Oramics machine; Components and Accessories
Components and accessories from the Oramics machine, 1966, used to create electronic synthesized music and developed by Daphne Oram, co-founder of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
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.
Details
- Category:
- Acoustics
- Object Number:
- 2010-68/10
- Materials:
- film, metal (unknown) and electronic components
- Measurements:
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overall (1 of 3): 140 mm x 530 mm x 300 mm,
overall (3 of 3): 20 mm x 140 mm x 120 mm,
overall (2 of 3): 40 mm x 180 mm x 130 mm,
- type:
- component - object and synthesizer
- credit:
- Purchase - Department of Music, University of London
