EMS Synthi MK I AKS by ALKA

by | Nov 5, 2008 | Portfolio

It was then last year in 2007 around this same time that I had an opportunity to buy a Synthi A Mk 1 from someone in NY. I was so excited when it finally arrived, it looked lovelier than the pictures, this being the first one I had ever seen in-person. My first...

Gemeentemuseum Den Haag

by | Aug 1, 2008 | Portfolio

Three not described objects (EMS prototype?) in depot of Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Netherlands …click here! Thanks to Wetdragoon for the link!

BBC’s Radiophonic Workshop

by | Apr 29, 2008 | Portfolio

The BBC’s Radiophonic Workshop, a pioneering force in sound effects, would have been 50 this month. Ten years after it was disbanded, what remains of its former glory? …click here! Thanks to Bryan for the link!

Tristram Cary * 1925 – † 2008

by | Apr 24, 2008 | Portfolio

Tristram Cary has died at the age of 82, at his home in Adelaide, Australia. One of the heads who dreamed up the EMS VCS3. Cary was founder (in 1967) of the electronic music studio at the Royal College of Music, and designer/builder of own electronic music facility,...

VCS 3 and DEC PDP15

by | Nov 4, 2007 | Portfolio

Click on image to view/download the film. More infos here. Computer Aided Sound Synthesis with EMS VCS3: CASS was the software developed at Atlas to allow a VCS3 synthesiser connected to the DEC PDP15 to be used for generating sound tracks for computer generated...

EMS VCS 3 “The Shout” 1978

by | Jul 31, 2007 | Portfolio

The Shout is a 1978 film by Jerzy Skolimowski based on a story by Robert Graves. It stars Alan Bates, Susannah York and John Hurt (The Elephant Man, Alien) as a sound designer with a lot of EMS equipment. 2x VCS 3, EMS Sequencer 256. Available...