THE SYNTHI

SYNTHI cv/gate interface design study for a TEKO/A5 case and DOEPFER blind panel 4TE/20mm. Maybe a few of them will see the light of day sometime soon.

from digitana:

I am pleased to say I have negotiated with Robin Wood at EMS to re-release the HiFLi under License. The price for each re-release HiFLi unit (including pedals) will be £2000 + shipping. This price is a reflection of the many hours of build time each unit takes (this is not a glorified 'stomp box' and is closer in complexity to a Synthi A or a VCS3 than it is to any stompbox. Dont forget the original HiFLi sold for £350 in the early 1970's which conservatively translates to about £3500 today.) They are extremely labour intensive to build. The number of units I will make to sell directly is 15. Any more than that or those units I may build for EMS to sell is not decided yet. I already have a current waiting list of 9 people. If you are interested in putting your name on the build list for one the remaining 6 then please email me. Its hard to predict the exact rate of production but i excpect to make about 8-10/year. [read more here...]

DIGITANA electronics website

Working on the Dawe 3000A Frequency Counter:

It was decided to restore the 'test equipment' sections of the Synthi 100 first, as these items would prove very useful during the fault-finding and calibration of the rest of the instrument.

As it arrived the counter would power up and display a static row of random digits which did not change. Pressing the mode buttons would sometimes cause it to start counting, other times it would do nothing. One of the Nixie segments was missing from the 3rd display, and the left-most display always got stuck between 6 and 7.

The first task was to remove all the cards and clean the oxidisation from the edge connectors. Next, to clean the push switch contacts, and free-up the 2 stuck slider switches. After that, it worked rather more reliably. However there were still some issues to be resolved.

http://lucidsynthrepair.blogspot.com/

A new prototype of a console to control 2 EMS Synthi’s
(either 2 Synthi AKS, 2 VCS3 mk2 or a mixture)



Features:
36x48 Matrix patching capability using standard EMS patch pins. Connects to Synthi prestosockets via special umbilical cables. External CV and Gate inputs to Synthi 1 and 2 via 6.35mm Jack sockets.Connects to Synthi Jones sockets on Synthi 1 and 2 for switching control between either external CV/Gat or DK1/DK2/KS control via toggle switches.
more at http://www.synthi.co.uk

Click on the picture to have a look inside of it!

Website: www.analoguesystems.co.uk/
Manual PDF: here!
Audio: Sample.

Website: www.analoguesystems.co.uk/
Manual PDF: here!
Audio: Sample.