EMS Studio, 1970

Clockwise from bottom left, with equipment in racks listed from top to bottom:

  • Telephone.
  • Analyzing keyboard (outputs to computers).
  • Synthi AKS. Tannoy loudspeaker (behind).
  • KSR-33 Teletype.
  • Rack 1. Filter controls; audio-frequency oscilloscope; DEC tape drives; DEC PDP8/L (“Leo”).
  • Rack 2. High-frequency oscilloscope; filter controls; potentiometer bank; frequency counter; Wavetek oscillator; 32K hard disk drive.
  • Rack 3. Amplifier controls; DEC PDP8/S (“Sofka”); various audio devices; main patch panel.
  • Rack 4. Digital-analog controllers, including the “button panel” for interaction with MUSYS programs; reverberation units.
  • Monitor and keyboard for programming computers. Tannoy loudspeaker (behind).
  • Synthi 100.
  • An Ampex 4-track tape deck with Dolby noise-reduction units on top.
  • Another Ampex 4-track tape deck without Dolby.
  • The main mixer, built by Robin Wood, who aquired control of the rights to EMS equipment in 1995.
  • Custom unit for 4-track spatial effects.
  • (Centre.) Valuable Persian carpet.

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