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OBJECT TYPE: DIGITAL/HARD DISK/MULTI-TRACK
DATE: 1985
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2000.0162.001

MANUFACTURER: Advanced Music Systems
MODEL: AMS AUDIOFILE
LOCATION: United Kingdom

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 8
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASING & WORKING PARTS; SYNTHETIC FRONT PANEL & CONTROLS; GLASS SCREEN; PLATED PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 48.2 cm
Width: 35.0 cm
Height: 26.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Sound
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Advanced
Country: United Kingdom
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C. 1985+
Canada: AUDIOFILE WAS ADOPTED BY MANY BROADCAST & RECORD STUDIOS IN 1980S TO AID IN PRODUCTION OF MUSICAL RECORDINGS, VIDEO SOUNDTRACKS, COMMERCIALS & OTHER MATERIAL. AMONG FIRST AMS CLIENTS IN CANADA WERE MANTRA SOUND, LITTLE MOUNTAIN SOUND & CBC. THESE UNITS WERE PROBABLY USED BY CBC OR DESCHAMPS (TORONTO RECORDING STUDIO).
Function: USED IN RECORDING STUDIO TO RECORD & EDIT AUDIO FILES STORED ON MAGNETIC HARD DISK, USING 8 TRACKS (4 STEREO OR 8 MONO). INPUT COULD BE FROM MICROPHONE MIXING CONSOLE OR PREVIOUSLY RECORDED TAPE. ONCE EDITING WAS COMPLETE, MATERIAL WOULD BE RE-RECORDED TO MASTER TAPE FOR PLAYBACK OR PRODUCTION OF COMMERCIAL TAPE OR CD.
Technical: ALONG WITH DAR SOUNDSTATION, AMS AUDIOFILE WAS FIRST COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL DIGITAL DISK RECORDER. IT WAS COMPACT (CONSISTED OF THREE UNITS MOUNTED IN STANDARD 19 INCH RACKS), & AT $80,000, WAS MORE AFFORDABLE THAN PREDECESSORS. DIGITAL AUDIO EDITING UNLEASHED LATENT POTENTIAL OF DIGITAL RECORDING BY COMBINING IT WITH PROCESSING POWER OF DIGITAL COMPUTERS & RANDOM ACCESS ADVANTAGES OF DISK STORAGE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: LABEL ON FRONT READS "ams/ audioFILE"/ LABEL ON BACK READS "Advanced Music Systems/ model type C/S/ serial no. 234/ made in U.K.".
Missing: UNKNOWN
Finish: TEXTURED GREY PAINTED CASING; GREY FRONT PANEL WITH BLACK SYNTHETIC & BRUSHED METAL CONTROLS.
Decoration: N/A

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Advanced Music Systems, Recorder, disk, circa 1985, Artifact no. 2000.0162, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2000.0162.001/

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