KORG PS-3300 FS: Is It Vintage Enough For You?
A reissue of the rare PS-3300...
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Nope, KORG is not done. The company has just announced the KORG PS-3300 FS, a full-scale reissue of the rare late 1970s analogue beast.
If you’ve been watching the news over the past week or so, you’ll have noticed that KORG has been one busy beehive of activity. Suffice it to say, the Japanese synth giant has singlehandedly dispelled the myth that “there are never any synth releases during NAMM.“
KORG PS-3300 FS
Between 1977 and 1981, only 50 PS-3300 units were ever built, so to have this analogue dream machine in your studio has been wishful thinking until now.
With the PS-3300 FS, KORG will add it to the list of revived legends, alongside:
- KORG MS-20 Mini
- ARP Odyssey
- miniKORG 700FS
- ARP 2600 M
Chief Engineer, Yoshihito Yamada, said that:
“Bringing these legendary devices back to life is not only a process of reproducing circuits and sounds but also learning and internalizing the philosophy behind the development of synthesizers. Through this project I was able to relive the history of KORG and an important moment in the evolutionary history of our synthesizers. This was an extremely valuable experience that created an opportunity to pass on KORG’s philosophy and technology to future generations.”
Working on the project as an advisor was Fumio Mieda, the PS-3300’s original designer. So we can certainly believe KORG when terms like “collector’s masterpiece” are thrown around.
The idea is to make this legendary synth accessible to a new generation of music producers and synth heads all over the world. As proved with the other synths in the FS series, KORG pays attention to detail to allow the user to relive the experience of playing this rare vintage synth.
The PS-3300 FS Specs are as follows:
- 49-voice polyphony
- 49-key keybed
- Semi-modular architecture with three PSU-3301 synth units, a mixer, and PSU-3302 utility section
- Three oscillators, as well as multiple filters, envelopes, amplifiers per note
- Modernized 3-band resonator section
- Panel storage feature, giving you 256 patches stored in 16 banks
- USB, MIDI, and dedicated library editor app
Pricing and availability:
The PS-3300 FS will be on show at NAMM 2024 this week in the form of a non-functional prototype model. You can find the KORG USA booth in Hall C 7003. Pricing info will follow soon, so watch this space.
More about the KORG PS-3300 FS:
- Official Press Release
- More from KORG
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5 responses to “KORG PS-3300 FS: Is It Vintage Enough For You?”
Wow! I did not see this coming!
Then again after the success of their 2600 and Analogue Solutions’ Colossus it might make business sense!
Hope I can touch one at Synthfest and such like!
Woah.
Very, very nice! So glad Korg are making these classics available again. I can already tell there is no way I’ll be able to afford one but glad they are being made.
The original actually dont sound good, lame filter, low dynamic and very high distortion single tranny VCA, and square and pwm waves not very square. Yes im the dude who party pooping!
It’s a niche product, more of a publicity stunt than anything (just like the Moog Modular reissue). I believe Korg should do what Behringer have been doing: reissue classic analogue synths people may actually buy, that is the MonoPoly and the Polysix.