Recorder, special purpose

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OBJECT TYPE
MULTIPLE TAPE
DATE
1961
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1991.0220.001
MANUFACTURER
NRC, Elmus Lab
MODEL
Unknown
LOCATION
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
1
Total Parts
3
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
METAL CABINET & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC KEYS, METER CASINGS, INDICATOR LIGHTS, CONTROLS, PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length
160.0 cm
Width
80.5 cm
Height
123.0 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Communications
Category
Music
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
NRC
Country
Canada
State/Province
Ontario
City
Ottawa

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Ontario
Period
1961+
Canada
THE THIRD OF FIVE SPECIAL PURPOSETAPE RECORDERS DESIGNED BY PIONEERING ELECTRONIC MUSIC COMPOSER & INSTRUMENT DESIGNER DR. HUGH LE CAINE OF NRC & BUILT AT NRC. IT WAS SENT TO UTEMS, THE FIRST ELECTRONIC MUSIC STUDIO IN CANADA, OPENED IN 1959. Le troisième des cinq enregistreurs spécialisés conçu par le pionnier et composeurs de musiques électroniques Hugh Le Caine et bâti au Conseil national de recherches Canada. Il a été envoyé à UTEMS, le premier studio de musique électronique au Canada, ouvert en 1959.
Function
AN ELECTRONIC MUSIC INSTRUMENT FOR STUDIO WORK, DESIGNED TO ASSIST COMPOSERS IN ALTERING & RECOMBINING PRE-RECORDED SOUNDS. IT PROCESSED SOUND MATERIAL IN THE FORM OF SOUND RECORDS ON TAPE BY DIVIDING THE MATERIAL INTO PARTS, ALTERING THE PARTS, & RECOMBINING THE ALTERED PARTS INTO A SINGLE STEREO OUTPUT. Un instrument de musique électronique pour studio, conçu pour assister les composeurs en modifiant des sons pré enregistrés. La machine traitait des sons en forme de records sur bande en divisant les différentes parties et en les modifiant en sortie stéréo unique.
Technical
THIS VERSION OF THE RECORDER WAS MORE ADVANCED THAN ITS PREDECESSOR, HAVING A MODERN STEEL CABINET WITH COLOUR-CODED SLIDERS; IT WAS COMPLETELY TRANSISTORIZED; IT PROVIDED TWO SEPARATE PLAYBACK SPEEDS ON THE SAME CAPSTAN; IT HAD COLOURED LIGHTS TO INDICATE THE MODE IN WHICH IT WAS WORKING; & PLAYED 10 TAPES INSTEAD OF 6. Cette version de l'enregistreur était plus avancée que son prédécesseur en ayant un cabinet en acier avec des curseurs en couleurs, il était complètement transistorisé. Il offrait deux vitesses à lecture sur le même cabestan et avait des lumières en couleurs pour indiquer lequel des modes étaient en marche et pouvait jouer dix bandes au lieu de six.
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
INCISED BLACK LETTERING ON FRONT PANELS READING 'NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL/ TAPE RECORDER FOR USE IN/ ELECTRONIC MUSIC STUDIES' & FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS
Missing
MIXER PANEL From CA of 02/28/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish
MEDIUM GREY PAINTED CABINET & CASINGS/ BRUSHED, LIGHT GREY PAINTED, & METALLIC PANELS & PARTS/ BLACK & WHITE KEYS/ BLACK METER CASING & CONTROLS/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC Cabinet médium en peinture grise avec des panneaux peinturés gris pâle avec des touches noires et blanches ainsi que des contrôles noirs et multicolores synthétiques.
Decoration
N/A

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