[sdiy] synthi A webpage update

[Budweiser]

In some ways, I think that the few clones of EMS gear that various people
have made is nothing more than a tribute to EMS. How many people have
actually built a Synthi or a VCS3 clone on this planet?! I know of only 2,
and 1 isn't even finished!

EMS made some very cool products in there day, and continue to do so.
Almost like a "cult synth", the last 5 to 10 years has seen a massive rise
in their popularity (as well as anything else "analogue", whatever that is
defined to be. A poly800 is hardly as analogue as a Moog 3C).

Clones are fine. They are usually only made because the people that want
a true EMS (or whatever) can't find/afford the real thing.. so diy is an
alternative.
In that aspect, diy is a bonus! Its another way of obtaining a useful peice
of
equipment. So useful infact that its built to the operator's specifications!

Robin Wood shouldn't be worried about anything... he should be thrilled that
someone loves the EMS range so much to try and emulate it themselves...

~bud

>
>  Hi Juergen..thanks very much for your nice  comments. Indeed you raise
> questions  and concerns about building such clones that I had already
>  thought about to some extent..and infact I was thinking of raising it
with
>  other members of the list. I guess as you say its one thing to make
clones
>  of  synths where the company has long since folded (like Arp for
example),
>  but another when the company still trades and makes
>  equipment. As far as I know EMS stopped making synthi A's because the
> supply
>  of cases has run out.
>  But even so I think  there is still the moral question of whether we
should
>  make clones even in this situation.
>  I wonder what people on the list think?
>  Certainly I admit that at some stage I felt a bit uncomfortable with the
>  fact that my clone looks quite like ..well,  a synthi A. Even this aside
>  there is the more delicate issue of  use of schemos etc.
>  Anyway I certainly dont want to put you on the 'spot' ..but  your synthi
>  clone has been influential to me. I defintely have NO intention of
putting
>  any EMS schemos on the web that aren't there already!
>  But I guess these are all serious issues. Perhaps ultimately we need
Robin
>  Wood to tell us what he thinks on this subject?  I did ask him some time
> ago
>  what he thought about me making some of the circuits from the
>  service manual. He said he wasnt that happy ..but that if it was for
>  personal use ..it was ok. I am not sure what he would think of my clone.
>
>  best regards, steve
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: jh. <jhaible at t-online.de>
> > To: S.Thomas <S.Thomas at qmw.ac.uk>; <synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>
> > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 9:24 PM
> > Subject: Re: [sdiy] synthi A webpage update
> >
> >
> > > > It goes without saying that my original motivation
> > > > to build this was in no small measure down to Juergen Haibles
> > > > remarkable efforts in building his synthi A clone,  as well as
> > > > all the great help from colleagues  on the  synth-diy list!
> > >
> > > Hey, your front panel graphics look awesome ! Congrats !
> > > I just read about your matrix - so you really made your own from
> > > tiny jacks at last (;->).
> > >
> > > I saw your mention of my name on your page, which is more than I
> deserve,
> > > as reluctant as I have been in encouraging others to build a clone.
> > >
> > > Seriously: Let's not spread out all the information from EMS, please.
> > > You have a clone now, you can be proud of it, but *please* do not
> > > make circuits available for the masses. This is not like publishing
Korg
> > > or Roland analog circuits (who have long lost interest in analog
> synths).
> > > I would be very sad if my building a clone would be the beginning of
> > > an chain that leads to serious trouble for EMS in the end.
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > >
> > > JH.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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