The VCS 3 is a portable analog synthesizer with a flexible modular voice architecture introduced by Electronic Music Studios (EMS) in 1969.
User's eye view of the "VCS 3"; top left, three main oscillators; bottom left, patch panel; bottom right, joystick. External keyboard not shown. Note: it has printed logo: "V.C.S. 3".
Synthi VCS 3 with logo: "The Putney (VCS 3)"
Synthi VCS 3 II with logo: "The Synthi (VCS 3) II"
The routing matrix on the VCS 3
Electronic Music Studios (EMS) is a synthesizer company formed in Putney, London in 1969 by Peter Zinovieff, Tristram Cary and David Cockerell. It is now based in Ladock, Cornwall.
Front view of the Synthi (VCS 3) II [top left] three main oscillators, noise generator and inputs [top right] filter/oscillator, envelope, reverb., ring mod., etc. [bottom left] matrix plugboard [bottom right] joystick (DK1 keyboard not shown)
Matrix plugboard on Synthi VCS 3 II
EMS Synthi 100
A later-model, Synthi AKS equips built-in KS Sequencer with capacitive keyboard