Eminent 310 Unique

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 Eminent 310 Unique is a home electronic organ that was built and introduced in 1972 by the Dutch organ manufacturer Eminent Orgelbouw B.V.^[1] in Lelystad, the Netherlands. It was the first organ to include a string section, making it the first commercial polyphonic string synthesizer on the market.^[2] It is prominently featured on Jean Michel Jarre's albums Oxygène (1977) and Équinoxe (1978).

The technology for the string section was later licensed to ARP, who released the ARP String Ensemble, which saw wide use in popular music.

References

↑ "Eminent Orgelbouw B.V." (in Dutch). Kamer van Koophandel.
↑ Gordon Reid (May 2007). "Eminent 310 String Synthesizer". Sound on Sound. Retrieved 2009-10-28.

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