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A recreation of the 70's synthesizer original made by Korg.
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00:00Hello, Saddam here from Music Radar. Today I'm taking a very quick look at a new
00:04plugin from Cherry Audio. This is a recreation of an absolute beast of a
00:0970s synthesizer, the PS3300, originally made by Korg in 1977. This is a super
00:16rare unit, only about 50 of them were manufactured back in the day and unless
00:20you've got about 70 grand in your bank account you're unlikely to get your
00:22hands on one, but thanks to the folks at Cherry Audio we can have a play with a
00:26very faithful recreation. I'm not going to go into every single one of the
00:30controls on here, there's a lot going on. It's kind of your classic 70s synthesizer
00:34architecture. The plugin here, like the original unit, has three signal generator
00:39units, essentially kind of synthesizers within their own right and they can be
00:44linked together and patched together into this signal mixer section over here. This
00:48is a polyphonic unit, which is what the P in the PS stands for the polyphonic
00:53series, and it has a very impressive range of sounds available. I'm going to
00:57jump into a few sound examples in a minute, but for now let's take a look at
01:01a few of the features Cherry Audio have added to this plugin version. It comes with a
01:05pretty massive range of 360 presets as standard, all in different categories
01:10here. You've also got full MIDI and DAW automation control within it. You've got nice
01:16little features like setting the transparency of the cables there and
01:19selecting the colors of them as well, just keep things nice and organized.
01:22And like a lot of Cherry Audio's plugins, you've got this focus button as well, which
01:27is really useful actually, especially on this plugin because there's so many tiny
01:30controls, it really lets you get in there and see what you're doing. Let's jump in and
01:34have a listen to how this thing sounds. There's a load of presets there. I'm going to start
01:37with this one called Custard Bass.
01:38Actually kind of classic 1970s Moogish fat bass. One thing I do like in the presets here is this
01:51legacy selection, which is a recreation of the presets or instructions available in the original
01:58owner's manual. So things like delayed vibrato.
02:05And you've also got a selection of a load more modern presets, which is a
02:35one of those. So let's jump into a couple of those now.
02:37So let's jump into a couple of those now.
02:42It's like a production.
02:43So let's jump into a couple of those.
02:44Like I said.
02:45So let's jump into a couple of those.
02:46I'll be right back.
02:47OK, so let's jump into a couple of those.
02:48I'm going to try and see you just in a row once
02:52the next one.
02:53And the first one is a team of the causes.
02:54And then I can take a little while you are going to get a new one.
02:57You
05:27You've probably heard some built-in effects on there.
05:30You've got a limiter, which is quite useful, a chorus, echo, and a reverb.
05:34Definitely nice for polishing up those sounds.
05:37So, yeah, the PS3300 is out now from Cherry Audio.
05:41Check out their website for more info, and there's a 30-day demo available there as well.
05:46It's fairly cheap.
05:46I think at the moment it's on a discount, a price of $49, usually $69.
05:52One thing to say, there is other options out there.
05:56There's a version by Full Bucket Music, the FP3300, which is free, which is obviously a fantastic price.
06:02So worth checking that one out as well, but definitely check out Cherry Audios.
06:06You can download the demo and have fun with it.
06:08Yeah, it's a great sounding synth, and it's lovely to have that bit of history preserved in that way,
06:13and it's definitely a really faithful recreation.
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