Eminent 310 Unique

Eminent 310 Unique
Upper controls and manuals
ManufacturerEminent Orgelbouw B.V.
Dates1972–1983
Technical specifications
PolyphonyFull polyphony
TimbralityMonotimbral per manual
Oscillator12 discrete tone generators with octave divide-down
Synthesis typeAnalog additive (organ) and subtractive (strings)
FilterBand-pass (organ), bucket-brigade device delay lines (strings, chorus)
AttenuatorDecay and release
EffectsChorus, reverb
Input/output
Keyboard42 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, at the time based in Bodegraven, the Netherlands. It was the first organ to include a string section, making it the first commercial polyphonic string synthesizer on the market.[1] It is prominently featured on Jean Michel Jarre's albums Oxygène (1977) and Équinoxe (1978).

The technology for the string section was later released as a standalone instrument, the Solina String Ensemble (rebadged by ARP as the ARP String Ensemble for the US market), which saw wide use in popular music.

  1. ^ Gordon Reid (May 2007). "Eminent 310 String Synthesizer". Sound on Sound. Retrieved 28 October 2009.