Shaper, sound envelope

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1965
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1986.0012.001

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

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: FERROUS METAL CASING IN FERROUS METAL RACK/ METAL WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC KNOBS, METER CASING, & WORKING PARTS/ PAPER LABELS/ NON0-FERROUS METAL FRONT PANELS

Dimensions

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

Length: 48.3 cm
Width: 27.4 cm
Height: 23.5 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: 1965 +
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 USED TO CONTROL THE VOLUME OF A CONTINUOUS SOUND SUCH AS A SINE WAVE SO THAT IT BECAME AN ISOLATED EVENT, OR NOTE, WITH A BEGINNING & END. VALUES COVERING A WIDE RANGE COULD BE PRE-SET, WITH THE NOTE TRIGGERED MANUALLY OR BY A PARTICULAR VOLUME (1).
Technical: AN INSTRUMENT WHICHPROVIDED COMPOSERS WITH A LEVEL OF PRECISION IN SHAPING SOUNDS UNOBTAINABLE BY MANUAL MEANS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: METALLIC APPLIQUE PLAURTE WITH BLACK LETTERING READING 'EXPERIMENTAL MODEL/ ENVELOPE SHAPER/ FOR TESTING & EVALUATION/ NRC ELMUS LAB'/ LARGE HANDWRITTEN & SMALL TYPEWRITTEN LABELS AFFIXED TO FRONT PANELS FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS
Missing: From CA of 03/13/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: DARK GREY ENAMEL PAINTED CASING WITH BLACK PARTS/ PLATED FRONT PANELS & PARTS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC/ MEDIUM GREY PAINTED RACK
Decoration: N/A

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NRC, Elmus Lab, Shaper, sound envelope, 1965, Artifact no. 1986.0012, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0012.001/

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