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The VCS 3 (an acronym for Voltage Controlled Studio with 3 oscillators) is a portable analog synthesiser with a flexible semi-modular voice architecture, initially made in 1969 by Peter Zinovieff's EMS company. An analog or analogue signal is any continuous signal for which the time varying feature (variable of the signal is a representation of some other Peter Zinovieff is a British inventor of Russian ethnicity most notable for his EMS company which made the famous VCS3 Synthesiser Electronic Music Studios (London Ltd (usually abbreviated to EMS is a Synthesizer company formed in 1969 by Dr The electronics were largely designed by David Cockerell and the machine's distinctive visual appearance was the work of electronic composer Tristram Cary. Tristram Ogilvie Cary OAM (14 May 1925 &ndash 24 April 2008 was a pioneering British Composer. The VCS 3 was more or less the first portable commercially available synthesiser—portable in the sense that the VCS 3 was housed entirely in a small, wooden case, unlike previous machines from American manufacturers such as Moog Music, ARP and Buchla which were housed in large cabinets and were known to take up entire rooms. Moog Music Buchla & Associates Inc is a manufacturer of electronic musical instruments notably Synthesizers and unique MIDI controllers Significantly, it retailed for just under £1000 in the UK. It was acknowledged by many (including synthesizer luminary Gordon Reid in his articles on the EMS company for Sound on Sound magazine in 2000 ) to be somewhat hopeless as a melodic instrument due to its unusual method of tuning and inherent instability; however, it is renowned as an extremely powerful generator of electronic effects and processor of external sounds. Gordon Reid may refer to Gordon Reid (Governor (1923&ndash1989 governor of Western Australia Gordon Reid (businessman, Canadian Sound on Sound is a term used to describe the technique of Multitrack recording, specifically process that Les Paul invented for recording one sound on

The routing matrix on the VCS 3
The routing matrix on the VCS 3

The VCS 3 has three Oscillators, a Noise Generator, two Input Amplifiers, a Ring Modulator, a 18dB/octave Voltage Controlled Low Pass Filter (VCF), a Trapezoid Envelope Generator, Joy-Stick Controller, Voltage Controlled Spring Reverb unit and 2 Stereo Output Amplifiers. Unlike most modular synthesiser systems which use cables to link components together, the VCS 3 uses a distinctive patch board matrix into which pins are inserted in order to connect its components together.

The VCS 3 was quite popular among the progressive rock bands of the day and was used on recordings by The Alan Parsons Project, Jean Michel Jarre, Hawkwind, Brian Eno (when he was with Roxy Music), King Crimson, The Who, Gong, and Pink Floyd, among many others. Progressive rock (often shortened to " progressive " " prog " or " prog rock " is a form of Rock music that evolved The Alan Parsons Project was a British Progressive rock band active between 1975 and 1990 founded by Eric Woolfson and Alan Parsons. Jean-Michel André Jarre (born 24 August 1948, Lyon) is a French Composer, performer and Music producer. Hawkwind are a British rock band, one of the earliest Space rock groups Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (born 15 May 1948 commonly known as Brian Eno (ˈiːnoʊ is an English Musician, producer Roxy Music is an English Art rock group founded in the early 1970s by art school graduate Bryan Ferry ( vocals and keyboards) King Crimson is a Progressive rock band founded by guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Michael Giles in 1969 The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964. The primary lineup consisted of guitarist Pete Townshend Gong is a progressive / Psychedelic rock band formed by Australian Musician Daevid Allen. Pink Floyd are Well-known examples of its use are on The Who track "Won't Get Fooled Again" from Who's Next and Pink Floyd's "On the Run" from Dark Side of the Moon. The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964. The primary lineup consisted of guitarist Pete Townshend Who's Next is the fifth album by the English rock band The Who. Pink Floyd are The Dark Side of the Moon (titled Dark Side of the Moon in the 1993 CD edition is a Concept album by the British Progressive

The VCS 3, in spite of the fact that it is a monophonic synthesiser, underwent something of a renaissance in the late 1990s and early 2000s, both in popularity and in price. Monophonic, with respect to synthesizers refers to the ability to only sound one Note, or voice at a time Artists looking to evoke a quaint, synthesized sound began to make the VCS 3 popular, and thus, prices for the synthesiser reached as much as £3000—higher even than when they were first released.

The VCS 3's basic design was reused by EMS in many other of their own products, most notably in the EMS Synthi 100 and the Synthi A (essentially a VCS 3 housed in a plastic briefcase). The EMS Synthi 100 was a large analogue Synthesizer made by Electronic Music Studios (London Ltd. The EMS Synthi A was a portable Analog synthesizer ( electronic Musical instrument) made by Electronic Music Studios (London Ltd (EMS in

The EMS VCS 3 was referenced in the 2006 song "Selka Wants Your VCS3" by the electro psychedelic group The Emperor Machine As featured on the NME Dance Floor Distortion CD of the same year. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Modern psychedelia For "psychedelics" see Psychedelic drug. The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a Popular music Magazine in the United Kingdom which has been

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