Processor, digital audio
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PROSUMER
- DATE
- 1978
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0034.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Sony Corp.
- MODEL
- PCM-1
- LOCATION
- Japan
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 700004
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, SYNTHETIC & GLASS COMPONENT PARTS/ PT CARDBOARD BOX & STYROFOAM PACKING.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 44.0 cm
- Width
- 42.8 cm
- Height
- 16.4 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Sound
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Sony
- Country
- Japan
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS UNIT USED C. 1978 TO C. 1990.
- Canada
-
FIRST CANADIAN COMMERCIAL DIGITAL RECORDINGS WERE MADE USING MACHINES LIKE THIS. THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE USED BY JOHN CYBANSKI TO RECORD A CONCERT LATER REBROADCAST ON CHEZ-FM, AN EVENT THAT STATION PROMOTED AS THE 1ST BOADCAST OF A LIVE DIGITAL RECORDING IN CANADA. - Function
-
TO CONVERT ANALOGUE AUDIO SIGNAL FROM MICROPHONE INPUT INTO DIGITAL SIGNAL, USING PULSE CODE MODULATION. - Technical
-
SONY PCM-1 WAS 1ST COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE DIGITAL RECORDING SYSTEM (AS USED WITH 1/2-INCH HOME VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDER, OR VCR). INTRODUCED IN 1977, IT COULD BE USED WITH EITHER BETA OR VHS VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDERS. BECAUSE IT WAS NOT CAPIABLE OF MULTITRACK RECORDING, AND ITS EDITING CAPABILITIES WERE LIMITED, IT WAS BEST SUITED TO THE RECORDING OF LIVE PERFORMANCES. THE PCM-1 WAS SUPERSEDED BY THE SONY PCM-10 C. 1980. (REF.1) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- " SONY PCM AUDIO UNIT/ PCM-1 " incised on unit front; decal " it's/ a/ Sony " applied to upper right corner. All controls labelled. Decal applied to upper right of back panel reads " SONY/ PCM AUDIO UNIT PCM-1/ AC 120V 60Hz 60W/ NO. 70004/ MADE IN JAPAN 2-246-060-01 ". All connections, etc. labelled. Paper tag taped to top of casing reads " OTTAWA/ POLICE FORCE/ A 34986/ CASE/ No/ 88- 71219/ DATE/ REGISTERED/ MAR 25 88/ PROPERTY ROOM/ LOCATION/ 27 A 46 "./ .1-.2 PT box: Following text appears on original box housing processor & cassette: " SONY ® MADE IN JAPAN / PCM AUDIO UNIT/ DISPOSITIF D'ENREGISTREMENT PCM/ PCM-1 ", on front & back panels; " Sony Corp. Tokyo Japan " printed on both side panels.
- Missing
- PROCESSOR ITSELF IS COMPLETE; CONNECTOR CABLES ARE MISSING
- Finish
- LIGHTLY PEBBLED BLACK ENAMEL FINISH ON CASING, SAVE BRUSHED SILVER METAL FRONT PANEL/ PT BOX IS LIGHT BROWN CARDBOARD; CW WHITE STYROFOAM PACKING.
- Decoration
- N/A
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