Ring modulator

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1964
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1986.0007.001

MANUFACTURER: NRC, Elmus Lab
MODEL: EXPERIMENTAL
LOCATION: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 7
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: FERROUS METAL CASING/ NON-FERROUS METAL PANELS FOR CONTROLS/ SYNTHETIC KNOB/ METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 43.4 cm
Width: 23.5 cm
Height: 23.2 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Music
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: NRC
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Ottawa

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: 1964 +
Canada: AN INSTRUMENT DESIGNED BY PIONEERING CANADIAN ELECTRONIC MUSIC COMPOSER & INSTRUMENT DESIGNER DR. HUGH LE CAINE OF NRC, & BUILT AT NRC. IT WAS USED AT THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY ELECTRONIC MUSIC STUDIO, THE SECOND SUCH FACILITY IN CANADA, OPENED IN 1964.
Function: AN ELECTRONIC MUSIC INSTRUMENT WHICH FUNCTIONED AS A SOUND MIXER. IT ACCEPTED TWO INPUTS (THE SIGNAL & THE CONTROL) & PRODUCED SIDEBANDS DETERMINED BY THE SUMS & DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ALL FREQUENCY COMPONENTS OF BOTH SIGNALS, WHICH WERE THEMSELVES SUPPRESSED.
Technical: RING MODULATORS WERE COMMONLY USED IN RADIO TECHNOLOGY SEVERAL DECADES BEFORE THEIR USE IN SOUND GENERATION. ALTHOUGH LECAINES'S RING MODULATOR WAS NOT INNOVATIVE, IT PRODUCED COMPLEX SOUNDS THAT COULD BE USED WITH OTHER STUDIO EQUIPMENT & WAS USED EXTENSIVELY BEFORE THE ADVENT OF VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED SYNTHESIZERS (REF. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: METALLIC APPLIQUE PLATE WITH BLACK LETTERING READING 'EXPERIMENTAL MODEL/ RING MODULATOR/ FOR TESTING AND EVALUATION/ NRC ELMUS LAB'
Missing: From CA of 03/13/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: DARK GREY ENAMEL PAINTED CASING/ PLATED PARTS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC
Decoration: N/A

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NRC, Elmus Lab, Ring modulator, 1964, Artifact no. 1986.0007, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0007.001/

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