Dear Korg...my wife said I could buy this synth...this year. She did not pre-approve any purchases for next year. Is there any way you could have this incredible synth ready to buy by the end of the year? Thanks in advance.

When, Korg, when? You have some folks out here that really want one of these. Please give us some new or updated information.

News will come at NAMM - that what I was told weeks ago, at least.

I have been on “the list” for months, but as of now they still won’t commit to a slot, or take a deposit.

There was tons of hype around the 2600 FS reissue. By the time production was over I had been offered a slot 3 different times. My guess is everyone who really wants one will get one…

I missed NAMM because I was traveling - I can't find anything about the PS3300 from the show, so I guess it was nowhere to be found? Anything at all announced?

Come on Korg, throw us a bone... :(

According to the press release:

Link to sign up:

https://korgusshop.com/pages/ps-3300

I wish they would just let me preorder the thing already!

When I signed up it gave me no acknowledgement or email that I'd done so.

I've signed up on the UK site and now the US site. Thanks guys, hopefully these become available soon.

Same.

Feels like a scam site, doesn't it?

So not for Europeans?

There are units for Europe too.
The best is to contact your Korg distributor.
But there are very few (much less than the 2600 FS).

It was a bit of a "What just happened?" moment. So I was persistent and submitted my information a second time and got the same (non)response.
I probably unsubscribed myself the second time

I went to the Korg booth at NAMM this year hoping to get some more information on the PS3300 and they were absolutely in the dark and of no help. They similarly pointed me to that newsletter link. I even tried calling the US Korg support and the gentleman on the phone was of no help either. Though in both instances they were very keen on reminding how 'extremely limited' it was going to be. It's almost like they were insinuating "don't even try to get one, you don't have a chance!"

Really wish they weren't so frustratingly cryptic and non responsive they've been.

It's the old scarcity maneuver. Hard to believe they'd go to the incredible amount of work to engineer and manufacture just a few of these. It will play out like the 2600FS. There will be limited availability at first, but then more will eventually arrive if people are ready with the dough. Even greater revenue will materialize when they come out with a cheaper mini version that they can manufacture in much greater volume and cost efficiency by utilizing more factory automation and easier shipping. All the buzz and frustration about missing the boat on the FS will help generate interest. Just a theory, but I do think it's some good, crafty marketing at play. Nothing dishonest, but pulling the strings on the consumers for sure. How many really counted this as their dream synth before all the buzz? Many, many fewer than will eventually buy one in some form, including digital. The ARP 2600 had a larger passionate fan base built-in, so the marketing work in this case may be a little more drawn out and suspenseful. But I think they deserve to have a winner on their hands. Exploiting their own synth legacy in this way keeps the factory gears turning (a very good thing for us). But, I am really interested to see a whole new modern analog flagship synth come from all this attention they are paying to the past.

A cheaper version in the 2600M format would be fantastic for me. If they could get it down to say £1500-£2000, maybe even less, that’d be terrific.

Very unlikely. 48 vco's, if I recall correctly.

Oh yeah undoubtedly a full blown shrunken down like-for-like version would be way out of that price range. But a poly synth that uses those oscillator's etc in a more modest package I think would be really nice.

Not quite. 36 VCOs, but with 49 (48 for the OG)x3= 147 (144) waveshapers + divide-down circuits, VCFs and VCAs and ADSRs
Because of that, the are primitive compared to the "usual" implementations.
Read about it here: http://jhaible.com/legacy/polykorg/j...org_clone.html

I could see them doing something like it if not exact in the $3-4k range and it being successful.

You have to add the per-key tuning knobs and all the resonators/modulations, etc… Not mentioning the wooden cabinet + the separate keyboard with joystick and all.
No way something like that, even at 60% scale, would have the price of a Prophet 10 desktop…
The FS costs 12000€ fwiw.

The 2600FS was $4500 and now some years later the 2600m is being sold for $999, less than 1/4 the price. Not saying the 3300 would have the same trajectory, but if it did, and assuming this thing is $12,000, that brings the price to less than $3,000. Point being, you never know.

Korg just posted video interview with Fumio Mieda - original PS-3300's creator:

Lovely guy!

This will be over $13K in the USA, based on the price an Australian store listed. I’m not sure of the impact of tariffs. It appears US residents will have to purchase via an online Korg USA store. I think I lack the patience to tune every key, TBH, plus it’s heavy and somewhat expensive!

You only tune 12 notes, not all keys (it's a divide down octave system like on organs). And it has rather stable tuning too.

Oh, what a beast! Any idea of the price in euros?

Probably around 12k.

So about $19,000 CDN!

You guys think when they open preorders (or whatever that will look like) it'll be instantly sold out?