General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS & DISPLAY WINDOW

Dimensions

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

Length

54.0 cm

Width

72.0 cm

Height

112.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Music

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

University

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1969-70+

Canada

THE SECOND & LAST SONDE, BUILT BY UTEMS FROM THE DESIGN OF CANADIAN ELECTRONIC MUSIC COMPOSER & INSTRUMENT DESIGNER DR. HUGH LE CAINE OF NRC. UTEMSWAS THE FIRST ELECTRONIC MUSIC STUDIO IN CANADA, ESTABLISHED IN 1959.

Function

AN ELECTRONIC MUSIC INSTRUMENT IN THE FORM OF A MATRIX GENERATOR THAT COULD PRODUCE 200 SINE WAVES SIMULTANEOUSLY USING 20 FIXED FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS & 10 CONVERTERS TO DERIVE 200 COMBINATION TONES. IT WAS INTENDED TO BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER STUDIO INSTRUMENTS.

Technical

THIS VERSION USED THE SAME CIRCUIT DESIGN AS LE CAINE'S PROTOTYPE (860154). HOWEVER INSTEAD OF THE 200 SLIDERS USED TO OPERATE THE LATTER, THE UTEMS INSTRUMENT USED 200 PRESSURE SENSITIVE PRINTED CIRCUIT KEYS, MAKING IT EASIER TO OPERATE THAN LE CAINE'S PROTOTYPE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK IMPRESSION PRINTED LABELS FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS

Missing

PART OF CASING FRONT REPLACED BY SYNTHETIC DISPLAY WINDOW/ EXTERNAL CONTROLS From CA of 03/01/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined

Finish

MEDIUM GREY PAINTED CASING/ PLATED & METALLIC PARTS/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC

Decoration

N/A