https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/1cce930ae507fefa1bb2193f0f19a11d.jpg a0797a1e60f34b5ad372424db43fcdf8 https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/b88109ec9b8030ac8dcb18f619a8362d.jpg ae75e2430cbe572f48963edef70228fd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource EMS VCS3 synthesizer Subject The topic of the resource EMS VCS3 synthesizer Description An account of the resource Electronic Music Studios, Ltd, London, EMS VCS3 synthesizer, 1970 Metal, plastic, electronic components On loan from MESS Ltd The VCS3 is significant in that it was the first viable commercial European synthesizer. Launched in 1969 by EMS, it had a wide array of sound-producing and sound-modifying devices that could be freely interconnected. Like the VCS1, the VCS3 could process external sounds as well as generate them internally. Importantly for contemporary musicians, the instrument was compact and modestly priced. It cost less than one-fifth of the price of an equivalent Moog synthesizer, the only other real commercial competition. The ‘Pin Panel Matrix’ for patching is one of the VCS3’s most distinctive features. Tristram Cary designed the instrument in the new ‘L-shape’, so that the machine could be used at a desk as a teaching machine, and for demonstrations, as well as composition. This VCS3 was part of the Grainger Centre electronic equipment, bought by Keith Humble in the early 1970s. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Electronic Music Studios, Ltd, London Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1970 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Instrument Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Photography by Amber Haines Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Image courtesy MESS Ltd