The Yamaha AN1x Synthesizer mailing list

--- In AN1x-list@y..., terryfunken@a... wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 24/7/02 9:14:14 am, sidstation@h... writes:
> 
> >hi,
> >i like the droid. i thought about droid to make my litlle friend;) 
> >what is the ems vcs3? never heard of it. is there a webpage of it ?
> >
> >-phonophobie
> >
> NEVER HEARD OF THE VCS3?!?!?!?!- Christ- the kids of today LOL!!
> Well it was designed in 1965 by David Cockrell (The man behind 
Akai's most 
> sucessful Sampler range- S-900/950/1000/1100). Electronic Music 
Studios- or 
> EMS for short- were (and still are) Britain's most sucessful 
synthesiser 
> manufacturers. It was that synth which was resposible for pretty 
much all the 
> BBC's Radiophonic material all the way through the 60's, 70's and 
80's.
> 
> Basically the EMS VCS3 is a small modular synthesiser, but instead 
of 
> patchcords, it had a 16x16 pinboard matrix- meaning you could do 
totally 
> crazy patches- making sounds that would literally take your head 
right off! 
> The basic machine had NO KEYBOARD, but a Joystick instead- Past 
masters 
> include; Pierre Henry, Brian Eno, Pink Floyd, Delia Derbyshire/ 
David 
> Vorhaus- White Noise, Faust, Kraftwerk, Jean Michel Jarre, Tangerine 
Dream, 
> and later, Sonic Boom, Howie B, Coldcut, Stereolab, Aphex Twin, Atom 
Heart 
> and hundreds more!
> 
> check out;
> 
> http://www.vintagesynth.org/misc/vcs3.shtml
> 
> Alternatively just put EMS VCS3 into the search engine!!
> 
> IMO this is how ALL synths should be made- and as soon as I have 2 
grand to 
> burn, I will buy one of these beauties!!
> 
> Tom :-)

hi tom,
sorry i doesn´t realized ems - Electronic Music Studios UK- it was a 
little bit early . and was not realy awake;) i thought you were 
talking about a new synth. however i have to say that i am not realy 
such a synthexpert..eheh :) i checked the vcs3 now, and even how it 
looks makes me very curious! is the price still t