[sdiy] EMS SYNTHI 100

[Tom Wiltshire]

I must admit I nearly split my tea when I read the price. But then I  
got thinking;

Would anyone here offer to build one for less?

Consider it: The parts alone must add up to multiple thousands if you  
were to build a one-off, and if you included a year of your time,  
you'd be ambitiously quick, I reckon. So thinking like that, the  
price is probably justified.

However, if you consider what a modern equivalent would cost, you get  
a different idea. 12 Oscs, 8 Filters, 3 Envelopes, 10 Amps, plus a  
dozen or so other modules is about 45 modules - £1000 a module.  
That's a lot for a synth with traditional seventies tuning!

T.



On 23 Feb 2009, at 23:34, Sean Ellis wrote:

> Its a ton of money but considering the rarity of this I dont see it  
> as *too* much. Try to find a vintage grand piano or violin for that  
> price, its the very reasonable when you compare to some other  
> instruments. People go nuts over a cs-80 for $8,000 but its really  
> chump change in music terms.
>
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