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The EMS Synthi 100 was a large analogue synthesizer made by Electronic Music Studios (London) Ltd. Electronic Music Studios (London Ltd (usually abbreviated to EMS is a Synthesizer company formed in 1969 by Dr It was released in 1974 and cost $25,000. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Around 30 units (29, according to some sources) were built during the 1970s and 1980s. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989.

The Synthi 100 was developed from a combination of three VCS-3 Systems, ending up with 12 VCOs, two keyboards (each of it duophonic, making it possible to play 4 voices simultaneously), and a 3-track 256-step monophonic digital sequencer. The VCS 3 (an acronym for V oltage C ontrolled S tudio with 3 oscillators is a portable analog Synthesiser with a flexible Two 64 x 64 patchbays were used to connect the different modules. The keyboard spread could/had to be adjusted, making it difficult to play a tuned temperated scale for a longer time, but allow for alternative tunings easily.

The sound of the Synthi-100 was subtly distinct from the VCS-3. Both filters and oscillators were much more stable in the Synthi-100. The instrument, however, was very sensitive to temperature changes, so it required repeated re-tuning.

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One Synthi 100 was sold to the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. It was used to generate music sound effects for the BBC's radio and television shows, including Doctor Who and Blake's Seven for television, and the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy radio series. Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. Blake's 7 is a British Science fiction television series made by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC for their BBC 1 channel The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a science fiction comedy series

The Synthi 100 owned by Jack Dangers can be heard being used extensively on electronica group Meat Beat Manifesto's album R.U.O.K.?. Jack Dangers (born John Corrigan, 11 January 1965, in Swindon) is an electronic musician DJ producer and remixer best known for his work Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary Electronic music designed for a wide range Meat Beat Manifesto, often shortened to Meat Beat or MBM, is an Electronic music outfit originally consisting of Jack Dangers and Jonny RUOK? is a 2002 album by the UK industrial-techno group Meat Beat Manifesto. Many photos from that album's CD sleeve are close-up photos of the Synthi 100's control panels and displays. It was claimed that his unit is the only one still in working condition, however, at least the university of Osnabrück, Germany, owns one and uses it in their department of music. Osnabrück (ɔsnaˈbʁʏk is a City in Lower Saxony, Germany, some 80 km NNE of Dortmund, 45 km NE of Münster, and some 100 km due

Bruno Spoerri's Synthi-100 was offered for sale in May 1979 for SFr. 48,000 with "new filters, additional envelope shapers, inverters, additional inputs, etc. . . "

The Synthi 100 was used by Elizabeth Parker with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop and Karlheinz Stockhausen - on "Zodiac" and "Sirius". Elizabeth Parker is a British composer who worked at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop for many years

Synthi 100 was also used by Soviet/Russian artist Eduard Artemyev when recording his Metamorphoses album in early 1980's (released: «Мелодия»: 1980, С10—13889-90, СССР), and later with numerous TV and movie soundtracks. A soviet (сове́т, "council" originally was a workers' local council in late Imperial Russia. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Eduard Nikolayevitch Artemyev (born 30 November 1937 in Novosibirsk) is a Russian (and Soviet) Composer of Electronic Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic

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