Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

S/O

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

Intensity program

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

metal casing front with synthetic switches / metal and synthetic electrical components

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

48,2 cm

Largeur

13,5 cm

Hauteur

18,0 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Communications

Catégorie

Musique

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

NRC

Pays

Canada

État/province

Ontario

Ville

Ottawa

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Québec

Période

circa 1970+

Canada

This intensity program was used at the McGill University Electronic Music Studio, which opened in 1964, the second such facility in Canada. It was a component for the McGill studio's Serial Structure Sound Generator, one of four of SSSGs designed by pioneering Canadian electronic music composer and instrument designer Dr. Hugh Le Caine (1914-1977) of the National Research Council of Canada, and built at NRC's Elmus Lab. The intensity program was donated to CSTM by Alcides Lanza, Director Emeritus of the Electronic Music Studio.

Fonction

An audio attenuator used to reduce the amplitude of an electrical signal without appreciable distorting its waveform, part of an electronic musical instrument.

Technique

The intensity program was designed by H. Le Caine for the McGill Electronic Music Studio. It is a sequential audio attenuator, with 13 terms and 20 loudness settings for each term. It consists of 13 control inputs and 13 audio inputs, which are parallel and may be used together or separately to attenuate an electronic musical signal. The intensity program appears identical to one installed on the Le Caine Serial Structure Sound Generator 1986.0008. he SSSG applied serial logic to various parameters of electronic musical texture. It was extremely complex and powerful sequencer and was capable of a wider application than later commercial sequencers. The SSSG anticipated developments in the application of computers to sound generation and control. The read, blue and black abstract design on the casing front was created by NRC artist Anne-Lore Thomsen Daniels, with the coloured shapes related to the functions of the different controls of the instrument.

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

black lettering on front reads 'INTENSITY PROGRAM/ NRC ELMUS LAB'/ white handwritten '4' on front/ black handwritten 'OK/ NOV/69'

Manque

unknown

Fini

glossy grey casing front/ black synthetic switches/ multicoloured electronic components

Décoration

red and blue angular designs painted on front to represent control functions