Oscillator bank
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 24 OSCILLATOR
- DATE
- 1958–1961
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0003.001
- MANUFACTURER
- NRC, Elmus Lab
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING & FRAME/ SYNTHETIC KEYBOARD KEYS, KNOBS, DISKS, CABLES/ METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 69.5 cm
- Width
- 52.7 cm
- Height
- 114.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Music
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- NRC
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- C. 1961 +
- Canada
-
ONE OF THREE OSCILLATOR BANKS DESIGNED BY PIONEERING CANADIAN ELECTRONIC MUSIC COMPOSER & INSTRUMENT DESIGNER DR. HUGH LE CAINE OF NRC, & BUILT AT NRC. IN 1964 IT WAS SENT TO THENEWLY OPENED ELECTRONIC MUSIC STUDIO AT MCGILL UNIVERSITY, THE SECOND SUCH STUDIO IN CANADA. - Function
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AN ELECTRONIC MUSIC INSTRUMENT USED TO GENERATE ELECTRONIC SOUNDS WHICH WOULD THEN BE ALTERED BY OTHER INSTRUMENTS & USED IN COMPOSITION. IT CONSISTED OF A BANK OF INDEPENDENTLY TUNABLE OSCILLATORS CONTROLLED BY A TOUCH-SENSITIVE KEYBOARD & USED TO PRODUCE SINE WAVES, PULSE WAVES, SQUARE WAVES, & SAWTOOTH WAVES. - Technical
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THIS LATER VERSION OF THE OSCILLATOR BANK HAD 24 OSCILLATORS OPERATED BY A TOUCH-SENSITIVE KEYBOARD. IT COULD ALSO BE USED WITH THE SPECTROGRAM (860006) & REFLECTS LE CAINE'S INTEREST IN SINE-TONE COMPOSITION. ACCORDING TO DAVE ROCHELEAU OF NRC (04.03 86), IT WAS ESSENTIALLY A MIXING BOARD. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK IMPRESSION-PRINTED LABELS ON OSCILLATORS/ MFR.'S PLATES ON PARTS MFD. BY HAMMOND MFG. CO., GUELPH, ONT./ WHITE PRINTING ON PARTS MFD. BY MALLORY
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- TABLE PAINTED DARK GRAY ENAMEL/ SHELF PAINTED MEDIUM-GREY ENAMEL/ BLACK ENAMEL KEYBOARD CASING/ BLACK & WHITE KEYS/ BLACK KNOBS & POWER CORD/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT DISKS/ GREY CABLES
- Decoration
- N/A
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NRC, Elmus Lab, Oscillator bank, between 1958–1961, Artifact no. 1986.0003, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0003.001/
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