I just got this link late this afternoon from my friend, DJ and audiophile, Tony Watson, he is solid. I thought I would post this as its pretty damn cool.

In 1974, EMS introduced the Synthi 100, designed for those who didn’t need a portable system. As [designer, Dave] Cockerell put it, ‘You had to take walls down to get it into studios.’ The Synthi 100 was originally based on three VCS3s, and grew from there to encompass 12 oscillators and associated filters, envelopes, etc. It also had a three-track monophonic digital sequencer and two 64X64 patch matrices. The Synthi 100 sold for around £10,000 (US $25,000), which limited the number of units sold, but it was the only thing Britain ever produced that could compete with the modular systems from American manufacturers. One Synthi 100 went to the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, which does electronic music and sound effects for a myriad of TV programs, including Doctor Who.

Oh yeah, by the way, Jack Dangers from Meat Beat Manifesto fame owns a Synthi 100! I met him in SF at a fashion show, and he was impressed, as I was one of 3 people in his life that picked him out of a crowd of people. I own all the old school Meat Beat CDs since they came out with Storm The Studio, Radion Babylon and Helter Skelter. I think that Radio Babylon could very well be THE original Dub/BigBeat track that started it all.

View: Synthi 100 at $60,000 eBay Auction
View: Synthi 100 History from Synth Museum
View: Jack Dangers / MBM Bio from Sputnik 7
Buy: Vintage Synthesizers Book Amazon
Download: Dr Who Theme Song from 1974 2.0Mb Stereo MP3