Generator, serial sound structure
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SEQUENCER
- DATE
- 1970
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0222.001
- MANUFACTURER
- NRC, Elmus Lab
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CABINET/ SYNTHETIC KNOBS & SWITCHES/ METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 51.0 cm
- Width
- 47.0 cm
- Height
- 163.0 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
- 1970 +
- Canada
-
ONE OF FOUR SSSG'S DESIGNED BY PIONEERING CANADIAN ELECTRONIC MUSIC INSTRUMENT DESIGNER & COMPOSER DR. HUGH LE CAINE OF NRC, & BUILT AT NRC. IT WAS WIDELY USED AT UTEMS, CANADA'S FIRST ELECTRONIC MUSIC STUDIO, OPENED IN 1959. THISWAS ONE OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE SSSG'S, WITH SEVERAL METHODS OF ALTERING SOUNDS AS THEY WERE CYCLED THROUGH THE SEQUENCERS. - Function
-
AN ELECTRONIC MUSIC INSTRUMENT USED IN THE STUDIO TO PRODUCE MOTIFS TO BE RECORDED & USED IN COMPOSITION ACCORDING TO CLASSICAL STUDIO TECHNIQUES. IT CONTAINED FOUR TYPES OF CONTROL, WHICH ASSIGNED TO EACH NOTE A DURATION, PITCH, VOLUME, & TIMBRE CHARACTERISTIC. - Technical
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THE SSSG APPLIED SERIAL LOGIC TO VARIOUS PARAMETERS OF ELECTRONIC MUSICAL TEXTURE. IT WAS AN EXTREMELY COMPLEX & POWERFUL SEQUENCER & WAS CAPABLE OF A WIDER APPLICATION THAN LATER COMMERCIAL SEQUENCERS. THE SSSG ANTICIPATED DEVELOPMENTS IN THE APPLICATION OF COMPUTERS TO SOUND GENERATION & CONTROL. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED BLACK LETTERING ON LABEL PANEL READING 'SERIAL STRUCTURE GENERATOR'/ BLACK LETTERING ON SEVERAL MODULES READING 'SERIAL SWITCH BR-X/ NRC ELMUS LAB'/ BLACK, BLUE, & RED IMPRESSION PRINTED LABELS FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS
- Missing
- From CA of 02/28/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- MEDIUM GREY CABINET/ MEDIUM GREY & METALLIC FRONT PANELS & PARTS/ BLACK, BROWN, & CLEAR SYNTHETIC PARTS/ BLACK PAINTED PARTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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NRC, Elmus Lab, Generator, serial sound structure, 1970, Artifact no. 1991.0222, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0222.001/
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