Prototype four track tape recorder for Oramics Machine
Prototype four track tape recorder using 35mm 'mag track' developed by Daphne Oram, part of the Oramics machine, 1966, used to create electronic synthesized music and developed by Daphne Oram, co-founder of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
The Oramics machine created sounds to order, being fed waveforms that were drawn on 35mm film. Ten strips of film could be 'played' simultaneously.
Details
- Category:
- Acoustics
- Object Number:
- 2010-68/9
- Materials:
- metal (unknown) and electronic components
- Measurements:
-
overall (1 of 4): 705 mm x 637 mm x 585 mm,
overall (2 of 4): 155 mm x 184 mm x 250 mm,
overall (3 of 4): 215 mm 271 mm,
overall (4 of 4): 445 mm 220 mm,
- type:
- tape recorder, component - object and synthesizer
- credit:
- Purchase - Department of Music, University of London
