Talk:EMS Synthi A

Advert

Re the linked advert with the line "every nun needs a Synthi": my secondary school had a Synthi A in the music dept, and there was a poster on the wall of the music room reading "Even Orpheus needs a Synthi". This was in September 1976. Possibly there were other variants? --Redrose64 (talk) 22:46, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

There were indeed. I went to an EMS presentation in Liverpool in about 1974 just before I bought my VCS3 and the walls were covered with an array of posters. I doubt many have survived, however. Rodhullandemu 22:57, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Patch pins

There were three types of patch pins: white, red and green. The proportions differed: I think that about 75% were white, the rest red or green in equal quantities. Each was essentially a jack plug, no larger than 2.5mm diameter - but may have been smaller, since they were easily bent, particularly near the tips. Red and green ones contained a resistor, whilst white ones were plain wire internally.

I was once told the circumstances for using each, something to do with "if you're routing the signal out of here or into here you should use a red pin, otherwise use white", but I was never told the actual reasoning, nor did I see an official description. Didn't find out what green were for, either. RTFM yes, I would have done, but I was under the instruction of one who believed in hands-on training, and I think the manual got filed under "recycling". --Redrose64 (talk) 10:46, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Grammar, Spelling & Syntax

I will try to correct some spelling, grammar and syntax errors. However, there are a few points where I don't exactly understand what one of the previous contributor meant. More on that later. SentientContrarian (talk) 07:36, 1 April 2012 (UTC)