Powertran Transcendent 2000
This small monophonic synth was presented on Electronics Today International magazine as the cover article in July 1978. It was designed by Tim Orr from EMS and was offered as a DIY kit for 186.50£ plus VAT. In December 1980, ETI presented a polyphonic synthesizer accordingly named Polysynth also designed by Tim Orr.
This was the first synthesizer for some musicians, notably Thomas Dolby who retrieved one from a garbage dumpster or Joy Division guitarist Bernard Sumner who bought and assembled one.