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    The VCS 3 (or VCS3; an initialism for Voltage Controlled Studio, version #3) is a portable analog synthesizer with a flexible modular voice architecture...
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    The EMS Synthi A and the EMS Synthi AKS are portable modular analog synthesisers made by EMS of England. The Synthi A model debuted in May 1971, and then...
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  • David Cockerell (section EMS)
    hired him to work for his EMS company in Putney in 1966, where he designed classic EMS synthesizers such as the Synthi VCS3, Synthi AKS and Synthi 100...
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  • Sequencer 256, which originally sold for £1,100. In 1971 EMS released a portable version of the VCS3, the EMS Synthi A, originally called the "Portabella", a pun...
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  • vocals Jimmy Page – electric guitars John Paul Jones – bass pedal (?), EMS VCS3, electric piano, piano John Bonham – drums List of cover versions of Led...
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  • piano (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8), EMS VCS3 Putney (tracks 4, 6, 8), Korg Poly Ensemble (tracks 5, 6, 8), EMS PolySynthi (tracks 2, 6), EMS Synthi A (tracks 2, 6)...
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    adopter of synthesizers, since his film debut Dark Star, when he used an EMS VCS3 synth. His soundtracks went on to influence electronic artists who followed...
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    one of the earliest ring modulator effect products for guitarists. The EMS VCS3, Synthi A, ARP 2600, Odyssey, Rhodes Chroma and Yamaha CS-80 synthesizers...
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    I go to the synth." The synths Townshend was referring to included the EMS VCS3 and ARP 2600, some of which modified a Lowrey TBO Berkshire organ. Current...
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  • guitar, organ Eric Claridge — bass, piano John McEntire — percussion, EMS VCS3 synthesizer, organ, electric piano Additional musicians Marnie Christensen...
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    "Steven Wilson on Instagram: "Vintage synth action in the studio with an EMS VCS3 "The Putney". A few years ago when I remixed the first Roxy Music album...
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  • Times. Hammond, James (15 October 2014). "The synth that made the music: 10 artists whose sound was defined by the EMS VCS3". Thevinylfactory.com. v t e...
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  • Arab Orchestra ARP 2500 ARP 2600 Elka AMK8 Elka Synthex Elka MK-88 EMS AKS EMS VCS3 Korg EXM1R Korg T3 Roland D-50 Roland D-550 Roland D-70 Roland MKS-80...
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  • drum kit with mallets, and Rick Wright handled the Mini-Moog synths and VCS3 while Dick Parry played the string synths off-stage. The live renditions...
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    Electroacústica, Cuenca, Spain. Developed from an initial concept of three VCS3 systems, the analogue modules on their own more closely resemble six VCS3s...
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  • synthesizer (capable of playing two notes at once) 1975 Moog Music Polymoog 1969 EMS VCS3 1976 Yamaha CS-80 1978 Korg MS-20 1981 PPG Wave 1991 Korg 01/W 1997 Propellerhead...
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    with a fondness for synthesizers from the pre-programmable era – the EMS VCS3, the Moog Sonic Six, the Roland Jupiter 4 and the Serge Modular among others...
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    to the electronic music studio at Goldsmiths College (equipped with the EMS VCS3 synthesizer) and also purchased a Revox reel to reel tape recorder setting...
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  • manipulation techniques, and used the first British synthesizer, the EMS Synthi VCS3. Amongst many oddities, the first track on the album, Love Without...
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  • worked as a lecturer until 1986. He provided the visual design for the EMS VCS3 synthesizer. Cary died in Adelaide, South Australia, on 24 April 2008,...
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  • the song's music, does not play on the original recording.) Darryl Way – VCS3, electric piano Sonja Kristina – vocal Phil Kohn – bass Florian Pilkington-Miksa...
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  • inventor. In the late 1960s, his company, Electronic Music Studios (EMS), made the VCS3, a synthesizer used by many early progressive rock bands such as...
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  • Fairlight CMI EMS Synthi AKS EMS Synthi VCS3 Korg KR 55 Elka 707 Eminent 310U Moog Taurus Pedal Synthesizer Electronic Music Studios (EMS) Vocoder 1000...
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    the Wake of Poseidon (1970) – lyrics, production Lizard (1970) – lyrics, VCS3, production Islands (1971) – lyrics, production Sailors' Tales 1970-1972...
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  • started to use computers for composition (1970), for control of analogue EMS VCS3 synthesizers (1973), and for sound synthesis (MUSIC V: Geométrie d'Hiver...
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  • violin Yves Chouard – guitars Francis Mandin – ARP Odyssey Tim Blake – EMS and VCS3 synthesizers Joël Dugrenot – bass Serge Aouzi – drums, percussion produced...
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  • violin, backing vocals, piano (5) Francis Monkman – guitars, keyboards, VCS3 synthesizer Ian Eyre – bass guitar Florian Pilkington-Miksa – drums Technical...
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    Road. In the late 1960s, his company, Electronic Music Studios (EMS), made the VCS3, a synthesizer used by many early progressive rock bands. The stained-glass...
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  • "wa-guitars", bass guitar, Mellotrons (400 and Mark II) Thighpaulsandra – ARP & VCS3 synthesizers, string orchestrations, piano, preened vocals, organ solo at...
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