Octave filter bank

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OBJECT TYPE: ADJUSTABLE FILTER
DATE: 1962
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1986.0009.001

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

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: FERROUS METAL STAND/ NON-FERROUS METAL CASING/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS & WORKING PARTS/ RUBBER WHEELS

Dimensions

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

Length: 49.3 cm
Width: 67.3 cm
Height: 107.7 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: 1962 +
Canada: AN UNIQUE 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 AN EARLY STAGE EQUALIZER, USED TO CHANGE THE TONAL QUALITY OF SOUNDS PRODUCED BY OTHER INSTRUMENTS SUCH AS THE MULTITRACK (860006, 870022, 910219, 910220)
Technical: THIS INSTRUMENT HAD SIX INPUTS, EACH OF WHICH PASSED THROUGH EIGHT BAND-PASS FILTERS, PRODUCING 48 SIGNALS, WHICH WERE MIXED TO EIGHT OUTPUT SIGNALS. THE PRECISION OF THE DEVICEALLOWED IT TO FUNCTION AS A TIMBRE CONTROLLER AS WELL AS AN EQUALIZER (1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED BLACK LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS
Missing: From CA of 03/14/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: MEDIUM BLUE-GREY ENAMEL PAINTED CASING/ METALLIC TOP PANEL/ YELLOW, BLUE, & RED SLIDE CONTROLS
Decoration: N/A

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NRC, Elmus Lab, Octave filter bank, 1962, Artifact no. 1986.0009, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0009.001/

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