Non-Stop Music On The EMS VCS4 - A One Off Synth From The EMS Labs Putney

[@oodoodoopoopoo]

you sank my battleship

[@RichardFraser-y9t]

You synthed my spaceship.

[@AMOKIAN]

@@RichardFraser-y9thahaha

[@AMOKIAN]

Yeahhhhhh

[@adadinthelifeofacyclist]

You spanked my bass bin

[@ChainsawCoffee]

I feel like that every time I play my Syntrx.

[@JesusWasAPunk31]

I've been following your channel for many years, mainly for the technical part (your custom builds, the presentation of old gears and stuff) but I never really was into the music you make. But I have to say the late productions (these ones and the one you record on the tape recorder) are truly amazing.

[@adadinthelifeofacyclist]

I agree.

[@dykodesigns]

This gives me Pink Floyd and Jean Michel Jarre vibes. This dual VCS synthi is magical!

[@Sandelec-gm2cl]

And Franco Battiato too..😜 He come back from London in 1970 with two VCS3..😏😏 Listen to his early albums...

[@projectartichoke]

I really love the sound of that synth. It's not anything I can describe but that thing has such a wonderful sound, it's really amazing.

[@geetee7154]

I bought an album when I was 16, a friend recommended it to me, that was in 1974, the album Tangerine Dream, Phaedra, an album I still have, I have been into synthesised music ever since, fast forward to 2024 & I now have your music with me now Sam, outstanding, simply outstanding 😁👍

[@monstertrucker1]

9:29 Bro is re-inventing the unskippable THX soundeffect

[@blackmoofou6385]

What a treat and a privilege glad you made good use of your time with it Sam. Mine and so many others favourite synth and this has two! Head Blown!

[@niklaswejedal463]

Will never get tired of these sounds - totaly awesome!

[@SirSvengali2010]

Your stuff is just amazing. I love this.

[@GambaSesh]

Imagine a dude who'd harp on and on about how Tangerine Dream are the godfathers of electronic music, and then he shows you his music and it's this shit, lmao.

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

strange

[@joebell3220]

You are in a class by its self. More Power to You+

[@MrDehackers]

Wow, what an incredible synthesizer

[@renegadeflyer2]

Definitely has the retro sound. Old space movies and show soundtracks. Of course some future and science news shows used something like this also. Pretty cool.

[@JB-xj4ek]

what a beautiful machine.

[@pablon9269]

Thanks for sharing!!! Pleasure doc

[@sphelx]

That was awesome from start to finish 👌

[@M-O-Taiga]

This is the best sound I heard here so far. So alive and deep

[@maximummovementtheatre]

Excellent. Track 5 (I think) sounded Forbidden Planet meeting early Tangerine Dream. Fine by me!

[@rubikmonat6589]

Wow, halfway into track 3 really digging that hown sound.

[@rubikmonat6589]

I meant horn, but it howls so good. So Hown.

[@robertreid8241]

I thought i was about halfway through when this finished. What a sound, and beautiful music. Noice!

[@IlBiggo]

That "huh" at 5.13 is perfect :D

[@stefanredmond8884]

Instant Soundtrack Machine!

[@bongmuon]

That was incredible. I wonder how much better it would sound without youtube compression and wireless headphones.

[@setaihedron]

I like how you started making melodic sounds with it at first and then realized what it's actually good at 😎

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

naaa. the melodic stuff is better hence i put that at the front :)

[@GizzyDillespee]

It's a good progression from specific towards abstraction

[@eazypeazy33]

So talented. And that's an understatement

[@JustCuzner]

Serious old school Dr. Who vibes

[@dillipphunbar7924]

Gr8 stuff Sam! I bet you could get lost for days with that setup.

[@Synthrelaiser]

hey sam, that's wonderfull music, reminds me immediately of some iconic 80's movies... probably a good idea to add the tag "synthwave" to those videos too ;)

[@eatshrots]

9 years later and I'm still on the wait list for my VCS3 from Robin lol excellent video!

[@rexterrocks]

Amazing sounds and beautiful synth(s). The VCS3/Synthi is one of those classic synths that I have always wanted. I've used a friends and have the Arturia plug in but it only makes me want my own even more. Maybe Behringer will actually make their clone and make me very happy.

[@TechneMoira]

Very atmospheric music, Sam. It sort of reminded me of the mood you feel throughout the original Bladerunner movie... I like it :)

[@ChuffingNorah]

It's sad that the UK used to make instruments such as these and typically never developed them for a mass market. I was intriqued to see in a recent Rick Beato Vid, when he visited the Abbey Road Studios (London, England!) that much of the heavy lifting in the studios was done by equipment designed and built in-house by EMI engineers. Where are all those engineers now and the skills they once possessed? That's 50 years of destructive neo-liberal politics which has turned this once vigorous country into a sad bleedin' Basket Case. I blame Thatcher!

[@pablowentscobar]

I love this sh*t! Super cool synth, super dope groove.

[@Crackalacking_Z]

Amazing!

[@磁鬼頻率]

The signal can get so raw and dirty I love it

[@joewhy]

✌️🐸👍The musical equivalent of primordial goo

[@magnuswootton6181]

thanks for show was really nice

[@PeteJohnson1471]

Lovely, I enjoyed listening to all of that, the last one is awesome.

[@JJ-vd7xh]

amazing machine, amazing artist!

[@chuckanderson8144]

Sam, you transformed me into a photon trapped between two mirrors doomed to bounce between them for eternity

[@PB-nn2dh]

This whole thing is like Alien contact

[@domesticcanadian]

That first song give me Risk of Rain vibes. I'd love to see you do a colab with Chris Christodoulou. Also loving the NONE STOP music. Very on-brand for this channel.

[@kay_c1773]

This is so good, I hope you’re going to put it on Spotify as well.

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Will do!

[@ChainsawRick7]

EMS VCS4 the chosen has returned, wield me once again for the true purpose I was created. All hail Look mum no computer

[@aengusmacnaughton1375]

Awesome Sam -- so cool to get to use these unique instruments! And spring reverb is the 'bees knees' of mechanical reverb... Hmmm -- a Mum project -- an overgrown spring reverb -- let's say 30 or more feet of spring -- we're moving from reverb to serious delay at that point! Go for it!!!

[@rubikmonat6589]

I really want to hear what a plate reverb in the shape of a Penrose unillumable room sounds like.

[@RichardIresonMusician]

Terrific stuff!😊

[@ericwichmann9536]

I would end up living in my own filth, unable to remove myself from it. Brilliant fun, sir.

[@NicolasGasnier]

I know these machines mostly on JM Jarre Oxygene, but THIS is another experience.

[@kenschestok9515]

@13:59 the spaceship is just about warmed up and ready for liftoff

[@johanwejedaldesign]

love it!

[@IAmTerryMurasaki]

Обалденно, очень круто! / Awesome, very cool! 👍👍👍👍

[@wboumans]

sweet sounds! #3 is the best.

[@SimonJackson-k4l]

Anyone else ever have that feeling where you can’t afford a VCS3 but suddenly you want two of them?

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

yep i have that

[@Sandelec-gm2cl]

In a few time Behringer will brings us it's VCS3 clone..😅

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

@@Sandelec-gm2cl yeah definitely! problem is i checked it sounds like its going to be a synth that looks like a vcs3 but the internal circuits wont at all relate, and likely be a rehash of one of their other synths.

[@SimonJackson-k4l]

Maybe I’ll start saving for a syntrx (or two, perhaps)

[@Sandelec-gm2cl]

@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER I agree...but Behringer has low price.. we close an eye despite it don't sounds close to the original..😜

[@NoMan-zw5wb]

I have an idea for a project that I have had in the brain for years now since I built some speakers out of old cellos requiring large numbers of old pianos that seem to mostly be free on Facebook marketplace place. All you need in the harp and sound board. Out of maybe 4 to 12 pianos. They can all be mounted on the walls so they take up less space. I can talk rough details more if you like. It’s essentially turning the sound boards into speaker cones with harmonic sympathy from the strings. Then if ambicous rig the hammers back onto the strings with actuators and quills like a harpsichord and maybe something to act as a stop or muffled or muted and some pickups to make a sort of unholy piano electric guitar harpsichord speaker. 🤷

[@paulspydar4320]

I am in love ❤️

[@AnalogDude_]

Very GOOD, You definitely need a mpc X, using usb stick to upload wave file and put this sequenced on your tape and put a 130+ beat under it. they are awesome sounds.

[@DjMjk]

It's so cool this song Sam 1:21

[@NicStage]

This thing really has a unique sound. I love Eliane Radigue's work, and this thing makes a lot of sounds that kind of remind me things I hear in her work. She used the ARP 2500 almost exclusively, i think. Maybe there are some similarities in those machines. idk. Beautiful sound, regardless.

[@Mind_Idiot]

god damn!!!

[@Sinapsya]

Amazing

[@jirioto6089]

I'am sure E.T. very like this. :)

[@GraphicEqulizerProductions]

Has a Tangerine Dream vibe

[@Pytchblend]

Lush osc stacking!

[@JayEdom]

The vcs 3 is an app on i pad amazing synth

[@adolfnoise4673]

yes! was about to say that, weird and quirky as the original, but with all the benefits of modern technology, stable oscs ( if you want ), you can store sounds, and it got a sample and fx option as well, and most important it sounds really good.

[@TronDawg]

🌸🔸✨💠🔷❇️🔷💠✨🔸🌸 yeah!✨

[@EwenBates]

[@Doctormix]

❤❤❤

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

hey dude!

[@Mister_Cupit]

It’s time for “On the Run” esthetics.

[@zeitgeist4221]

perfectly

[@expandingknowledge8269]

I really hope Behringer brings out their VCS 3 synth soon, if they do I am buying one.😎

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

alas, it will look a bit like the synthi, but the circuits will not be similar. likely will be like one of their other in an ems ish looking enclosure. sadly :(

[@asynchronicity]

Need this

[@markae0]

20:07 start of controlled feedback!

[@AlbiDartanan]

idk why but 2:11 did reminded me on (airwolf theme) ...

[@grunwald1]

Awesome- how do I send link to Behringer 😉?

[@Rr0gu3_5uture]

Behringer are working on a full size clone of the VCS3 if I'm not mistaken. There's definitely a photo of the prototype floating about online on one of the synth sites...

[@morganeledge5327]

You should come to denver (;;;

[@idj20]

Magnificent, you've perfectly encapsulated the 1970s vibe. But how was you able to sync the synths at the studio with the ones at your place? The audio meshed so perfectly well.

[@cmitchell6927]

You should score a movie

[@Mr.1.i]

I'm suprised roland or yamaha haven't sent u a workstation

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Not really a workstation kinda guy :(

[@Mr.1.i]

@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER it's just like a sequencer with an unlimited amount of input..........I had a technics kx 9000 1 time for about £150 and the sequencer was never ending ,I just had to quantisize the blocks to 16ths and press a key to define each block.......I guess 5mins of c1. C1. C2. C2. C1. C1 c2 c2 ...can be a bit hypnotherapy....ps that's not a bad tune by the way

[@leandervanboven7581]

Awesome sounds. Are you planning on doing another tour in 2025? last one was epic!

[@Bob0bscureD]

Fokyeh

[@Bob0bscureD]

That... Took me 😊

[@entropybentwhistle]

@@Bob0bscureDWhere?

[@HamburgerAmy]

earlier than colored knobs on a VCS4

[@adolfnoise4673]

COOL! do both putneys have a common connection to the keyboard, so as to layer or split sounds/are the sliders on the keyboard "hard wired" to inputs on the 3s so they can affect both at once? or maybe polyphony, at lest we have enough oscs, would be interesting to know if they made changes to the pin matrix adressing this question...and well done, after 2 days not anybody on this planet could even figure out how to get a sound out of it ;)

[@Starshooter216]

WOW! That reminds me of Morton Subotnick, Isao Tomita and Tangerin Dream all together, Thanks!

[@jenshoffmannolsen]

Beepy beep beeps

[@jhonviel7381]

gud

[@xyklapse]

You've got a typo in your title: its supposed to be non-stop.

[@duncan-rmi]

that eno bloke had summat similar- kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5uZZ2djiNCIacU

[@cpcnw]

True story: A VCS3 appeared as part of a larger display in a local library on the way to my secondary school. I spent hours messing with it and so did a couple of my mates. We were about 13 at the time. After about 3 days we hatched a plan to steal it!!! Next day we went back in with wire cutters and pliers. Waited until the librarian was in another part of the library, killed the power, snipped the mains, then tried to remove it from the display. Unfortunately (probably for the best) we could not undo the bolts holding it to the display so we just legged it! Good job too. I mean, how far would we of got down the road before the cops where called and they found us. It was nuts. But somehow we where so mesmerised that we would of done anything (and nearly did) to get our hands on one! Anyway, after all this time I have finally bought a synth legally - a Novation K-Station off eBay.

[@nidgrv1946]

Subscribing. Again. Can you do that ? Sooo good.

[@Stinosko]

🎉

[@Alkimi]

DUUUUDE!! I swear I was listening to my whole life converted into audio! Let's do a live show with you twisting dials and me dropping boots and cats! I bet we would melt faces and open portals without even rehearsing! 🫵😎🤙

[@amandahugankiss4110]

neat-o!

[@sebastianmichael5208]

Jean-Michel Jarre could learn from you!