

Have you programmed many of your own sounds into it?: "Yeah, quite a few.

"I've also got a PPG, and there you have to type in a number, hear the result, type in another number, listen to that, and try to estimate what you want." "You don't have to type in a number, you can feel your way through, so if you want to shape the filter, then providing you've selected the right parameter, you can keep your finger on the button and it will slide up or down the values, just like urning a knob. It looks as if it might be confusing, but in fact it's very simple once you've learned the basics.

It seemed a lot more versatile than the Poly 61, and it's easy to operate. The Korg people said 'have you seen this?' I tried it in the dressing room and put it into my keyboard rack straight away. How did you get your Poly 800?: "When we did an MTV satellite broadcast in Japan, quite a lot of people from all the companies came round.
