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] It is prominently featured on Jean Michel Jarre's albums Oxygène (1977) and Équinoxe (1978).
| Eminent 310 Unique | |
|---|---|
 Upper controls and manuals | |
| Manufacturer | Eminent Orgelbouw B.V. |
| Dates | 1972–1983 |
| Technical specifications | |
| Polyphony | Full polyphony |
| Timbrality | Monotimbral per manual |
| Oscillator | 12 discrete tone generators with octave divide-down |
| Synthesis type | Analog additive (organ) and subtractive (strings) |
| Filter | Band-pass (organ), bucket-brigade device delay lines (strings, chorus) |
| Attenuator | Decay and release |
| Effects | Chorus, reverb |
| Input/output | |
| Keyboard | 42 upper manual 44 lower manual 13 bass pedalboard |
The technology for the string section was later released as a standalone instrument, the Solina String Ensemble (rebadged by ARP as the ARP String Ensemble for the US market), which saw wide use in popular music.
References
edit- ^ Gordon Reid (May 2007). "Eminent 310 String Synthesizer". Sound on Sound. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
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