EMS synthesizer interfaces by Digitana Electronics

Isn’t it great when classical synths have been upgraded with lovingly handcrafted interfaces? Steven Thomas – the guy behind the little company Digitana Electronics – has gone to great lengths to extend the possibilities of the legedary EMS synthesizers with new interfaces that can be connected directly to MIDI, CV/Gate or to the greater modular world (Matrix interface).

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Here are a couple of photos of CV/Gate-interfaces and Matrix-interfaces (all for the Synthi A / AKS) to whet your appetite. Handmade, of course. And also, of course: made in England! The interfaces may either be connected via the keyboard socket (CV/Gate- and MIDI-interface) or via the huge Presto-Patch socket (Matrix-interface).

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For further info see: www.synthi.co.uk

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