David Gilmour
Pink Floyd
David Gilmour's Keyboards and Synthesizers
The EMS Synthi A is a synthesizer which uses exactly the same electronics as the VCS 3, but rehoused in a Spartanite briefcase. Instead of routing signals using patch cables, as a Moog did, it uses a patch matrix with resistive pins. The 2700 ohm resistors soldered inside the pin vary in tolerance - 5% variance and later 1%. The pins have different colours: the 'red' pins have 1% tolerance and the 'white' have 5%, while the 'green' pins are attenuating pins having a resistance of 68,000 ohms.
The later Synthi AKS incorporated an early digital 256 event KS (Keyboard Sequencer) sequencer in the lid, input provided by a capacitance sensitive Buchla like keyboard.
Perhaps its most prominent use is in Pink Floyd's "On the Run" from their 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon, as well as the introduction to The Alan Parsons Project's "I Robot." Along with Klaus Schulze and Tangerine Dream, other frequent users of the instrument include Tim Blake & Miquette Giraudy of Gong, Richard Pinhas of Heldon, Merzbow, Thomas Lehn, Cor Fuhler and Alva Noto.
From Wikipedia's page on the EMS VCS3
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Discography
Album Credits
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Between Two Points (Live from the Luck and Strange Concerts)
David Gilmour · 2025
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Wish You Were Here (Live from the Luck and Strange Concerts)
David Gilmour · 2025
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Luck and Strange (Live from the Luck and Strange Concerts)
David Gilmour · 2025
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Sorrow (Live from the Luck and Strange Concerts)
David Gilmour · 2025
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David Gilmour · 2025
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David Gilmour · 2024
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David Gilmour · 2024
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David Gilmour · 2024
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The Dream Academy · 2021
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David Gilmour · 2020
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David Gilmour · 2017
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One of These Days (Live At Pompeii 2016)
David Gilmour · 2017
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