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

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

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