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The VCS 3 (or VCS3; an initialism for ''Voltage Controlled Studio, version #3'') is a portable analog synthesiser with a flexible semi-modular voice architecture, by Electronic Music Studios (London) Limited (EMS) in 1969.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.ems-synthi.demon.co.uk/emsprods.html#vcs3 )〕 Note this product was called various names by EMS. For example, the printed logo written to the front left of products are: “V.C.S. 3” or “The Putney (VCS 3)” on the earlier version, then “The Synthi (VCS 3) II” on the later version (Synthi VCS 3 II).〔 (【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.ems-synthi.demon.co.uk/emsprods.html#vcs3ii )〕 (''See'' details on below photographs) ==History== It was created in 1969 by Peter Zinovieff's EMS company. The electronics were largely designed by David Cockerell and the machine's distinctive visual appearance was the work of electronic composer Tristram Cary. The VCS3 was more or less the first ''portable'' commercially available synthesizer—portable in the sense that the VCS 3 was housed entirely in a small, wooden case, unlike previous machines from American manufacturers such as Moog Music, ARP and Buchla which were housed in large cabinets and were known to take up entire rooms. Significantly, it retailed for just under £330 in 1969 in the UK. Many people (including the synthesizer enthusiast Gordon Reid in his articles on the EMS company for Sound on Sound magazine in 2000 ) found it unsatisfactory as a melodic instrument due to its inherent instability. This arose from the instrument's reliance on the then-current method of exponential conversion of voltage to oscillator frequency, an approach also used on Moog synthesizers; however, the VCS 3 is renowned as an extremely powerful generator of electronic effects and processor of external sounds . The VCS 3 began to find popularity among artists looking to create exotic synthesised sounds. As a result, prices for the synthesizer climbed much higher than the original asking price.〔In August 2010, VCS3 reached £6700 in an eBay auction.〕 The first album to be recorded using only the VCS 3 was "The Unusual Classical Synthesizer" on Westminster Gold.〔https://sites.google.com/site/krakatack/unusualstuff〕 The VCS3 was popular among progressive rock bands and was used on recordings by The Alan Parsons Project, Jean Michel Jarre, Todd Rundgren, Hawkwind, Brian Eno (with Roxy Music), King Crimson, The Who, Gong, and Pink Floyd, among many others. A well-known example of its use is on The Who track "Won't Get Fooled Again" on ''Who's Next''. In this instance the synthesizer was used as an external sound processor, with Pete Townshend running the signal of a Lowrey organ through the VCS3's filter and low frequency oscillators. Pink Floyd's "On the Run" (from ''The Dark Side of the Moon'') made use of the VCS 3's oscillators, filter and noise generator, as well as the sequencer. Their song Welcome to the Machine also used the VCS 3. The bass throb at the beginning of the recording formed the foundation of the song, with the other parts being recorded in response. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「EMS VCS 3」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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