Editing EMS VCS 3 (section)

{{short description|Synthesizer model}}
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[[Image:EMS VCS 3.jpg|thumb|right|User's eye view of the "VCS&nbsp;3";<ref name="vcs3" group="#"/> top left, three main oscillators; bottom left, patch panel; bottom right, joystick. External keyboard not shown. <br/>''Note'': it has printed logo: "'''V.C.S.&nbsp;3'''".]]

The '''VCS 3''' (or '''VCS3'''; an [[initialism]] for ''Voltage Controlled Studio, version #3'') is a portable [[analogue synthesizer]] with a flexible modular voice architecture introduced by [[Electronic Music Studios]] (EMS) in 1969.<ref name=vcs3 group="#">
{{cite web
 | title     = VCS3 (aka The Putney) – The Products
 | url       = http://www.ems-synthi.demon.co.uk/emsprods.html#vcs3
 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131031040324/http://www.ems-synthi.demon.co.uk/emsprods.html#vcs3
 | archive-date=2013-10-31
 | publisher = Electronic Music Studios (Cornwall)
}}</ref>

EMS released the product under various names. Logos printed at the console's front left (see photos) say "V.C.S.&nbsp;3" on the most widely sold version; "The Putney (VCS&nbsp;3)" on the earlier version; and "The Synthi (VCS&nbsp;3) II" on the later version "Synthi VCS&nbsp;3 II".<ref name=vcs3ii group="#">
{{cite web
 | title     = Synthi VCS3 II – The Products
 | url       = http://www.ems-synthi.demon.co.uk/emsprods.html#vcs3ii
 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131031040324/http://www.ems-synthi.demon.co.uk/emsprods.html#vcs3ii
 | archive-date=2013-10-31
 | publisher = Electronic Music Studios (Cornwall)
}}</ref>