[sdiy] From the perspective of the Arts

[Oren Leavitt]

There's another nice article on the Sackbut here, too.

http://www.ewh.ieee.org/reg/7/millennium/electronic_music/em_home.html
http://www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/english/collection/music7.cfm

Glen wrote:

>At 05:48 PM 5/29/03 , Grant Richter wrote:
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>>Interesting paper traces development of electronic music from the
>>perspective of the Arts rather than engineering.
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>Thanks for posting this! 
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>I never knew of "the Electronic Sackbut" before. Now I can even say that I
>have actually heard the Electronic Sackbut in operation.
>
>In case you are wondering, download this URL directly to your hard drive,
>and play the file in WinAmp, or whatever you play mpg audio files with. 
>Note: This is an audio file, not video. Don't let the mpg extension fool
>you (or your browser).
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>http://web.media.mit.edu/~joep/MPEGs/sackbut.mpg
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>For a lot more information about this instrument and its creator, go here:
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>http://www.hughlecaine.com/en/sackbut.html
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>There are links to more sound files, and info about other instruments
>created by the same inventor who created the Sackbut.
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>In case you are still wondering what I'm talking about, the Electronic
>Sackbut was apparently the world's first voltage-controlled synth, created
>in 1948. It had pressure-sensitive control of pitch, volume and timbre. If
>you don't already know about this instrument, check it out. It's very
>interesting.
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>Thanks again,
>Glen Berry
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