EMS Synthi E & EF 303 hi

Published on Sep 1, 2014 Ebotronix

Update:

EMS Synthi E & EF 303 low


6 tracks by EMS Synthi E & Buchla System #1
Roland EF 303 ,sequencer mode ,16 steps and 32 steps
Kenton Pro Solo Mk2
Lexicon PCM 80 / 90
Maestro Ringmodulator
Moog CP 251
Sherman Filterbank
TC M one XL
Yamaha MCS 2
Akai MFC 42
Boss SL 20
mackie the mixer
Hameg Dual Trace Ocilloscope HM 312-8 by Rehberg
vid # 1110

EMS Logik Synthesizer, EMS Synthi E & Strymon BigSky

Published on Apr 19, 2016 Ralph Baumgartl VLog

"This is the EMS Special Part 2. Ralph Baumgartl is visiting the Synthesizer studio of Bernd Michael Land who is showing his EMS Logik Synthesizer and EMS Synthi E. And then the EMS Synthi E is connected to the Strymon BigSky to play it with some awesome reverb."

Part 1 posted here.

EMS Synthi E

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction, including one of the inside.

Details:
The EMS Synthi E was a basic synthesizer designed for educational use from 1975 by the EMS boys in Cornwall. I believe that there were only around 200 of these things made and they are pretty rare now! This one is number 147! It's in great condition hardly a mark on it however, it might need a bit of cleaner on some of the faders as there is a slight scratchy sound when moving some of them. The mixer level 2 fader may also need reseating as it seems a tiny bit wobbly!. There are 11 of the original patch cables to go with this thing too including 2 Y cable splitters. The thing sounds WEIRD but ultra cool. Only needs 12 big 1.5V Eveready batteries and your away! If you want to learn a bit more type "Synthi E" into google and check out some of the sites. WILL SHIP WORLDWIDE

MAIN FEATURES INCLUDE:
* Input Amplifier with low (Microphone) and high (line) level inputs.
* Envelope Follower providing a voltage proportional to the amplitude of the input.
* Oscillator 1 with true exponential voltage control of frequency and three simultaneous output waveforms (sine, triangle and voltage controlled pulse)
* Oscillator 2 for slow control voltages such as glissando or vibrato.
* Filter/Oscillator 3 with v.c. low, high and band pass filter or pure sine wave.
* Modulator for envelope shaping or ring modulation. Noise Generator.
* Trapezoid Generator for multiple simultaneous trapezoid waveforms. These may be used for envelope shaping (trigger mode) or for low frequency waveforms (free run mode).
* Manual-Slide tape Controllers (2) for obtaining control voltages. One slide-tape is stepped and may be used as a keyboard and the other for variable control. One provides a trigger pulse. Both may be temporarily marked or written on.
* Inverter to invert control voltages or signals.
* Monitor Amplifier and Loudspeaker with two input mixer faders

via ben

EMS Synthi E Prototype

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Never seen one before now on the site. This is as rare as it gets.

"This Synthi E has been owned by collector. A unique and 1 of a kind Prototype of the Synthi E. It is just back from a full Pro service/overhaul as it was not used for many years. Sliders / potmeters / switches all working 100%.

Pro Service:
- Psu restoration (rebuilt voltage regulators pcb section)
- External psu (ac custom built)
- Amplifier and mixer fixed
- Lfo influence in VCO section fixed
- Trapezoid generator fixed
- Filter section fixed
- General test and calibrations done
- Cleaning in ands outside

Very fat filter section, 2 ribbon controllers. Separate audio out / Speakers inside + oscilloscope out.
It operates on external PSU (no batteries).

Protected from dust when not in use.
Tested & in Full working order. Sold with invoice & warranty."

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Another Synthi-E on the 'bay

Second one in just over a month. This one for sale in San Fransisco, the other was in New York. Pictures are different. Check out the matching keyboard.

Synthesizer System "Le Bart" - Patrick Mimran

flickr by Patrick Mimran

"Synthesizer System 'Le Bart' with a HP1000 Computer

Build for Patrick Mimran in 1980-1981"

No additional info at this point. I will post back if any comes in. You can find Patrick Mimran's YouTube Channel here.

Update: some info in via Frederic Gerchambeau who believes it was made in 1980 or 1981. (Google translated, original French further below):

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The Synthi Group Vol.1 Now Available

You can find it and the track list on Clinical Archives
(scroll when you get there)

For the archives:
"Keywords: irritating; 50-60’s electroacoustic music; live electronics; psychedelic; experimental; avant electronics; electronic; space music; ambient drone; drone; glitch; improv; psychedelic rock; noise; electro; other

Synopsis:
Formed in 1969, Electronic Music Studios (EMS) quickly became innovators for the recording, production and advancement of electronic music. The ideas and designs that bubbled forth out of the ingenuitive minds of Peter Zinovieff, Tristram Cary, David Cockerell and others, led to the creation of some of the most wildly original musical / sound design equipment ever conceived. The VCS3, Synthi A + AKS, Synthi 100, Synthi E, Synthi Logik and the Soundbeam are among these,
almost unworldly, devices.

It is often said EMS gear has attained cult status, reaching a fervor of near worship among its users. The Synthi Group is an example and collection of such users. United through the Synthi blog and forum (www.thesynthi.de) and located throughout the world, the group's members have come together for a planned series of compilation volume releases where the individuality and approach of each member towards their EMS instrument is showcased and broadcasted for all to experience. The listener will hear wildly different examples of styles and sounds that this original, and oft times, vintage equipment can create.

EMS were true pioneers from the very beginning, always looking beyond the culture and times they were surrounded and seemingly trapped in. Still around today, thanks to Robin Wood and Ludwig Rehberg, they are one of the few companies involved with electronic instrument production that have had a continued run since their inception. The Synthi Group have honed the original pioneering spirit and DIY ethic of EMS with their Volume series, a collection of sounds encompassing beautiful dreamscapes, synaesthetic visions, dark ambience, aural abstractions, sonic absurdities, pulsating analog, glitch, ring modulators, and envelope shapers generating trapezoidal geometry. Beginning with Volume 1, the Synthi Group compilations aim to ensure the story of EMS continues well into the future of electronic music production.
(Synopsis by Alka)"
via http://www.thesynthi.de
previously posted

EMS Synthis

Thought it might be fun to put up a post on the four most popular EMS Synthis. And yes you can still get a Synthi from EMS, a Synthi A or a Synthi VCS3 to be exact. Title link takes you to the history of all EMS synths. Well worth checking out if you haven't in a while, or even if you have. You can back track to the home page from there if you want to buy one. : ) This stuff never gets old for me.

Synthi A (Portabella)- click here for a larger picture


VCS3 (Putney) - click for larger picture.


Synthi AKS - click for a larger picture



And the big daddy, the Synthi 100 - click for a larger picture

New EMS Synthi Faceplate

Image of the new EMS Synthi faceplate sent my way via ross. Click image for full size shot.

Via AH:

"I had talked to Robin Wood regarding production of the new Synthis. Apparently they will have 99% exact parts as the originals, the only being that the original reverb tank on the originals VCS3 and Synthi A has lapsed, and there is a comparable replacement. All the rest of the parts and circuits should be built to exact specifications as the original units produced from 1972 onwards. Although I had originally considered trading my Synton Fenix due to EMS lust, I think I am better off attempting to acquire one of Robin's new handmade units. I won't be able to easily replace the functionality of the feature set of my Synton Fenix, and it is far more rare of an instrument. My only apprehension is that Robin has stated that he would build units for the last 6 years, and it has been quite some time since they were produced. I think he is honest, and he has been absolutely helpful in my recent E-mail inquiries into his Synthis, however I am weary of waiting for many years in anticipation for a Synthi A, with the possibility that they may never be produced. Apparently he only has 40 Synthi briefcases left, so Synthi As will no longer be produced after this next batch. Furthermore, the company that produces the matrixboards for the Synthis is stopping production, so there is a new renewed urgency to finish production on these units, as well as to backstock this particular part for future repairs. Anyone on the list have a recent custom made Synthi from 1990-2001? It would be interesting to hear if these units differ from the originals, and how well they conformed to original specifications."

Update via Ross:
"Synthi differences

heard from Robin that there are more differences

1. no more Prestopatch ( see faceplate photo)
2. Pastel coloured knobs
3. no more sequencer
4. Joystick is not the same.

I wanted to buy an old silver face plate for my Synthi AKS as the china
graph is coming off, and was informed that the silver faceplate is no
longer being made.

I am desperate for anyone who has copied exactly the original
prestopatch Synthi AKS faceplate in any format pdf, etc or what ever
format as I want to get a new faceplate made up."

EMS Synthi E xternal in

Published on Sep 5, 2014 Ebotronix

8 tracks EMS Synhi E
Korg micro X Mayhem Voices & Organ processed by Synthi E
Akai MFC 42
Alesis 3630
DBX 286
Kenton Pro Solo & PS Mk2
Lexicon PCM 80 / 90
Line 6 Filter Pro
Make Noise Format Jumper
Moog CP 251,Freqbox²
Rane Spitter Mixer
Red Federation BPM FX Pro
Sherman Filterbank 2
SPL Gold Mike
TC M one XL
Yamaha MCS 2
mackie the mixer
vid # 1115

EMS Synthi E and AKS Spec Sheets

Andrew posted these two spec sheets on The Synthi Educational Handbook post. Click either link below for the full shot.  Good stuff. Thanks Andrew!

http://home.freeuk.com/1a/ems/synthi-e-spec-sheet.jpg
http://home.freeuk.com/1a/ems/synthi-aks-spec-sheet.jpg

LudoWic - Creating dark textures

video upload by ludoWic music

More LudoWic:
https://www.ludowic.com
https://wicrecordings.lnk.to/ludowic

Trautonium, Minimoog, & EMS SYNTHI & SYNTHI E. Note the SYNTHI E is a white model also seen here, not the standard orange yellow as seen in other posts. You can find additional LudoWic SYNTHI posts here. See this post on EMS founder Peter Zinovieff's passing for some history on EMS.

You can find additional posts featuring the Trautonium here. So much synth history can be found deep in the archives of the site.

This one is in via Soviet Space Child.

Synthesizer von Gestern II

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via this auction

"A brand-new sealed example of the most beautiful book ever produced about synthesisers.

Hardback, top quality paper and reproduction, full colour printing on most pages, great photos by Dieter Stork, and authoritative, well-researched text by Matthias Becker.
In German, but still a huge amount of info and synth porn for a non-German-speaker.
146 pp, A4 size (nearly 12 x 8.5"). 750g (1lb 10oz) - a really solidly-made and well-bound book.

First edition, published 1995. This is the second (and bigger) of two volumes of the book, and covers a huge range of classic synthesisers.

Instruments featured:-
Oskar Sala's Trautonium and Mixtur-Trautonium (cf the whole soundtrack of Hitchcock's Birds)
Joergensen Clavioline
ARP 2500
EMS Synthi 100
Moog Sonic Six
E-mu Modular
EMS Synthi Hi-Fli
ARP Pro-Soloist
Steiner-Parker Synthacon
RMI Harmonic Synthesizer
EMS Synthi E
Birotron
PPG 1002
Moog Taurus
Moog Liberation
Roland System 700
Synlab Modular (incredible!)
Yamaha SY-1
Oberheim OB-1
Roland SH-7
Steiner EVI
Crumar DS2
Yamaha CS-30
Korg Sigma
Korg VC-10
ARP Quadra
Roalnd RS-505
Roland VP-330+
Fairlight CMI
Realton Variophon
Oberheim OB-Xa
Oberheim OB-SX
Roland SPV-355
Moog Prodigy
Gleeman Pentaphonic
RSF Kobol
E-mu Emulator I
DK Synergy
RSF Blackbox
Roland SH-101
Roland TB-303
Roland TR-606
Roland MC-202
SCI Prophet 600
Roland Jupiter 6
Korg Poly 61
Yamaha DX7
Syntec Banana
SCI Prophet T8
Boehm Soundlab
OSC OSCar
Korg Poly 800
Oberheim Xpander"

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EMS Synthi E 14/16 odd time

Published on Sep 15, 2014 Ebotronix

EMS Synthi E , Moog Freqbox, Buchla System #1 LPG
six tracks, 2x synthi, 4x halftime drums
+ ~ -
Alesis Philtre
Hameg Dual Trance Oscilloscope HM 312-8
Kenton Pro Solo & Pro Solo Mk2 (S&H source)
Lexicon PCM 80 / 90
Maestro Ringmodulator
Make Noise Format Jumper
Moog CP 251(cv mix and noise)
Rane Spitter Mixer
Red Federation BPM FX Pro
Sherman Filterbank 2
SPL Channel One
TC M one XL
Yamaha MCS 2
mackie the mixer
Logic master clock
even in the odd 14/16 time
vid # 1123

EMS Synthi E Rare Vintage Analog Synthesizer

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"For sale is a very rare EMS Synthi E synthesizer. This one is fully functional, recently serviced & in excellent cosmetic shape. Everything is working as it should, a very cool instrument. Estimated less than a 100 of these left in existence, from the same makers as the classic Synthi A & VCS3. Patch leads & power supply included. The power supply operates at 240v but a high quality step up/step down transformer will be included for operation in all countries. This is a great chance to own a collector's piece. Don't miss out!"

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EMS Synthi E Ringmodulator

Published on Sep 3, 2014 Ebotronix

"EMS Synthi E Ringmodulator by VCO & Filter Oscillation
(CV by CP251 and Kenton S&H) to
Buchla LPG, two channels in series (32th &16th) to Adrenalinn 2 to BPM Pro FX

Moog Freqbox VCO out to input (cv by CP 251 S&H) to
Filter Pro, MFC 42,Rane Mixer ,Buchla LPG,Gold Mike
+ ~ -
Akai MFC 42
Alesis 3630
Boss CS 3
DBX 286
Kenton Pro Solo & PS Mk2
Lexicon PCM 80 / 90
Line 6 Filter Pro
Make Noise Format Jumper
Moog CP 251,Freqbox
MXR Phase 100
Rane Spitter Mixer
Red Federation BPM FX Pro
Roger Linn Arenalinn 2
SPL Gold Mike
TC M one XL
Yamaha MCS 2
mackie the mixer
Hameg Dual Trace Ocilloscope HM 312-8
vid # 1114"

EMS Synthi E MS 20

Published on Oct 16, 2014 Ebotronix

EMS Synthi E
Korg MS 20, Karma
Buchla System #1
Kenton Pro Solo & Pro Solo Mk2
Akai MFC 42
Lexicon PCM 90
Make Noise Format Jumper
Moog CP 251
Rane Spitter Mixer
SPL Channel One
Yamaha MCS 2
mackie the mixer
vid # 1151

EMS Synthi E

Published on Aug 26, 2014

six tracks by EMS Synthi E (blue meanie)
Hameg Dual Trace Ocilloscope HM 312-8 by Rehberg
Kenton Pro Solo Mk2
Lexicon PCM 80 /90
mackie the mixer
vid # 1105

synthi e fun

YouTube via waveshaper. Sent my way via Dennis.
"little fun with the EMS Synthi E. No other gear used no midi no sequencers etc. Just a few pathcords. Recorded with a $200 photocamera so don't give shit about the audioquality!"

Original EMS Synthi E

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"THIS IS AN ORIGINAL EMS SYNTHI E from the seventies not a reproduction one. its in very good condition and very rare to find..."

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