Korg PS-3300

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synthesizer
KORG PS-3300
General
Surname Korg PS-3300
Manufacturer KORG
Sound synthesis Subtractive analog synthesis
Publishing year 1977
Price (year of publication) 1,200,000 yen
properties
Polyphonic Yes
Keys 48
Interface (noun) CV / Gate , Kenton MIDI Kit

The Korg PS-3300 is a polyphonic synthesizer from KORG . It is one of the rarest and largest synthesizers ever built. The edition is estimated at around 50 to 100 copies. The Korg PS-3300 was the first fully polyphonic synthesizer; he combined three individual synthesizers. The instrument was u. a. played by Klaus Schulze , Jean-Michel Jarre , Vangelis and Keith Emerson . Klaus Schulze's device was passed on to the Australian band PEAK at the beginning of the 1980s, which at that time released IC on Klaus Schulze's label. Further examples of the PS-3300 in use include albums by Richard Vimal (Aquarhythmies), Lightwave (Cités Analogues and Nachtmusik), Pierre Salkazanov alias Zanov (In Course of Time) or Roland Romanelli. Gino and Joe Vanelli used two PS-3300s next to one PS-3100, Richard D. James alias Aphex Twin has three PS-3300s in the studio, the German formation Editor used the PS-3300 from the music house Sixt Music in Düsseldorf. According to AME magazine, the Kraftwerk group owned a PS-3100 and a PS-3200 as well as a PS-3300 . Dorothea Raukes, keyboard player for the band Streetmark , used the PS-3300 on her solo album "Deutsche Wertarbeit".

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