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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1960
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1991.0217.002

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Synthetic film spool

Dimensions

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Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1960
Canada: AN INSTRUMENT CREATED AT UTEMS, CANADA'S FIRST ELECTRONIC MUSIC STUDIO, FOUNDED IN 1959. IT WAS BUILT IN CLOSE CONSULTATION WITH CANADIAN ELECTRONIC MUSIC COMPOSER & INSTRUMENT DESIGNER DR. HUGH LE CAINE OF NRC. IT WAS DESIGNED TO OPERATE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LE CAINE INSTRUMENTS ALREADY AT UTEMS.
Function: Film used by the hamograph to control the comparative sound levels of sound tracks produced by another instrument.
Technical: THIS INSTRUMENT COULD CONTROL THE VOLUME OF ANY GENERATOR. IT WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE MORE ACCURATE CONTROL OF THE ATTACKS & DECAYS OF COMPLEX ENVELOPES IN 6 CHANNELS OF SOUND THAN WAS POSSIBLE WITH TOUCH-SENSITIVE KEYS OPERATED IN REAL TIME. COMPLEX RHYTHMIC STRUCTURES COULD BE PRODUCED WITHOUT SPLICING.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None apparent
Missing: From CA of 03/01/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Film, circa 1960, Artifact no. 1991.0217, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1991.0217.002/

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