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EDP WASP
Top View		Side View		Inside Top View		Lhd Comps View
Rhd Comps View		Underside of PCB		Lhd Pots & Switches		Rhd Pots & Switches

Electronic Dream Plant Ltd first started production of the Wasp in 1978 and continued into the early 1980's, about 3000 were produced in total, the company was based in Oxford, the full address was, Red Gables, Stonesfield Road, Combe, OX7 2ER.

The company was founded by Adrian Wagner, most of the initial electronic design was done by Stephen Evans, then helped by Chris Huggett, who later went on to design and produce the OSCar.

The synth is often thought of as a toy, but it is surprisingly well designed, with many features that most classic synth's could benefit from.

The filter although not able to self-oscillate (just), is switch able between Low (LP), Band (BP) and High Pass (HP). Which is remarkable, in such a low priced synth (£199.00 in 1980's).

Two DCO's, Two Env. shapers, one LF Osc. dedicated to Modulation, Noise Generator, Random Voltage Generator, Portamento, Pitch Bend. and even a MIDI type system for linking more than one Wasp together.

When hooked up to a decent sound system, the sound is astounding.

The downside was reliability, there was a rumour that the basement in Macari's Keyboard Shop in Denmark Street was full of dead Wasp's, shame that no one gave me a ring, I'd have fixed the little blighters.

I did notice that if the keyboard sensitivity pot is adjusted wrongly, the synth just doesn't make a sound at all, maybe that was one reason they were unreliable, and the other maybe that due to the low cost of these synth's, that some people that bought them didn't understand how they worked, the user manual supplied with the instrument was very basic.

I have just started making a Flight Case for this instrument, I should have it finished before Christmas 2008.