EMS PolySynthi

[ChemicalComedown]

I've wanted to hear this beast for ages, many thanks for uploading !!! ;D

How did Vince Clark not like this ?

[daisychainofdoom]

amazing.

[HertzPression]

great sound !!!

[576557]

aurex.

you are truly ( as u know ) in possession of a musical work of art , i had the honour  of visiting EMS in 1972 to see and hear, for one the bbc radiophonic workshop at the EMS studios in Putney . the VCS3 and other machines.

your polysynth did not exist then, happy days to hear such a synth from all those years ago ..

[SPFXsynthesisers]

it's gorgeous and sounds great.

[SPFXsynthesisers]

Wow!that is how a synth should look.Amazing.

[PolaroidsPyramids]

Wow! Nice machine - thanks for posting the video!

[mineheadX1]

jeeezus, where did you get that ?!!!!!!! i thought they just made the suitcase...Roger Waters would be proud...and RIck & Dave...

[MrLufiwo]

Used by KRAFTWERK I read time ago.

[frozinarosie]

Thank you so much. I've never heard this wonderful beast before.She is lovely,I hope you treat her like the treasure that she is ,[sorry, I get a little strange with classic,analogues.] especially something so legendary as an EMS.You are so lucky. Anyone that doesn't recognize the significance of this monumental piece of art, knows nothing about synthesizers.Stick to kazoos!

[aurexlive]

@frozinarosie True that! I'm treating her really gentle with a lot of love, attention and care. She definitely deserves it :) I'm also a real analogue (yes with UE at the end) addict. I'm blessed that I can also play MS-20 and ARP2600 regularly. ARP = heaven for me :)

[SPFXsynthesisers]

@aurexlive Hey check out my channel I made a virtual ARP Quadra for kontakt.

Where did you find the awesome Polysynthi?Don't ever sell that synth,so rare.

[eatshitgoogle]

I don't know why professional reviewers talk so much smack about this synth. So maybe by the end of the 70's there was a stigma surrounding polysynths, but so what? If people back then could know how poor virtual synths would sound by comparison in the future, they would find the Polysynthi to be awesome. Sounds good to me.

[letronchosier]

WOW never seen one before, gorgeous!

[Psychlist1972]

The low end on that thing is amazing. It's near brown note...but umm, in a good way.

[plastanautsynthpop]

i bloody hate it when people come out with stupid statements like its 'videogamey'.well go and buy a guitar or a piano then, because you obviously dont like anologue synths or electronic music.this sounds beautiful to me.

[GCom67]

I read 50 polysynthi were produced? 30 according to Graham Hinton. Amazing sounds and very rare! Thankyou :)

[SoundElectroJazz]

Old School!

[meterspecialist]

It has an analog delay built in. Wow.

[kipixt]

@meterspecialist yeah, does that mean it has a tape loop running inside??

[Desmaad]

@kipixt No, it would probably use a BBD chip. Solid-state echoes were coming out around the time this did.

[Desmaad]

@meterspecialist Nah, that's probably external.

[JOHNMANDERBOLT]

I have an AKS which I adore, but this I something else, I want one, what a machine!

[clarius1973]

Every review says that it's a bad synth.... it sound nice to me, instead.

C.

[Desmaad]

@clarius1973 It sounds a bit videogamey.

[clarius1973]

@Desmaad Yes, the sound is "videogamey" because it's too "square wave-based" ... but I find it very deep and warm (listen 1:20 and after...). It is surely a limited synth.... but it prefer this to many digital ones.

[tojamon]

wow that's a rare beast

[heyhey708]

I love that analog noise at the end! Sounds like end of Planet of The Apes (The original, 1968)

[mathbsound]

Is this a one of kind synth?

very cool

[Envergure]

That thing looks heavy, and it sounds huge too!

[maqster]

yup, thats awesome, never sell it

[XYtoTheDoubleG]

Never knew EMS made consumer polysynths!

[Tekesaurusrex]

wow! never seen once of these

[MrFaceHead]

Very rare and unique looking instrument, plus it's EMS which is just cool.

[brianblight]

All the reviews on this ems Synth are always negative, but I really like the fact that it has built in effects...Also, The little bit of playing you have shown us, makes me think this is a pretty cool synth, worthy of the EMS, title. What little they have written about the polysynthi,,is always some version of how new management, like what happened to Moog with the polymoog and so on,, Made really bad decisions by putting out bad products without enough R and D...Whatever!!!

[whiteeagle1973made]

Here's something you don't see every day:D - Only 29 ever made, if I remember correctly.

@ 1:21 it's like a segment from "bladerunner" soundtrack:D

thanks for uploading

[Morylory]

what the jack a nory man... that yoke rox the planet bad down bro !

'classic'