The EMS Synthi 100 was a large synthesizer made by Electronic Music Studios (London) Ltd. It was released in 1974 and cost $25,000. Around 30 units were built during the 1970s and 1980s. A synthesizer (spelling var. ... Electronic Music Studios (London) Ltd. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... MacGyver is one of the symbols of 1980s The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ...

One Synthi 100 was sold to the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. It was used to generate music sound effects for the BBC's radio and television shows, including Doctor Who and the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy radio series. Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC about a mysterious time-travelling adventurer known only as The Doctor, who explores time and space with his companions, fighting evil. ... The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy originated as a 1978 radio comedy series written by Douglas Adams. ...

The Synthi 100 owned by Jack Dangers can be heard being used extensively on electronica group Meat Beat Manifesto's album R.U.O.K.?. Many photos from that album's CD sleeve are close-up photos of the Synthi 100's control panels and displays. Jack Dangers (born John Corrigan, 1965, in Swindon) is an electronic musician, DJ, producer, and remixer best known for his work as the primary member of Meat Beat Manifesto. ... Electronica is a rather vague term that covers a wide range of electronic or electronic-influenced music. ... Meat Beat Manifesto, or Meat Beat for short, is an electronic music outfit originally consisting of Jack Dangers and Jonny Stevens formed in 1987 in Swindon, U.K.. This was also the hometown of the band XTC, who helped Meat Beat get started. ...

Bruno Spoerri's his Synthi-100 was offered for sale in May 1979 for SFr. 48 000 with "new filters, additional envelope shapers, inverters, additional inputs, etc...",

The Synthi 100 was used by Elizabeth Parker with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop an d Karl-Heinz Stockhausen - on "Zodiac (CD 24) and Sirius (CD 26)