UVS-3200 €79

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Korg’sK super-rare late-70s semimodularm synth, the PS-3200, is broughtb to life by UVI’s latest soundbanks (1.7GB) for Falcon and the freef UVI Player (VST/AU/AAX). ReflectingR the PS-3200’s two-oscillatorr architecture,a UVS-3200 is a dual-layer instrument,in with each layer/oscillator featuringf a selection of sounds lovinglylo sampled from the real thing – 24 of them for Oscillator 1, accessed viav the 8x3 button matrix, and 69 for Oscillator 2 (including thet 24 of Oscillator 1), reached throughh a categorised menu. WeW guess Osc 1 is limited to 24 sounds to make the GUI ‘work’, whichw feels a bit bloody-minded.

Each layer also has its own multimode filter, envelopes, arpeggiator,a stereo controls and more to play with, while LFO and sequencer modulation of volumes, filters and pitches bring the movement, and five global effects polish up the end result.

Like all of UVI’s classic synth libraries, UVS-3200 is in no way a full emulation of its inspiration. Rather, it’s a sample playback machine with enough synthesis, processing and arpeggiation options onboard to enable comprehensive transformation of its pristine raw recordings.

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