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Oramics Machine

Made:
1966 in England
designer:
Daphne Oram
maker:
Wrench, Graham
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Oramics machine, 1959
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'The Oramics Machine', an electro-mechanical and opto-electronic musical interface conceived, co-designed and commissioned by Daphne Oram between 1962 and 1969, built by John Oram (mechanics) and Fred Wood and Graham Wrench (electronics).

Daphne Oram was co-founder of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop in 1958. In the Oramics machine, both the sound generation and control over the musical parameters was achieved by making marks on transparent media: for generation by painting waveforms onto glass slides, and in control by marking 10 parallel 35mm filmstrips.

Programmer for Oramics Machine

Programmer for Oramics Machine

1966
Sound Generator for Oramics Machine

Sound Generator for Oramics Machine

1966
Waveform slide for Oramics Machine

Waveform slide for Oramics Machine

1966
Waveform slide for Oramics Machine

Waveform slide for Oramics Machine

1966
Speaker for Oramics Machine.

Speaker for Oramics Machine.

1966
Speaker for Oramics Machine.

Speaker for Oramics Machine.

1966
Amplifier for Oramics Machine

Amplifier for Oramics Machine

1966

Reverberation Line for Oramics Machine.9

1966

Prototype four track tape recorde for Oramics Machine

1966

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Details

Category:
Acoustics
Object Number:
2010-68
Materials:
film, metal (unknown) and electronic components
type:
synthesizer
credit:
Purchase - Department of Music, Goldsmiths University of London

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