separate)
- VCF cutoff
- time delay
Envelope
- EG1
VCA: 4 segments + 2 times (ADBSSR)
- EG2
VCF: 4 segments + 2 times with polarity inversion
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autoBend simple pitch EG (OSC1 / OSC2 or both) 2 modes up / down
Effect
12 bits digital delay with 2 - 512 ms time range able to generate short delays and chorus.
Memory
- 64
RAM patches
Review
OK: analog VCF and VCA
NOT : some DWGS / interface
"A good unit! even better than DW-8000 which keyboard was low quality. Good filter, sound is always a bit dark but pleasant. Too bad edit is limited. A near-classic."
Text , review, special demos copyright polynominal.com / Eric Pochesci
