The Synthi Educational Handbook
Contributed by Stephen Coles on Mar 19th, 2018. Artwork published in
April 1972
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A typo on the cover: “Electronic Music Studios of America(n)”
The EMS Synthi (first available in May 1971) was a portable modular analog synthesizer made by Electronic Music Studios of England. The EMS Synthi AKS (March 1972) was a version with a built-in keyboard and sequencer. The synthesizers were used by artists such as Brian Eno and Pink Floyd.
This handbook, presumably produced with an IBM Selectric typewriter, was written by Peter Grogono, a computer programmer who developed EMS software. The diagrams are captioned with IBM’s Script and Light Italic.
Incidentally, about 40 years later, Light Italic inspired Vulf Mono, a font used by audio software company Goodhertz.
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1 Comment on “The Synthi Educational Handbook”
Over on Twitter, Fredrick Brennan identified the seriffed text face as IBM Executive Modern and mentions that Cutive is a modern restoration.
Thanks, Fredrick!