EMS Synthi 100

A nice little video from 2003 about the restoration of a Synthi 100. This is apparantly the same one used by Steve Howell at Cardiff University…

The blurb on YouTube reads:

Here’s a clip of myself being interviewed by SonicState in 2003. We had nearly completed restoration of a EMS Synthi 100 and were showing it in London. I HATE having my pic taken – being filmed – whatever! And to have a mic shoved in front of you with no rehearsal – yikes! No wonder I forgot everything and stumbled all the way through!!

Just to correct a couple of things – this Synthi was researched in depth (with help from R. Wood!)and found to be the original DIGITANA (the name for the prototype before Synthi 100) as used and pictured in the EMS Studio. The sequencer was designed slightly later around ’70 – 71… This being the original it consisted several veroboards!
An awesome instrument when its restoration was completed – and one I miss…

IIRC, Daniel Miller bought the Synthi 100 that was thrown out of my local Uni, The UEA in Norwich.