Hamograph
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1960
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0217.001
- MANUFACTURER
- University of Toronto
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL FILM-HANDLING UNIT, CONTROL BOX CASING FRONT & PARTS/ WOOD CONTROL BOX CASING/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS, METER CASING FRONTS, PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 58.0 cm
- Width
- 43.0 cm
- Height
- 21.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Music
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- University
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
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
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AN ELECTRONIC MUSIC INSTRUMENT WHICH USED PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES TO CONTROL THE COMPARATIVE SOUND LEVELS OF SEVERAL SIMULTANEOUS SOUND TRACKS PRODUCED BY ANOTHER INSTRUMENT; IT WAS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO AUTOMATE THE MIXING OF THE 6 STEREO OUTPUT CHANNELS OF THE SPECIAL PURPOSE TAPE RECORDER (860005, 870022, 910219-220). - Technical
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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
- INCISED BLACK LETTERING FOR CONTROLS ON FRONT PANEL READING 'CONTROL RESPONSE' & 'LOUD END CONTROL'/ INCISED BLACK 'CONTROL SIGNAL' ABOVE 6 MICROAMPERE METERS MARKED 'DIRECT CURRENT' & 'Simpson'/ INCISED BLACK 'INPUT LEVEL' BELOW & METERS MARKED 'V.U.'
- Missing
- From CA of 03/01/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- UNFINISHED & BRUSHED METAL/ BROWN STAINED & VARNISHED WOOD/ BLACK SYNTHETIC CONTROLS & METER CASING FRONTS/ BLACK OR WHITE METER FACES
- Decoration
- N/A
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University of Toronto, Hamograph, 1960, Artifact no. 1991.0217, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1991.0217.001/
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