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EMS VCS3 The Putney

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Description

Electronic Music Studios first commercial product the VCS3 also known as The Putney is a portable synthesizer introduced in 1969.It was housed in a solid Afromosia cabinet housed the following modules interconnected by means of a matrix patchboard.

The VCS3 was more or less the first portable commercially available synthesizer—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.

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Architecture

Type: Analog

Synthesis: Subtractive

Oscillators (+) Open Manual Page

Oscillators: 3

Osc Modulation: Envelope, Input, Keyboard, Knob, LFO, Oscillator, Ring Modulation, Sync Hard

Envelopes (+) Open Manual Page

Envelopes: 2

Evelope Paramerters: Attack, Decay

Filters (+) Open Manual Page

Filters: 1

Types: 12dB Slope (2-pole), 18dB Slope, Resonance

Filter Modulation: Envelope, Input, Keyboard, Knob, LFO, Oscillator

LFO (+) Open Manual Page

LFO: 1

LFO Parameters: Triangle

Polyphony & Tuning

Polyphony: 1

Timbrality: 1

Tuning: Standard

Modes: Mono

Effects

Spring Reverberation

Case

Case: Desktop

Case Details: Solid wood construction

Controls: Buttons, Knobs, Switches, Joy Stick

Connections

Audio Output Connections: 1/4" Phone Jack, Stereo Main, Stereo Headphone

Audio Output Count: 8

Inputs: 1/4" High/Low Ins

CV Ports: CV IN, CV OUT

Production

Year Released: 1969

Used By

Andy Whitmore, Aphex Twin, BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Brian Eno, Chemical Brothers, David Vorhaus, Del Dettmar & Dik Mik of Hawkwind, Delia Derbyshire, Download (Cevin Key and Phil Western), Eddie Jobson, Edgar Froese, Ice-T, Jean-Michel Jarre, John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin, King Crimson, Kraftwerk, Klaus Schulze, LCD Soundsystem, Merzbow, Miquette Giraudy of Gong,the Steve Hillage Band, and System 7 Morgan Fisher, Ozric Tentacles, Pete Townshend of The Who, Portishead, Rick Wright, David Gilmour and Roger Waters of Pink Floyd, Tangerine Dream, Tim Blake of Gong and Hawkwind, Todd Rundgren, TONTO's Expanding Head Band, Vince Clarke

Design Notes:

It was created in 1969 by Peter Zinovieff's EMS company. The electronics were largely designed by David Cockerell and the machine's distinctive visual appearance was the work of electronic composer Tristram Cary.

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