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The kind of sounds keyboardists used in the days before MIDI. The VSTi is not based on any particular synth model, but was created with an ethos of 1970s simplicity - everything on the front panel, no hidden parameters, what you see is what you get. \n\n\n\nI wanted the synth to be musical and have a "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4485063470815328574\/posts\/default\/5951407963670789308"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4485063470815328574\/posts\/default\/5951407963670789308"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/planetbotch.blogspot.com\/2011\/10\/freeware-vst-synth-mutiny.html","title":"Freeware VST Synth - The Mutiny"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEju59r59XDjaWS_rh1yQjaG4VnGdQG1hYv_gi8zl1urvUuucFhIffG3YC7N2FulahMTyksVk16JpgzG82kNp83V8ap-Af1GCwqYMwtuvsv7-rYHH5bRnIW5Ac-_Z8RZt5MZMmnt_7Koj8s\/s72-c\/MutinyPoly.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485063470815328574.post-1280719930497165122"},"published":{"$t":"2011-10-21T13:37:00.002+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-08-12T17:09:52.039+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1980s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"analogue"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"CX3"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Korg"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"musictech"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"organ"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Korg CX3 Analogue Organ"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\nThe original, analogue electronics-driven Korg CX3 organ. 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