1978 UK SYNTH ✯ MIDI - EDP WASP SYNTH w/ Docs

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"Legendary EDP Wasp by Chris Huggett, quirky looking toylike synth but a serious piece of kit, capable of rip roaring synth lines, fat bass...just straight up dirty with so much character. Great for all types of Electronic music.

This has recently been serviced by a top UK tech and has also had the “MidiWasp” retrofit added for midi in and thru functions; great for studio use!

The casing is in very good condition with two small cracks on both sides of the front corners. Small scuffs and very minor wear and tear for a Synth almost 40 years old. The Wasp has been tested and in good working order prior to listing.

Comes with the original manuals which have been laminated to help preserve and a good quality non-original good quality power adapter."

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EDP GNAT SPECIAL SN 00088

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"Legendary synth by Chris Huggett, the ultra rare EDP Gnat Special!


This was recently serviced by SRS in March 2017 and studio ready or a collectors piece.

As you can see there is a scratch on the key bed which we were going to replace originally however decided against this to retain all original features. This does not affect the functionality of the synth in anyway and is strictly superficial.

Very minor wear to the wood casing which truly is a work of craft.

The base has the handwritten serial no 00088 (reported only 100 were made!)"

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Doctor Mix & Anthony Check Out the PWM Mantis Synth | NAMM 2024

video upload by Anthony Marinelli Music

"Join me and my good buddy Doctor Mix as we explore one of the most talked about synthesizers at NAMM 2024. It won't be difficult to discover how much fun we're having checking it out for the first time. I can see that there is still a lot to unpack about this synth and I'm looking forward to doing just that. Please stay on the lookout and tune in to AMM for a much more in-depth look at this super fun and great sounding instrument. It's part of a special family of synthesizers that were all designed with much love. PWM Mantis is a collaboration between the late Chris Huggett (EDP Gnat, EDP Wasp, OSCar) and PWM (Paul Whittington). A hybrid-analog synthesizer, Mantis utilizes mathematically-generated oscillators with a pure analog signal path and a modernized design architecture based on the EDP Wasp with an OSCar-style filter. It is also duophonic, with two fully independent voices, and features dual multi-mode filters that can be combined in series or parallel. Fully featured, Mantis is equipped with an arpeggiator, 37-note full-size semi-weighted keyboard with aftertouch, multi-function joystick, and MIDI/USB control for easy integration with any studio or live environment.

00:00 Doctor Mix and Anthony Sweeping Filters (Cold Open )
00:30 Walk up (music)
00:49 Meeting Mantis Co-Designer Paul Whittington
01:24 Trying out the PWM Mantis
02:22 Sweeping Multi-Mode Filters
03:33 Wave Shape Panning
04:57 Add Glide and Filter Sweeps
05:14 Paraphonic
05:40 Doctor Mix and Anthony Summary
06:18 Logo (music)"

1978 EDP WASP SYNTH

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"Legendary EDP Wasp by Chris Huggett, quirky looking toylike synth but a serious piece of kit, capable of rip roaring synth lines, fat bass...just straight up dirty with so much character. Great for all types of Electronic music.

This was last serviced by James Walker of SRS in 2017 and is studio ready.
The casing is in very good condition with a small hairline fracture on the bottom right otherwise its in superb condition for an almost 40 year old synth! The Wasp has been tested and in good working condition prior to listing.

Comes with the original manual and non-original good quality power adapter.


The EDP WASP:
As used by 808 State, Dave Holmes, Vince Clarke, Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran), WhiteHouse and Add N to (X).

Specs:
Polyphony - Monophonic
Oscillators - 2 DCOs, switchable between ramp, pulse width (osc 1), square (osc 2), and one white noise generator
LFO - 1 LFO with sine, ramp, sawtooth, square waveforms + noise to modulate the VCO or VCF; sample-and-hold
Filter - 24dB/oct Hi-pass, low-pass, band-pass, plus dedicated envelope controls switchable between 12 dB/oct lowpass, highpass, and 6 dB/oct bandpass
Arpeg/Seq - None
Keyboard - 25 capacitive non-moving touch keys (or 37 standard keys on Deluxe model)
Memory - None
Control - EDP-Link IN/OUT (proprietary digital sockets). MIDI retrofits and some MIDI-CV converters are able to provide control.
Date Produced - 1978 - 1981"

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JASPER WASP (EDP WASP SYNTH CLONE) SYNTHESIZER

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"Hand built from DIY kit to a very high standard, not getting much use so moving it on.
*Note this doesn't have the midi option.

Fantastic monosynth clone of the legendary lectronic Dream Plant synth the 'Wasp' by Chris Huggett."

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Bright Sparks Behind The Scenes - The Brits

video by GForce Software

"GForce's Dave Spiers talks about the making of the B-Side of Bright Sparks which focusses on the British contributions including Mellotronics, EMS, Electronic Dream Plant & Freeman.
Sadly, since this was filmed, our good friend, and a truly iconic British synth designer, Chris Huggett, died."

GForce Software Bright Sparks posts

All music courtesy of I Monster's Bright Sparks album: www.imonstermusic.com

The Book of Summit

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"The Book of Summit gives you the chance to learn about the intricate engineering of Summit, and offers insight into the progressive design choices made by Chris Huggett and the Novation team."

Note the book is worth a look even if you don't have a Summit.

You can find it here.