Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

2750

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

FM Tone Generator

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

metal casing with synthetic end pieces/ synthetic keys, controls, parts/ metal parts

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

145,0 cm

Largeur

34,5 cm

Hauteur

12,0 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Communications

Catégorie

Musique

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Yamaha

Pays

Japon

État/province

Inconnu

Ville

Hamamatsu

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Inconnu

Période

mid 1980s +

Canada

Part of a collection of electronic equipment for musical composition, performance and recording owned and used by Canadian Paul Hoffert, composer, musician, author, researcher, entrepreneur and arts administrator. American born, he came to Canada as a child and his career has encompassed many areas of the Canadian music business, including working as a jazz pianist, CBC music director and performer, educator, manufacturer of stereo equipment, music producer, and film composer. In the late 1960s he worked for a short time as a researcher in Hugh LeCaine's electronic music lab at NRC, where he wrote a computer program for music analysis and developed a solid-body electric violin. In 1968 Hoffert and rock drummer Skip Prokop, formed the very successful jazz-rock band Lighthouse (1969-1974, 1982, 1993-present), which earned one platinum record and four gold records and received three Juno awards between 1971 and 1973 In 1977 Hoffert received a Canadian Film Award (later known as a Genie) for best original musical score for the movie "Outrageous!". He also headed the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, the Guild of Canadian Film and Television Composers,and the Ontario Council for the Art. In 1995 he was inducted into the Canadian Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2009 he was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada.

Fonction

A device used to generate sounds by means of digital synthesis.

Technique

The Hoffert collection consists of approximately 25 pieces of electronic equipment for musical composition, performance and recording. These range from iconic keyboard instruments of the 1970s, to a variety of digital devices from the 1980s, to computer software from the early 1990s. These were used either for stage performances, especially during his years in the jazz rock band Lighthouse, or for work in his home studio. The TX816 consists of eight identical synthesizer modules housed in a single, rack-mounted unit. It is fully MIDI compatible. MIDI, or Musical Instrument Digital Interface, is an industry standard established in 1983 for the exchange of digital sound data between digital music devices and computers from different manufacturers. Its function is analogous to what ASCII performs for alphanumeric data. The TX816 is essentially a sound source capable of 256 separate voices that can be controlled, or played, from a single MIDI keyboard or from a more complex system of MIDI controllers: e.g. a programmable computer, a remote keyboard, a synthesizer, a drum machine or a sequencer. All eight modules may be controlled by a single MIDI signal, or each may be controlled independently. The TX816 can therefore function as eight separate synthesizers. In fact, the circuitry of each module is identical to the hugely popular Yamaha DX7 synthesizer (introduced 1983, more than 180,000 units sold), which used a technology called FM Digital Synthesis to produce the various voices. This system consists of six sine-wave "operators" that can interact with each other to produce the highly complex wave forms characteristic of sounds produced by acoustic instruments. Mr. Hoffert used the TX816 as the core of his home studio for various composition projects.

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

lettering on black plate on back reads '[logo] YAMAHA/ MODEL TX816 SER. NO. 2750/ PATENTS USA4018121 JAPAN1072895/ 120V 100W 60 Hz/ NIPPON GAKKI CO. LTD./ MADE IN JAPAN'/ white lettering on back reads 'YAMAHA KX88'/ white lettering on front reads 'YAMAHA/ MIDI RACK'/ white lettering for control functions

Manque

appears complete

Fini

Inconnu

Décoration

S/O