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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1964
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1986.0013.001

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 CASING IN FERROUS METAL RACK/ METAL SWITCHES & SOCKETS/ SYNTHETIC KNOBS/ SYNTHETIC & METAL WORKING PARTS

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: 27.2 cm
Height: 17.7 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: 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 USED A VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR TO GENERATE LOW FREQUENCY WAVE SHAPES THAT COULD CONTROL CHANGES IN THE PITCH OF ANOTHER FORM.
Technical: LE CAINE COMBINED A VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR (VCO) WITH A STAIRCASE GENERATOR, WHICH PRODUCED STEPPED INCREASES OR DECREASES IN THE FREQUENCY OF THE VCO. THE STAIRCASE GENERATOR COULD ALSO BE USED ALONE TO CONTROL OTHER INSTRUMENTS. THE FUNCTION GENERATOR COMBINED A CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE (ANALOGUE) SIGNAL FROM THE VCO WITH STEPPED DIGITAL CONTROLS FROM THE STAIRCASE GENERATOR (1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: BLUE IMPRESSION PRINTED LABELS READING 'STAIRCASE GENERATOR', 'NRC VCO', & 'VCO CONTROL'/ BLACK IMPRESSION PRINTED LABELS FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS
Missing: From CA of 03/13/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: MEDIUM GREY ENAMEL PAINTED RACK & CASING/ METALLIC & PLATED PARTS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC
Decoration: YELLOW, ORANGE, & GREEN PLASTIC APPLIQUE PIECES FORMING SYMBOLS/ BLACK TAPE? FORMING LINES DIVIDING SECTIONS

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NRC, Elmus Lab, Generator, function, 1964, Artifact no. 1986.0013, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0013.001/

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