Oramics
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Oramics is a drawn sound technique designed in 1957 by musician Daphne Oram. The machine was further developed in 1962 after receiving a grant from the Gulbenkian Foundation. The technique involves dr
User interface of an Oramics composition machine, showing a set of 35 mm films, a drawing board (centre), film scanners (left label) and photomultiplier amplifiers (rear units) which convert shapes on the films into signals that control the pitch, timbre, amplitude, etc. of the generated sound.
Two waveform slides painted by Daphne Oram, on display at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Oram's machine on display at the Science Museum, London.
CV/gate
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CV/gate is an analog method of controlling synthesizers, drum machines, and similar equipment with external sequencers. The control voltage typically controls pitch and the gate signal controls note o
Oramics
…a drawing board (centre), film scanners (left label) and photomultiplier amplifiers (rear units) which convert shapes on the films into signals that control the pitch, timbre, amplitude, etc. of the generated sound. Excerpt from Fanfare of Graphs, composed by Daphne Oram using Oramics. Two waveform slides…
The CV/gate interfaces of a Korg ARP analogue synthesizer