arturia synthi

[AnX]

Q1?

[hivkorn]

i think it could be a super synth like falcon...

[Cinebient]

So is it software or hardware?

[fmr]

So is it software or hardware?

Software

[Amram]

it's sound card

[fmr]

it's sound card

Don't spread fake news

[Cinebient]

So is it software or hardware?

Software

Then i´m interested. Hardware is absolete for me now since software is way cheaper and flexible. Combined with a Seaboard or other midi keyboards or even an iPhone or iPad as controller it´s all a great world for me.
Not the biggest fan of Arturia but i really love the Sem and DX7 emulation and thinks they getting better and better in software while others are not innovate or making the same things with some minor upgrades.
So we will see what it is. I hope more than a wavetable thingie then but i also think Arturia has great update/upgrade offers once you buy into them. Another plus.

[Alchemedia]

A Synth You'll Actually Use?®

[ChamomileShark]

I wonder how they managed to trademark "Synthi" when that's been the name used by EMS from 1969(?) until today?

[OneOfManyPauls]

same as how they trademarked DX7 - there was no live registered tm by anyone else. They will have made a declaration that nobody else is entitled to use the mark in commerce - that could prove interesting, but it would require an entity to show common law rights.

[ChamomileShark]

" They will have made a declaration that nobody else is entitled to use the mark in commerce" I expect they did but surely a company like Arturia would know that EMS still exists and Synthis are still in production. Odd.

[OneOfManyPauls]

from EMS's site = http://emssynthesisers.co.uk/emsstory.html:

After EMS(London) folded in 1979 the assets were bought by Datanomics, a company that made rocking hospital beds [sic.]. From 1980 to 1984 a small number of VCS3s, Synthi AKSs and Vocoders were made and a new synthesizer was developed, the DataSynthi. This was essentially a VCS3 type monophonic keyboard using Curtis ICs with a programmable patch matrix and it was never produced. They also redesigned all the circuitry of the Synthi 100 and then sold just one to a studio in Spain.

After the honeymoon, Datanomics realised that they were not destined to become commercial synthesizer manufacturers and EMS was sold again. The next owner was composer Edward Williams, a long term EMS user and enthusiast, with the soundtracks of the famous "Life on Earth" documentary series to his credit. The Soundbeam and several upgrades to the Vocoders were made during this period.

In April 1995 Robin Wood aquired the full rights of EMS after working for all incarnations continuously since 1970. Synthi As, VCS3s and Vocoders are still being produced to the original or modified specifications. Current details and news appears in the EMS Main Page.

it sounds like there may well be scope there to show they have not used their trademark continuously.

The tm is still pending though, so it could be challenged.

[ChamomileShark]

I'll e-mail Robin.

[Urs]

" They will have made a declaration that nobody else is entitled to use the mark in commerce" I expect they did but surely a company like Arturia would know that EMS still exists and Synthis are still in production. Odd.

I doubt that they're still in production. I tried to order one years ago, the channel is dead. "Last updated: 27th December 2002"

[ChamomileShark]

Urs, who are you trying to contact? If it's Rehberg then I don't know.

EMS UK is still going and making Synthis, at least VCS3s.