VCS3 - The Power Of The Darkside!

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I thought I would do a slightly longer video with some VCS3 exploration. To add flavour I have used the Eventide H3000 "A Mixo Air" patch and some Eventide Black Hole reverb.... no they don't pay me LOL.
I had the VCS3 outs patched into the Focusrite ComPounder just to keep the levels from distorting and it also adds some nice warmth to the sound.
I really enjoy some of the sounds that came from this session. I always find it best not to plan an outcome but just go with a "I wonder what would happen". I hope you enjoy the sonics :D
BTW If anyone is interested in a VCS3 sample pack let me know in the comments and if there is enough interest I will create one!

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@olihagen 6 лет назад

Great Sounding Synth! At around 4:30-5 minutes I got a really cool Tangerine Dream vibe, I listened to their record Zeit this morning and it sounded just like it. Great work!

@100ThingsIDo 6 лет назад

Thanks TacoMage. Its a fantastic box of sonic tricks :D

@quasarsphere 5 лет назад

Zeit is the best thing in the world!

@devintariel3769 4 года назад

I really liked when you tore a hole in space time around the 3:00 min mark

@100ThingsIDo 4 года назад

Yep, you have to be careful when your doing that :D

@ogasi1798 7 лет назад

Amazing in white, very cool synth, I'm so envious but in a really nice way. Bravo.

@100ThingsIDo 7 лет назад

Thanks, It took a crazy amount of time for me tlo make, but is worth every sonic second :D

@BluffMunkey 7 лет назад

My favourite part is you running it through a digital reverb to annoy the purists. Sounds grrreeeat!

@100ThingsIDo 7 лет назад

LOL, anything that sounds good my friend and I'm doing it :D

@BluffMunkey 7 лет назад

Bingo!

@edcollins9377 5 лет назад

It also covers up the differences between the real deal and the clone.

@synthsamuraiproductions 9 месяцев назад

Cant wait for the Behringer Clone. This thing is beautiful beast.

@100ThingsIDo 9 месяцев назад

Thanks, indeed the Behringer Clone is taking its time to arrive! :D

@TLGElectro 3 года назад

I wouldn't leave the house for weeks if i owned one of these. It looks amazing in white and sounds incredible . 👍🏻

@100ThingsIDo 3 года назад

Thanks! Hopefully the Behringer one will be out soon for us all :D

@Gjallarhorn84 10 месяцев назад

Two years later still waiting for the Behringer one...

@23hughmann 10 месяцев назад

Many sounds you’re creating totally make me think of Forbidden Planet!

@100ThingsIDo 10 месяцев назад

Thanks :D Thats a great comparison!

@antigen4 4 года назад

thanks for the stunning, inspiring demos - some of the best i've seen. ok now i've just moved my revell vcs3 up the priority ladder!!!

@100ThingsIDo 4 года назад

yep, you have to do it... Its a tone of work (surprisingly so) but well worth it! :D

@antigen4 4 года назад

where did you find your VCS3 service manual BTW?

@100ThingsIDo 4 года назад

@@antigen4 I just used the original EMS One ... yes its that close to the original you can just use the old manual :D

@antigen4 4 года назад

yes it was my understanding it was the original ... but where does one find it? elektrotanya? the usual places? just wondering

@100ThingsIDo 4 года назад

@@antigen4 ems vcs3 manual in google the first hit seems to be the EMS manual dl.lojinx.com/analoghell/EMSVCS3-UserManual.pdf

@antigen4 6 лет назад

thank you for the inspiration to finish my build!! :D just magical!

@100ThingsIDo 6 лет назад

Yep! Get on it .. get it done.. its provided me a lot of inspiration over the last 3 years :D

@jeb419 5 лет назад

antigen4 can you still order the build kits?

@Bartyron 4 года назад

Frickin jaw dropping amazing!!

@100ThingsIDo 4 года назад

Thanks Bartyron :D

@elcasho 7 лет назад

Amazing sounds coming out live. Just the 2am music I need after a busy weekend :)

@100ThingsIDo 7 лет назад

Danke! Always a busy weekend with you .. you need to chill :D

@NuisanceMan Год назад

That sound at the beginning is like ancient PBS...

@TH3_FURY 6 лет назад

Transcendental ! Superb demo !

@100ThingsIDo 6 лет назад

Thanks again Eric :D

@TH3_FURY 6 лет назад

You're welcome and much respect for the job about this VCS3, you build it yourself and it's really hardcore...i'm watching your "making of" right now and it's a battle against elements XD Have a nice ending week end !

@laurentluigi2461 3 года назад

It looks like naval battle game !

@100ThingsIDo 3 года назад

I sunk your battleship Oscillator :D

@laurentluigi2461 3 года назад

@@100ThingsIDo Touched !!!!!!!

@TheBluehood23 6 лет назад

What a lucky person are you .... man o man so amazing .. and I'll keep dreaming one,day I'll have this synth :)

@100ThingsIDo 6 лет назад

Thanks Dragan. Yes I am very very fortunate to have so many of my dream synths. All the the vintage ones I have been slowly working towards purchasing or cloning for most of my life :D I started thinking about cloning a VCS3 back in 1989! when I was 17 :D

@JohnKGoodman 7 лет назад

love it in white! great vid, thanks for posting

@100ThingsIDo 7 лет назад

Thanks for checking it out. I stole the white VCS 3 idea from seeing Brian Eno playing one. If its good enough for Mr Eno, its more than good enough for me :D

@jumpingman8160 6 лет назад

Pink Floyd aproves

@100ThingsIDo 6 лет назад

Those sounds Roger Waters made in Pink Floyd live in Pompeii with the AKS blew my mind when I was a kid :D The Drone sounds he made still sound awesome today! :D

@jumpingman8160 6 лет назад

I sometimes watch that portion of the Live at Pompeii just to look at his confused face "ok... this does that... and sounds like that... can I put it down? It's just on the first note" :D

@100ThingsIDo 6 лет назад

Knowing EMS gear it would of been "Well it did something different last time... but everything looks 100% the same but it sounds totally different" :D

@jumpingman8160 6 лет назад

ahah exactly XD

@JohnSmith-kz8yo 6 лет назад

Eno also approves. lol

@djtrakakadrunkpoet8598 3 года назад

So beautiful and trippy

@100ThingsIDo 3 года назад

Thanks :D

@Sarahbuildsstepsequencers 2 года назад

What a great synth!!

@100ThingsIDo 2 года назад

Lots of fun! :D

@peekpen 5 лет назад

fantastic performance!

@100ThingsIDo 5 лет назад

Thanks!!! :D

@KristerNielsen 6 лет назад

Some really nice dark ambient sounds

@100ThingsIDo 6 лет назад

Thanks. Such a great box for Atmosphere :D

@iggy9955 Год назад

In ambient music nobody play this sinth. Melotron,moog,guitar with efects etc

@Rhythmicons 7 лет назад

God DAMN! What a sound.

@100ThingsIDo 7 лет назад

Yep, pure transistors and voltage and a H3000 .. there both old but still sound awesome :D

@silverapples75 3 года назад

Beautiful

@100ThingsIDo 3 года назад

Thanks :D

@stephenjames4937 Год назад

It sounds wonderfully organic and unpredictable.

@100ThingsIDo Год назад

Unpredictable indeed :D It really seems to change as it wishes!

@-MacCat- 7 лет назад

Agradable. Me gusta. Me lleva a colocar que soy sólo yo. Gracias por todo su tiempo y gran trabajo.

@100ThingsIDo 7 лет назад

De nada mi amigo :D

@cray56 7 лет назад

Very cool!

@100ThingsIDo 7 лет назад

Thanks man! Not made at start of the TTSH yet! :D

@iLikeTheUDK 9 месяцев назад

This is the sleekest, most modern looking VCS3

@100ThingsIDo 9 месяцев назад

Thanks, I stole the white paint idea from Brian Eno :D

@krisscanlon4051 5 лет назад

Wow I hear the Bob from Roxy's first album holy crap amazing

@100ThingsIDo 5 лет назад

Yep! Its an awesome box of sonic tricks :D Thanks for checking out the clip!

@fredericdobbelaere7725 2 года назад

Les sons sont incroyables 🙂👍🚀🚀

@100ThingsIDo 2 года назад

Merci Frédéric :D

@S1M0N3-LXXIV 3 года назад

Good trip Peter R.I.P

@picpacklabel 4 года назад

the beauty

@100ThingsIDo 4 года назад

@johnctwenty3 7 лет назад

i'll say it again, fantastic

@100ThingsIDo 7 лет назад

Thanks John , Glad you enjoyed :D

@veloopity Год назад

awesome

@julioricardo2415 Год назад

And this is how the electronic musicians spends hours and days locked in our rooms 😂😂😂😂😂

@100ThingsIDo Год назад

Your telling me :D

@julianojulio4096 6 лет назад

Sounds amazing!! This is like an type of digital drug

@100ThingsIDo 6 лет назад

Thanks :D

@snoolee7950 Год назад

It is not digital, silly.

@julianojulio4096 Год назад

@@snoolee7950 the instrument is analog but when it is on RU-vid it's digital

@jaibhimadevi5805 6 лет назад

At last- a VCS3 to match a stormtrooper's armor! The Putney Strikes Back.

@100ThingsIDo 6 лет назад

LOL , I didn't even make that connection .. but now I can see it .. .it needs some light blue accents :D

@paolonatalini4184 6 лет назад

Awesome

@100ThingsIDo 6 лет назад

Thanks Paolo! :D

@jacksonfritts2988 4 года назад

Sometimes you need melodies, and sometimes you need little farty, squelchy bursts like this little guy.

@100ThingsIDo 4 года назад

Its an awesome box of sonic tricks for sure :D

@Debagio 5 лет назад

At 3.30.. that's some other-worldly shit. 😳🤯

@100ThingsIDo 5 лет назад

Thanks! Sounds like The Dalek's Master plan to me :D

@Rat5alad 4 года назад

yeah!

@100ThingsIDo 4 года назад

So Much Fun :D

@JohnSmith-kz8yo 6 лет назад

the black square with the little red pegs looks like the game Battleship. lol

@100ThingsIDo 6 лет назад

I have always been tempted to turn a game of battleship into a synth :P .. Nice Roger Waters Icon BTW :D

@rockerboyworldwide152 6 лет назад

Battleship patchbay... I can dig it

@100ThingsIDo 6 лет назад

nice :D

@nicholasfaith8999 5 лет назад

When I was younger in the 90s I wanted to do a band photo shoot with two setup like battleship "you sank my vco!"

@richardc6038 3 года назад

1:00 -1:25 power failers in TX one at a time

@100ThingsIDo 3 года назад

:D Nice! The Force is strong with this one !

@megomag6388 Год назад

Very psychedelic sounds

@100ThingsIDo Год назад

Thats why its so special :D

@antigen4 6 лет назад

i have the same 'kit' to build but could only get larger ghielmetti matrices - about 25x30 or so - should be interesting to see what other functions one might bring into the patching matrix!

@100ThingsIDo 6 лет назад

Hey there , great to see another builder. My matrix is the 30x30. There quiet simply built if you tear them down and you can convert them into any size with a bit of work. I just made mine 20x20 to allow for extra functions and used the top cover to mask off the rest (check my building the VCS3 video). The best idea I have seen was from Alessandro Cortini, who uses the scope out on the back plugged into the line in.. It goes you access to a hidden Inverter circuit :D

@antigen4 6 лет назад

thank you - i watched that one already

@iggy9955 Год назад

Old machine but funny. And today like 68. King Crimson,Pink Floyd & many other progresiv bands. Brian Eno is wizard of noize VCS3. I like one time computer program similar VCS sintesizer. I can't remember how is name of 3-4 cd-s but one time it's funny game with wird tone. My wife is going to frends on koffe when i start to play.😅 I actualy play guitars 52 y and this is my first hobbi. I play in several bands. 2 bands. One is teenager glam band 4-5y and another is trio and play jazz rock and funky.

@mikehanssteffl4174 4 года назад

Hey thanks for that fantastic demo! Great sounds ! How and where can I buy samples from your VCS3 sounds ?

@100ThingsIDo 4 года назад

Sorry Mike, I should of completed the sample set long ago but other things have got in the way. I might do a livestream on it next week :D

@mikehanssteffl4174 4 года назад

@@100ThingsIDo Thanks for your answer. I especially interested in VCS3 sound EFX, that were used by Pink Floyd, JMJ and Klaus Schulze. A sample pack, including these sounds would be so great !

@100ThingsIDo 4 года назад

@@mikehanssteffl4174 I'll for sure put a notification on the RU-vid channel when its done ... should not be too far now :D

@jasonlefler3456 6 лет назад

Brian Eno approves.

@100ThingsIDo 6 лет назад

Yerp! 100% Tribute to that Roxy Music VCS3 of his :D I did notice when they got back together a few years ago he was once again playing a white VCS3 .. I wonder if it was the same one!

@krisscanlon4051 5 лет назад

@@100ThingsIDo the Bob from the first album 1972

@WARDISWARD 4 года назад

I always wondered how you set the modulation amount in the pin matrix , is this possible ?

@100ThingsIDo 4 года назад

You set it with the Volume mixer for each oscillator. Volume can = Volume or Amount depending on how you patch. It takes hours to get your head into the EMS space.. once you do it all makes sense and is very easy to use :D

@erosiondesertmusic 6 месяцев назад

😍

@Engineeringpower 5 лет назад

I have a more complex version (VCS6) build in the 70s, maybe I will do a demo as well :-)

@100ThingsIDo 5 лет назад

Wow I would love to see it ! Please do indeed do a demo! I will share it here if you do :D I have been very fortunate to see the original VCS1! Search Don Banks EMS :D

@philt4346 6 лет назад

I appreciate the skill to keep this on a musical course, lacks fine motor involvement so you should be able to pick it up in half a day.

@100ThingsIDo 6 лет назад

The VCS3 has so much crosstalk in the control voltages that every day you turn it on it behaves slightly differently :D

@aybee63 6 лет назад

100% interested in the VCS3 sample pack!!! More importantly why haven't they ever been reproduced? Is there an equivalent technology today?

@100ThingsIDo 6 лет назад

The cost is mostly in the Pin Matrix & all the hand wiring required (HOURS+ Hours then more hours) . Everything else is quite simple but a good pin matrix is essential :D When I had problems getting Osc 2 to work I lost a few days debugging :O :D

@Taeodoestech Год назад

iVCS3 on iOS

@crooxys 7 лет назад

I remember you saying you were going to build me one of these, free of charge... you remember right? :P

@100ThingsIDo 7 лет назад

Funny that...... I Don't :D

@macronencer 3 года назад

I would REALLY love to own one of these.

@100ThingsIDo 3 года назад

I know the feeling, it took a few years for me to make it and maybe 30 years of lusting to start building it :D

@ZackYouTube 2 года назад

@@100ThingsIDo it’s beautiful. Great job man!!

@RootKaissar 11 месяцев назад

beautiful sounds! is there any sample pack available from this monster? cheers!

@100ThingsIDo 11 месяцев назад

I was going to make one a while back but there was very little interest. If you pop me an email I can send you what I recorded. :D

@michaelbauers8800 6 лет назад

like the sounds

@100ThingsIDo 6 лет назад

Thanks Man! Its an awesome box of tricks :D

@porscha901 7 лет назад

ps yes please sample pack

@100ThingsIDo 7 лет назад

OK cool, I'll make a start on it. Including some Jarre sounds :D

@sachmotee 4 года назад

❤💥👌🏽

@100ThingsIDo 4 года назад

Thanks :D

@dreammachine432 Год назад

Hey there, I'm making a video about this synthesizer and was wondering if it's okay with you to use a snippet of your video? With credit of course! :) Such a cool machine!!

@100ThingsIDo Год назад

Sure, no problem go for it. If you need any info let me know :D

@odeandersson3913 7 лет назад

@100ThingsIDo 7 лет назад

@construct09 6 лет назад

Sounds great! Would you mind sharing the patch?

@100ThingsIDo 6 лет назад

Sorry, I don't save or photograph my patches. I like it it be a fresh creation each time (slightly mad on my part maybe ) !! :D

@construct09 6 лет назад

Fair enough, I forgot to ask where the hell did you find a chrome insert?!

@rhampton1914 4 года назад

Can you overnight this to me? i want one...My Goodness....This is a Work of true Art

@100ThingsIDo 4 года назад

Its not a hard synth to build... just takes a VERY long time :D

@alanbamford287 6 лет назад

So this is a recently made model using a customised appearance? What is the circle above the joy stick and what are the buttons that surround it? And why do you use al red pins?

@100ThingsIDo 6 лет назад

Hi there, this is my ( still slightly unfinished ) VCS 3 Clone. I made it look slightly like the one Brian Eno used in the early 70's. I have a build video on thr Channel if you want to check it out :D

@alanbamford287 6 лет назад

Well done!!!! I'd love a link to thryr channel

@100ThingsIDo 6 лет назад

Here you go ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OJXOVTiI7gY.html

@piynubbunyip 7 лет назад

You should bring it down to MESS and do a comparison video

@100ThingsIDo 7 лет назад

That could be interesting. From the ones I have played at MESS they are very close. Even to the level of things I thought I had done something wrong (like the crazy vicious Res and the mass of saturation giving almost FM sounds if you turn it to the osc's max). Still should do a direct compare :D

@piynubbunyip 7 лет назад

I have exact cad drawings of the woodwork I must send you sometime.

@100ThingsIDo 7 лет назад

Yes, that would be good... I really need to finish the build at some point! :D

@thesynthfloyd 6 лет назад

Hello! Please, the original audio here is mp3 128k. Is there any better audio from this vídeo? I would like to have it in a better quality. Thanks in advance!

@100ThingsIDo 6 лет назад

I'll link you to the 44.1khz 24 bit files when I get home later....A lot of it will be in the sample pack :D

@thesynthfloyd 6 лет назад

That would be super! thank you so much!

@100ThingsIDo 6 лет назад

Let me know your email address (go to the channel main page, from there click about. under the views count there is a private message button) and I will share the .zip with you .. its about 160mb and has more sounds than the Video clip but is also unedited.

@thesynthfloyd 6 лет назад

Ok, it’s there! Thank you!

@auurbjarnadottir6138 5 лет назад

I would like to have one. I only got an ARP 2500, ARP 2600 and ROLAND 100M.

@100ThingsIDo 4 года назад

Sorry for the delay in responding, those are wonderful instruments. I have never even seen a 2500 in person! :D

@joshwillis3557 4 года назад

Cool, where are you from?

@100ThingsIDo 4 года назад

Melbourne, Australia :D

@IDontReadReplies42069 4 года назад

can't hear what the synth sounds like with all those effects. Could you have chosen a more invasive reverb?

@100ThingsIDo 4 года назад

I have more Videos where you can hear the raw sound without any effects. :D It was not my intention for this clip.

@lucalone 5 лет назад

actually hey used the synthi on the dark side

@100ThingsIDo 5 лет назад

Indeed :D

@MrParadiseHotDog 5 лет назад

Did you ever make that sample pack?

@100ThingsIDo 5 лет назад

LOL, I have it somewhere.. just never released it. I'm reworking the Bandcamp site so i will put it up there when its ready :D

@MrParadiseHotDog 5 лет назад

haha for sure. Looking forward to it!(=

@porscha901 7 лет назад

Hello my friend can you do one with jarre type sounds

@100ThingsIDo 7 лет назад

I'm pretty sure Jarre sounds on the VCS3 has already been done (if you check youtube i'm pretty sure there is a clip) :D

@realpolitik100 6 лет назад

Can it also play music?

@100ThingsIDo 6 лет назад

I assume you mean tone based music :D ..If you connect a keyboard via CV to one of the inputs you can play notes :D

@darrenshorsky2984 2 месяца назад

is this a Cloney project build?? or complete DIY by you??

@100ThingsIDo 2 месяца назад

Complete DYI, I have a video on the build : Making of my VCS3 RU-vid · 100 Things I Do 1 May 2016

@ZackYouTube 2 года назад

How much did it cost you to make it? Just curious.

@100ThingsIDo 2 года назад

Hurmmm I would guess around $3000usd .. I went for many original parts (*some which I found out later I did not need*) which pushed the price high. The most expeinsive part was patch bay/pin matrix .. that was $300usd alone + $100 for the pins if I remember correctly :D

@ZackYouTube 2 года назад

@@100ThingsIDo that’s not bad at all. It sounds great!

@GangiFilms 6 лет назад

would you custom build to order?

@100ThingsIDo 6 лет назад

Hi there, I possibly could but it would come out almost exactly the same price as the portabella @ wp.thesynthi.de. The amount of time to build a VCS3 is surprisingly massive and the pin matrix alone is around $600! :D

@GangiFilms 6 лет назад

What is your email? That's fine

@100ThingsIDo 6 лет назад

Go to the channel main page, click ABOUT and under the view count there is a SEND Message icon :D

@GangiFilms 6 лет назад

msged thanks

@bimbam5245 3 года назад

Pink Floyd's stuff

@100ThingsIDo 3 года назад

Indeed, it was Pink Floyd that started my lust of the EMS Synths :D

@fabiankempe7851 6 лет назад

is this a original phutney?

@100ThingsIDo 6 лет назад

A Phutney for sure! Those boards really helped get the idea started :D

@fabiankempe7851 6 лет назад

yeah ive seen the original PCBs for sale on ebay. you bought those and built the synth?

@100ThingsIDo 6 лет назад

Yep... Its a stunning amount of work to build one... everything is point to point wiring. I have a "How I built my VCS3" on the RU-vid channel if your interested! Its still not properly finished but works good enough to enjoy :D

@YlowX7 Год назад

These sounds are so psychedelic. The way the tones get in and out of tune creates this confusing dissonance, and my brain can't decide between if this is music or a soundscape.

@100ThingsIDo Год назад

That pretty much discribes the music I make :D Thanks for checking out the clip