Generator, serial sound structure

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OBJECT TYPE: SEQUENCER/COMPACT
DATE: 1967–1970
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.0021.001

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: METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS & PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 61.5 cm
Width: 51.0 cm
Height: 128.5 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: Ontario
Period: C. 1968 +
Canada: ONE OF FOUR SSSG'S DESIGNED BY PIONEERING CANADIAN ELECTRONIC MUSIC COMPOSER & INSTRUMENT DESIGNER HUGH LE CAINE OF NRC,& BUILT AT NRC. IT WAS SENT TO QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY, POSSIBLY UPON LE CAINE'S RETIREMENT IN 1974, OR EARLIER FOR USE AT THE ELECTRONIC MUSIC LAB WHICH OPENED IN THE 1960'S.
Function: AN ELECTRONIC MUSIC INSTRUMENT USED IN THE STUDIO TO PRODUCE MOTIFS TO BE RECORDED & USED IN COMPOSITION ACCORDING TO CLASSIC STUDIO TECHNIQUES. IT COULD CONTAIN FOUR TYPES OF CONTROL, WHICH ASSIGNED TO EACH NOTE A DURATION, PITCH, VOLUME, & TIMBRE CHARACTERISTIC.
Technical: THE SSSG APPLIED SERIAL LOGIC TO VARIOUS PARARMETERS OF ELECTRONIC MUSICAL TEXTURE. IT WAS AN EXTREMELY COMPLEX & POWERFUL SEQUENCER & WAS CAPABLE OF A WIDER APPLICATION THAN LATER SEQUENCERS. THE SSSG ANTICIPATED THE APPLICATION OF COMPUTERS TO SOUND GENERATION & CONTROL.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: BLACK LETTERING IDENTIFYING CONTROLS & READING 'NRC ELMUS LAB'
Missing: N/A
Finish: GREY ENAMEL PAINTED CASING/ MULTICOLOURED CONTROLS
Decoration: RED, GREEN, YELLOW, BLUE, BLACK, & BUFF ABSTRACT CURVILINEAR DESIGNS ON FRONT PANELS, CREATED BY NRC ARTIST ANNE-LORE THOMSON DANIELS, WITH THE COLOURED SHAPES RELATED TO THE FUNCTIONS OF THE DIFFERENT CONTROLS OF THE INSTRUMENT.

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NRC, Elmus Lab, Generator, serial sound structure, between 1967–1970, Artifact no. 1987.0021, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0021.001/

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