Starxi wrote:What I can never understand about the EMS synths is, is it even possible to get a melody out of them? - seems a hell of a lot to pay for what is essentially just an FX noise maker nice though they are.
Yes you can, but its tricky getting them to scale correctly with standard CV/Gate converters.
They run on 0.32v/oct. The internal oscillator boards need calibrating to scale the oscillators relative to each other too.
One of these will help.. http://www.synthi.co.uk/synthi_Units.htm
You can get the DK1 or DK2 keyboard too..
Nice! Though still the preserve of the collector/enthusiast with money to burn, ie. not me :)