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Convention Paper

Sound Synthesis by the Use of Magnetized Arrays

Authors: Frisch, A. H.

AES Convention 10 · Paper 61 · September 1958

Abstract

Description of a method of manually arranging cylinder-shaped iron rods of uniform diameter which, when applied to magnetic tape and magnetized manually by a permanent bar magnet, will record a musical tone of predictable fundamental frequency; technique for similar arrays varying the fundamental and harmonics; musical scales and harmonics; vibrato effects; varying the form of attack; the use of this method of synthesis with multiple track recording and some possible applications.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 10
AES Convention
10
Paper number
61
Publication date
September 6, 1958
Type
Convention Paper