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 The VCS-3

  Tristram Cary  
     
 
In 1968 a collaboration between composers Peter Zinovieff, Tristam Cary and technician David Cockerell led to London's first large electronic music concert and the twofold formation of EMS (Electronic Music Studio) and EMS Ltd., a synthesizer manufacturing company.

In 1969, EMS Ltd. developed the VCS-3, called the 'Putney' in the United States, a portable synthesizer that contained a pin-matrix patching board and a joystick for realtime control.

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Left: Tristram Cary working with the VCS-3 in his studio in Fressingfield, England, 1972. Courtesy Tristram Cary.

 
 


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