EMS 260-A
Little is documented about the EMS 260-A. Even its product type isn't confirmed. The Archive's own listing classifies it as a synth, but the one period reference we have points toward a studio effects unit rather than a conventional synthesizer.
The only coverage tied to this model in the surviving record is a Studio Sound effects survey (October 1979, p.68). It describes a unit with six gold-plated leaf-spring momentary buttons covering compressor ratios of 1.5:1, 2:1, 5:1, and a 20:1 limit, plus an expander and a meter switchable to read output or gain reduction on either channel (Studio Sound, October 1979, p.68). The same passage mentions a multi-spring reverb with an input limiter, input and output level controls, variable high and low frequency EQ, and a dry/wet mix - at a price of approximately £350. The excerpt is fragmentary, so it's hard to say which details belong to the 260-A and which belong to other units in the same round-up.
No production years, further specifications, or additional reviews are known. The 260-A appears to have been a poorly documented branch of the EMS catalog.
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