Eml synthesizers

> > EMS synths are a whole different experience. They are 
> 
> wonderfully 
> 
> > made and you can see where the money is.

The Dark Side of the moon album is entirely done with 2 EMS Synthi-AKS


>  But, there is a reason why 
> 
> > you don't hear many lead lines on PF albums until the late 
> 
> > seventies.  Keeping a EMS in tune AND intonated is the 
> 
> hardest of 
> 
> > any analog synth I have ever used.  Moogs, Arps and OB FVS 
> 
> are all 
> 
> > much easier to use.

I disagree here, I own two EMS AKS synths along with lots of other 
modular and analog gear, The EMS are difficualt to tune initially since 
you can tune them to other than 12 notes per scale, but they keep in 
tune when you set them. Using a patch with 3 oscillators will be more 
difficualt since Oscillator 3 track at different V/Oct than 1 and 2.


> 
> > They are great for sound effects and as a filter processor, 
> but 
> 
> they 
> 
> > are a real challenge as a lead instrument.  My hats off to 
> Eno, 
> 
> > Rundgren and others, but only with a Kenton Midi to CV 
> 
> controller 
> 
> > have I been able to use my VCS3 MKI melodically.
> 
> 
> 
> Yes, I think that's the concensus, though the MkII  is much 
> 
> improved

And Synthi AKS Also, may be the problems with drift are for MKI 
versions only, I have no problems with lead lines, using the KS or 
using MIDI converters...
Anyway, Midi converters have nothing to do with drift. Drift is a 
property of the oscillator itself.