Tim Orr
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Tim Orr a designer of synthesizers, later working as an electronic design consultant.[1]
Biography
B.Sc. University of Southampton.[2]
Career
Tim Orr did electronic design work for Electronic Music Studios from 1972 until 1977, followed by working at Akai and then taught electronic instrument design at the London College of Furniture.[1][3]
He wrote several articles published in Electronics Today International and other magazines, including three synthesizer projects which were sold as kits by Powertran electronics.[4][3]
Electronic music designs
EMS gear
- EMS Synthi DKE
- EMS Synthi E
- EMS Synthi QUEG
- EMS Universal sequencer, with David Cockerell
- EMS Vocoder 2000
- EMS-Rehberg Analyse-filterbank B1[5]
- EMS-Rehberg Synthi-logik[5]
Magazine articles
- Electronic Sound Synthesizer, with D. W. Thomas, Wireless World, Aug to Oct 1973, Keith Snook, EmusicDIY, World Radio History, YuSynth
- Active filters, ETI, Jul to Sep 1977, World Radio History
- Op amps, ETI, Feb to May 1978, World Radio History
- Spectrum analyser, ETI, Jun 1978, World Radio History
- Designing oscillators, ETI, Jul 1978, World Radio History
- Polyphonic keyboard, ETI, Jul 1978, CAG, World Radio History
- Transcendent 2000 - Music Synthesiser, ETI, Jul to Aug 1978, CAG, EmusicDIY, World Radio History
- Ten 3080 circuits, ETI, Apr 1979, World Radio History
- Electronic music, Hobby Electronics, May to Jun 1979, World Radio History
- Transcendent DPX (A String Thing), ETI, Aug to Oct 1979, CAG, World Radio History
- Analogue delay lines, ETI, Nov 1979, World Radio History
- Analogue switches, ETI, Apr 1980, World Radio History
- The Black hole chorus machine), ETI, May 1980, CAG, World Radio History
- Filter design, ETI, Jul 1980, World Radio History
- Bandpass and beyond, ETI, Dec 1980, World Radio History
- Transcendent polysynth - Polysynth, ETI, Dec 1980 to Mar 1981, CAG, World Radio History
- Digital delay effects unit, E&MM, Feb to Mar 1982, Muzines
- Facts on DAC's and ADC's, ETI, Mar 1982, World Radio History
- Electromusic techniques, ETI, Apr to Jun 1982, World Radio History
- Equaliser circuit design, ETI, Sep 1981, World Radio History
- Semi-professional mixer, Practical Electronics, Oct to Dec 1982, CAG, World Radio History
- Chorus/flanger unit, ETI, Jan 1984, CAG, SynthDIY.com, World Radio History
- Powertran MCS-1, with R Monkhouse and Paul Bird, E&MM, Oct 1984 to Mar 1985, CAG, Muzines
- Powertran BBC MIDI interface, with Jim Grant, E&MM, Apr 1985, Muzines
References
- ^ a b The People, EMS: The Inside Story by Graham Hinton, 8 Aug 1998
- ^ Electronic Sound Synthesizer, Wireless World, Aug 1973
- ^ a b Vintage Synthesizers: Groundbreaking Instruments and Pioneering Designers of Electronic Music Synthesizers by Mark Vail, Backbeat Books, 2nd Revised edition, Jun. 2000, ISBN 0-87930-603-3, p. 61
- ^ Powetran advert, Wireless World, June 1981, p87
- ^ a b All About EMS: Part 2 by Gordon Reid, Sound On Sound, Dec 2000
External links
- Trevor Pinch's DIY Modular Synth, YouTube - The 1973 Wireless World synth.
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