General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL RACK & COMPONENT CASINGS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS & PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

62.0 cm

Width

56.5 cm

Height

193.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Music

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

NRC

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1972 +

Canada

AN UNIQUE INSTRUMENT DEVELOPED AT NRC BY PIONEERING CANADIAN ELECTRONIC MUSIC COMPOSER & INSTRUMENT DESIGNER DR. HUGH LE CAINE & JOHN CHONG OF NRC. IT WAS PROBABLY SENT TO QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY UPON LE CAINE'S RETIREMENT IN 1974; THE ELECTRONIC MUSIC LAB AT QUEEN'S HAD OPENED IN THE 1960'S.

Function

AN ELECTRONIC MUSIC INSTRUMENT IN THE FORM OF A HYBRID POLYPHONIC SYNTHESIZER ABLE TO PLAY FOUR VOICES SIMULTANEOUSLY, IN WHICH THE INPUT DEVICES & MEMORY OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM WERE USED TO CONTROL A COMPREHENSIVE PANEL OF ANALOGUE SOUND GENERATORS.

Technical

THE PARAMUS WASTHE LAST INSTRUMENT WORKED ON BY LE CAINE. VOLTAGE- CONTROLLED OSCILLATORS FORMED THE BASIS OF THE SOUND GENERATION WHILE THE COMPUTER CONTROLLED CHANGES IN PITCH, VOLUME, & TIMBRE. DEVELOPMENT CEASED IN 1973. THE PARAMUS WAS VERY SIMILAR TO THE COMPACT DIGITAL SYNTHESIZERS OF THE EARLY 1980'S.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

RED & WHITE IMPRESSION PRINTED ADHESIVE LABEL READING 'THE PARAMUS'/ WHITE LETTERING & IMPRESSION PRINTED LABELS IDENTIFYING CONTROL FUNCTIONS/ PLATE ON RACK READS 'HAMMOND/ M16087/ HAMMOND MFG. CO. LTD./ GUELPH CANADA'

Missing

APPARENTLY OPERABLE IF DRIVEN BY MICRO COMPUTER

Finish

MOTTLED GREY ENAMEL RACK & CASINGS/ BLACK KNOBS/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC SOCKETS ETC.

Decoration

NONE