Talk:Korg PS-3300

July 2008

The pictures on this article are amazing! and also the article itself. IMO it should be nominated for featured article. Equinoxe 14:05, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Jenuary 2011

Kraftwerk used the rackmounted PS-3100 in their set, not the 3300. Even the official gearlist of Karl Bartos doesn't have this model. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.223.96.178 (talk) 00:44, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your willingness to contribute, unfortunately you've got your facts wrong, they used both the PS-3100 and the PS-3300, it is documented in many places and articles that Karl Bartos and Kraftwerk used a Korg PS-3300 and even had a custom keyboard made for it, here... http://www.aktivitaet-fanzine.com/10_kk0.html It also appears in this gear list http://kraftwerkfaq.com/equipment.html Furthermore, the Korg PS-3100 is not a rackmounted synthesizer, it's a full size keyboard synthesizer. Mojosynths (talk) 18:25, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

May 2013

I recommend to study the numerous photographs of Kraftwerk's Kling Klang Studio taken during the 1981 tour. You'll see the PS-3100 mounted into a custom rack made of two standard 19-inch ones, and the keyboard is not custom-build - it was removed away from the unit and cosmetically updated with metal plates and LEDs, the layout of 48 keys with a single wheel was unchanged. The interview of Ralf Hutter for the UK's 'E&MM' is the only article with PS-3300 mentioned by the band member who is famous for contradicting the reality too often. Also this interview appeared decades before the hundreds of actual concert photos emerged from fans into the Internet, including the ones from the UK shows. Your two links, as well as many other secondary sources, are citing this UK article which originally contains a piece of blackness instead of some good-quality photo evidence of racks and keyboards. http://www.technopop-archive.com/images/images/magazines/maxi/mag_385.jpg http://www.technopop-archive.com/images/images/magazines/maxi/mag_386.jpg

Also Bartos never told about PS-3300 or PS-3200 in any of interviews. When his forum was still alive in 2000's Karl posted his ultimate lengthy gear list, including the CD burners, MIDI-cards and old beatboxes. The only listed Korgs were MS-20 and PS-3100. All this 3300-story is a result of lying Ralf and lack of photographs in the 80-90's.

Btw, you will not find the PS-3300 in Jarre's China concerts and the Oxygene anniversary tour, if you take a proper look at the available photos and videos of these two events. Since 2007 onwards Francis Rimbert has a PS-3200 on the left, and the only polyphonic keyboards from the 1981 shows were OBX-A, Prophet-5, Korg Polyphonic Ensemble, CS-60, Fairlight, two Eminents and an Elka organ.89.223.104.110 (talk) 13:09, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi, I'm Wally Cescato. Totally agreed! The Kraftwerk's PS-3300 is just a myth originated from that Ralf Hutter interview. A misstyping? A missunderstanding? A lie? Who knows... What we do know is that the Korg semi modular synth used by the band during their 1981 shows is a 'racked' Korg PS-3100, it can be spot behind Karl Bartos in many photographs and even in the official video made for 'The Model' single reissue. Karl Bartos explains in his book 'The Sound of the Machine' that he bought the Korg PS-3100 when the band started the writing sessions for the 'Computer World' album. 2803:9800:98C6:7647:1124:C50E:DEB8:5406 (talk) 16:33, 29 March 2023 (UTC)