EMS Synthi Avs vst plug-in

Wow KE9.

yes pics would be cool.  do you ever take them out to play or are they tucked up at home for safe keeping?

Any music we can listen to?

Holy sh*t....that's impressive!!!!

How about some pics of YOUR stuff (assuming the pics you posted weren't yours)?

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What is you setup now KE9?

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The ARP and the Moog, perhaps, not so the Synthi (without extensive modification). Both the Arp and the Moog generate control voltages at 1:12 ratio (meaning a voltage can be translated into each note of a standard chromatic scale). The EMS architecture was not 1:12, but rather something like 1:10 (or something, I just know it is not 1:12).

Not that this matters, ultimately. But the keyboard controllers for the Moog and the ARP were made to transmit (for lack of a better term) the 12 chromatic notes in a 1:12 ratio, where as the sequencer controller (that looks like a keyboard) for the AKS (or the EMS DK1 keyboard controller made for use with all of the EMS synths), was made to transmit the 12 chromatic notes using the EMS ratio. I believe the Buechla modulars used a platform specific ratio as well.

I do not know, however, if modules from the ARP or the Moog are swappable.

EMS OVERKILL

Yum Yum..(btw EMS built a special one off synth for the band YES)

ooh Baby ARP '2500' (This was the synth used on 'A Close encounter of the third king,but the one on the film was built into a white space aged modulas).The guy you see playing it was ARP's cheif engineer)

come to daddy Moogiwoogi modular

just an update- last night I downloaded...uh, well, let's just call it a less limited demo ...and it's pretty close to the original sound as far as I can tell. The only negative point being that the EMS was a pretty basic synth to begin with, tone-wise, and the plug-in seems pretty pricey for what you get. If you have a decent knowledge of synthesis techniques you could probably get the same sounds (and even that pin/grid interface) from other sources. I'd say buy it only if you really want to have the 'authorized' EMS product.

Hi Ankaret:

I have been looking at the Arturia and G-media Moogs, and in the control area where the pitch/mod wheels are located is a switch labelled 'Glide' (I think it is the top switch in the control area immediately to the left of the keyboard). Glide, or portomento (sic), allows a monophonic instrument to sound as if there is an immediate continuity between sounds (glissando is different but when delicately controlled creates a similar effect).

Using the Glide feature (which should be tweakable since this is a softsynth - meaning it should be capable of more than just on or off), you should be able to smoothly transition between notes. Adding a bit of decay to the oscillators (the same amount to each), may additionally help.

Since the Minimoog is a monophonic instrument, each time a key is depressed, a gate is switched on beginning the sending of a voltage unit - when it is released it goes off and the voltage stops. Thus VCO = Voltage Controlled Oscillator. Purists may argue that this is not true gating, but the concept is identical - an on/off signal is being sent/stopped.

Hi Ankaret:

With a Minimoog, try the following for the lead sound:

VCO1: Sawtooth or triangle wave
VCO2: Square wave
VCO3: Square or sawtooth/triangle wave(experiment) - you may not need to use the third oscillator (or the second for that matter if you can get the filter/resonance set to your liking)

Blend VCO 1, 2 and 3 with individual volume controls. For the LFO, experiment with the wave type, and add a little as needed. Adjusting the filter high(ish) and the resonance low(ish) to mid, and adjust the filter ADSR as needed. You will have to add a glissando or glide or set the parameters for gate on/off to avoid a seventies videogame-type gap between the monophonic signals (or early Depeche Mode sequences, if you will). Or, if the soft synth allows, set the pitch-wheel parameters to allow for a larger note compass, and use the pitch wheel to play the lead.

Karnevil9 added to the mix the ARP String Ensemble, which produced the string pad that the synth lead is played over.

Hope this is more understandable.

^ Thanks KE9! Minimoog it is.

I downloaded the EMS plug-in...it looks and sounds pretty good, but I couldn't really check it out on a track because it produces an annoying noise every 10 seconds or so...demo versions .

Now if I only had the real thing to do a side-by-side comparison! All I'd have to do is sell my car and find someone who is willing to let go of theirs...