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The Eminent 310 Unique is a home electronic organ that was built and introduced in 1972 by the Dutch organ manufacturer Eminent, at the time based in Bodegraven, the Netherlands. It was the first organ to include a string section, making it the first commercial polyphonic string synthesizer on the market. [1]
In 1970 the "Eminent Solina" trademark came from production of Swiss organs by Eminent under license of the Swiss company Research Solina AG. In 1974 the Solina String Ensemble was launched, using synthesizer technology introduced by the Eminent 310 organ in 1972. [ 1 ]
The core technology is based on the string ensemble section of the Eminent 310 Unique electronic organ in 1972, manufactured by the Dutch company Eminent BV. [1] The main oscillator consists of twelve discrete tone generators with octave divide-down to provide full polyphony; and the built-in triple chorus effect utilizes bucket-brigade devices (BBDs) controlled by two LFOs to create the ...
John Compton Organ Company of Acton – Nottingham and London (now Makin Organs) Copeman Hart Organs — Shaw (now part of ChurchOrganWorld) Eminent UK — Designer of British organs and exclusive distributor of the Eminent brand. Based in Wincanton. Kentucky (a small company based out of Poole, Dorset headed by Ken Tuck.
This category is a collection of articles related to the electronic organ ... Robb Wave Organ; Eminent 310 Unique; F. Fender Contempo Organ; G. Gibson G-101 ...
An Eminent 310 organ was prominently featured on Jean Michel Jarre's albums Oxygène (1977) and Équinoxe (1978). The Solina String Ensemble was used extensively by pop, rock, jazz, and disco artists, including Herbie Hancock , Elton John , Pink Floyd , Stevie Wonder , The Carpenters , George Clinton , Eumir Deodato , The Rolling Stones , The ...
[6] [5] Both the Eminent 310 Unique organ and the VCS 3 went through an Electro Harmonix Small Stone guitar phasing pedal in order to provide the string pads used on the album. [7] [8] The main sound of "Équinoxe Part 1" was created using Eminent's SUST string configuration. [5] The album also used the Korg KR 55 drum machine. [9]
Later, Jarre contacted Geiss by phone to invite him to his private apartment, [16] Geiss accepted and visited Jean-Michel's makeshift studio, where he had the ARP 2600, the Eminent 310 Unique, the VCS 3 and more. [29] Shortly after meeting, Jarre and Geiss started working together during the recording of Jarre's next album.