Reverberation Line for Oramics Machine.9

PART OF:
Oramics Machine
Made:
1966 in England
maker:
Daphne Oram

Reverberation Line, 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:
2010-68/8
Materials:
film, metal (unknown) and electronic components
Measurements:
overall: 81 mm x 1016 mm x 87 mm,
type:
component - object and synthesizer
credit:
Purchase - Department of Music, University of London