Generator, serial sound structure
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SEQUENCER
- DATE
- 1967
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0221.001
- 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 CABINET/ SYNTHETIC KNOBS & SWITCHES/ 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
- 51.0 cm
- Width
- 47.0 cm
- Height
- 163.0 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
- Unknown
- Period
- 1967 +
- Canada
-
ONE OF THE FIRST TWO SSSG'S DESIGNED BY PIONEERING CANADIAN ELECTRONIC MUSIC INSTRUMENT DESIGNER & COMPOSER DR. HUGH LE CAINE OF NRC. IT WAS BUILT AT NRC FOR USE AT EXPO'67 & WAS LATER BROUGHT BACK TO OTTAWA, MODIFIED, &SENT TO UTEMS IN TORONTO. UTEMS WAS CANADA'S FIRST ELECTRONIC MUSIC STUDIO, OPENED IN 1959. - Function
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AN ELECTRONIC MUSIC INSTRUMENT USED IN THE STUDIO TO PRODUCE MOTIFS TO BE RECORDED & USED IN COMPOSITION ACCORDING TO CLASSIC STUDIO TECHNIQUES. IT CONTAINED FOUR TYPES OF CONTROL, WHICH ASSIGNED TO EACH NOTE A DURATION, PITCH, VOLUME, & TIMBRE CHARACTERISTIC. - Technical
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THE ORIGINAL 1967 SSSG HAD TWO CONTROL MODULES FOR PITCH & TIME DURATION; IT WAS LATER MODIFIED TO INCLUDE MODULES TO SERIALIZE TIMBRE & VOLUME. THE SSSG WAS AN EXTREMELY COMPLEX & POWERFUL SEQUENCER & WAS CAPABLE OF A WIDER APPLICATION THAN LATER COMMERCIAL SEQUENCERS. IT APPLIED SERIAL LOGIC TO VARIOUS PARAMETERS OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC TEXTURE. THE SSSG ANTICIPATED DEVELOPMENTS IN THE APPLICATION OF COMPUTERS TO SOUND GENERATION & CONTROL. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED BLACK LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS, SOME BILINGUAL/ BLACK, RED, & BLUE IMPRESSION PRINTED LABELS FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS
- Missing
- APPARENTLY PARTS HAVE BEEN REMOVED TO MAINTAIN THE 1970 SSSG (910222). From CA of 02/28/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- MEDIUM GREY CABINET/ MEDIUM GREY & METALLIC FRONT PANELS & PARTS/ MULTICOLURED CONTROLS
- Decoration
- N/A
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NRC, Elmus Lab, Generator, serial sound structure, 1967, Artifact no. 1991.0221, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1991.0221.001/
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