[LAU] What was the audio generator used by Hawkwind?

[Gordon JC Pearce]

On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 12:12 +0100, Damon Chaplin wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 09:34 +0200, Sebastian Gutsfeld wrote:
> > Hi Damon,
> > 
> > Damon Chaplin <damon at karuna.eclipse.co.uk> writes:
> > 
> > > Does anyone know what the "audio generator" was that Hawkwind used to
> > > use on albums like Space Ritual (one of the best albums ever!).
> > >
> > > It produced sweeping, oscillating tones. I'd be interested to know
> > > exactly what it was generating.
> > 
> > I don't know Space Ritual, but "sweeping, oscillating tones" were often
> > synthesized with EMS VCS3s (http://www.vintagesynth.com/misc/vcs3.shtml).
> > Brian Eno and Pink Floyd used those.
> 
> Yes, I think that's probably the one. They are listed as users of it:
>   http://www.ems-synthi.demon.co.uk/emsstory.html#users

They used a VCS3, but that wasn't the audio generator!  They are listed
separately.

At some point over the weekend I'll dig through my books and find the
one that mentions what it is.

Gordon