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[[File:Tim Orr, in the London College of Furniture's 16-track music studio.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Tim Orr in the London College of Furniture's 16-track music studio.]]
[[File:Tim Orr, in the London College of Furniture's 16-track music studio.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Tim Orr in the London College of Furniture's 16-track music studio.]]'''Tim Orr''' designed synthesizers for [[EMS Ltd.]], Akai and later synthesizer projects for [[Electronics Today International]] magazine, sold as [[kit]]s by [[Powertran Electronics|Powertran]], he then went on to lecture on electronic instrument design at the London College of Furniture.<!-- a predecessor of The Cass at London Metropolitan University --><ref>[https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Technology/Technology-All-Eras/Archive-Wireless-World-IDX/80s/Wireless-World-1981-06-OCR-Page-0087.pdf Powetran advert], Wireless World, June 1981, p87</ref><ref>''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</ref><ref>[http://emssynthesisers.co.uk/emsstory.html The People], EMS: The Inside Story by Graham Hinton, 8 Aug 1998</ref>
'''Tim Orr''' a designer of synthesizers, later working as an electronic design consultant.<ref name="people">[http://emssynthesisers.co.uk/emsstory.html The People], EMS: The Inside Story by Graham Hinton, 8 Aug 1998</ref>
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== Designs ==

== Biography ==
B.Sc. University of Southampton.<ref>[https://keith-snook.info/wireless-world-magazine/Wireless-World-1973/Electronic%20sound%20Synthesizer.pdf Electronic Sound Synthesizer], Wireless World, Aug 1973</ref>
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== Career ==
Tim Orr did electronic design work for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Music_Studios Electronic Music Studios] from 1972 until 1977, followed by working at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akai Akai] and then taught electronic instrument design at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Guildhall_University London College of Furniture].<ref name="people"/><ref name="vintage">''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</ref>

He wrote several articles published in [[Electronics Today International]] and other magazines, including three synthesizer projects which were sold as [[kit]]s by [[Powertran electronics]].<ref>[https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Technology/Technology-All-Eras/Archive-Wireless-World-IDX/80s/Wireless-World-1981-06-OCR-Page-0087.pdf Powetran advert], Wireless World, June 1981, p87</ref><ref name="vintage"/>
== Electronic music designs ==
=== EMS gear ===
=== EMS gear ===
* [[EMS Synthi DKE]]
* [[EMS Synthi DKE]]
* [[EMS Synthi E]]
* [[EMS Synthi E]]
* [[EMS Synthi QUEG]]
* [[EMS Synthi QUEG]]
* [[EMS Universal sequencer]]
* [[EMS Universal sequencer]], with David Cockerell
* [[EMS Vocoder 2000]]
* [[EMS Vocoder 2000]]
* [[EMS-Rehberg Analyse-filterbank B1]]<ref name="retroz">[https://www.soundonsound.com/music-business/all-about-ems-part-2 All About EMS: Part 2] by Gordon Reid, Sound On Sound, Dec 2000</ref>
* [[EMS-Rehberg Analyse-filterbank B1]]<ref name="retroz">[https://www.soundonsound.com/music-business/all-about-ems-part-2 All About EMS: Part 2] by Gordon Reid, Sound On Sound, Dec 2000</ref>
* [[EMS-Rehberg Synthi-logik]]<ref name="retroz"/>
* [[EMS-Rehberg Synthi-logik]]<ref name="retroz"/>

=== Electronics magazine articles ===
=== Magazine articles ===
* [[Wireless World Electronic sound synthesizer|Electronic Sound Synthesizer]], with D. W. Thomas, Wireless World, Aug to Oct 1973, [http://www.keith-snook.info/wireless-world-magazine/Wireless-World-1973/Electronic%20sound%20Synthesizer.pdf Keith Snook], [http://www.emusic-diy.org/Schematics/Synths EmusicDIY], [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Wireless-World/70s/ World Radio History]
* [[Wireless World Electronic sound synthesizer|Electronic Sound Synthesizer]], with D. W. Thomas, Wireless World, Aug to Oct 1973, [http://www.keith-snook.info/wireless-world-magazine/Wireless-World-1973/Electronic%20sound%20Synthesizer.pdf Keith Snook], [http://www.emusic-diy.org/Schematics/Synths EmusicDIY], [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Wireless-World/70s/ World Radio History], [http://yusynth.net/archives/WirelessWorld/Electronic-sound-Synthesizer.pdf YuSynth]
* Active filters, ETI, Jul to Sep 1977, [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Electronics-Today-UK/70s/ World Radio History]
* Active filters, ETI, Jul to Sep 1977, [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Electronics-Today-UK/70s/ World Radio History]
* Op amps, ETI, Feb to May 1978, [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Electronics-Today-UK/70s/ World Radio History]
* Op amps, ETI, Feb to May 1978, [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Electronics-Today-UK/70s/ World Radio History]
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* Designing oscillators, ETI, Jul 1978, [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Electronics-Today-UK/70s/ World Radio History]
* Designing oscillators, ETI, Jul 1978, [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Electronics-Today-UK/70s/ World Radio History]
* Polyphonic keyboard, ETI, Jul 1978, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150406120939/http://www.spontis.se/pdf/arak.pdf CAG], [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Electronics-Today-UK/70s/ World Radio History]
* Polyphonic keyboard, ETI, Jul 1978, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150406120939/http://www.spontis.se/pdf/arak.pdf CAG], [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Electronics-Today-UK/70s/ World Radio History]
* [[Powertran Transcendent 2000|Music Synthesiser]], ETI, Jul to Aug 1978, [https://web.archive.org/web/20160123231517/http://www.spontis.se/pdf/t2000.pdf CAG], [http://www.emusic-diy.org/Schematics/Synths EmusicDIY], [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Electronics-Today-UK/70s/ World Radio History]
* Transcendent 2000 - [[Powertran Transcendent 2000|Music Synthesiser]], ETI, Jul to Aug 1978, [https://web.archive.org/web/20160123231517/http://www.spontis.se/pdf/t2000.pdf CAG], [http://www.emusic-diy.org/Schematics/Synths EmusicDIY], [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Electronics-Today-UK/70s/ World Radio History]
* Ten 3080 circuits, ETI, Apr 1979, [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Electronics-Today-UK/70s/ World Radio History]
* Ten 3080 circuits, ETI, Apr 1979, [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Electronics-Today-UK/70s/ World Radio History]
* Electronic music, Hobby Electronics, May to Jun 1979, [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Hobby-Electronics/ World Radio History]
* Electronic music, Hobby Electronics, May to Jun 1979, [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Hobby-Electronics/ World Radio History]
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* Filter design, ETI, Jul 1980, [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Electronics-Today-UK/80s/ World Radio History]
* Filter design, ETI, Jul 1980, [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Electronics-Today-UK/80s/ World Radio History]
* Bandpass and beyond, ETI, Dec 1980, [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Electronics-Today-UK/80s/ World Radio History]
* Bandpass and beyond, ETI, Dec 1980, [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Electronics-Today-UK/80s/ World Radio History]
* [[Powertran Transcendent polysynth|Polysynth]], ETI, Dec 1980 to Mar 1981, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150408214235/http://www.spontis.se/pdf/etipoly.pdf CAG], [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Electronics-Today-UK/80s/ World Radio History]
* Transcendent polysynth - [[Powertran Transcendent polysynth|Polysynth]], ETI, Dec 1980 to Mar 1981, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150408214235/http://www.spontis.se/pdf/etipoly.pdf CAG], [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Electronics-Today-UK/80s/ World Radio History]
* Digital delay effects unit, E&MM, Feb to Mar 1982, [http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/digital-delay-effects-unit/3714 Muzines]
* Digital delay effects unit, E&MM, Feb to Mar 1982, [http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/digital-delay-effects-unit/3714 Muzines]
* Facts on DAC's and ADC's, ETI, Mar 1982, [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Electronics-Today-UK/80s/ World Radio History]
* Facts on DAC's and ADC's, ETI, Mar 1982, [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Electronics-Today-UK/80s/ World Radio History]
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* Powertran MCS-1, with R Monkhouse and Paul Bird, E&MM, Oct 1984 to Mar 1985, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150410043541/http://www.spontis.se/pdf/emm_mcs1.pdf CAG], [http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/powertran-mcs1/1473 Muzines]
* Powertran MCS-1, with R Monkhouse and Paul Bird, E&MM, Oct 1984 to Mar 1985, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150410043541/http://www.spontis.se/pdf/emm_mcs1.pdf CAG], [http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/powertran-mcs1/1473 Muzines]
* Powertran BBC MIDI interface, with Jim Grant, E&MM, Apr 1985, [http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/powertran-bbc-midi-interface/1887 Muzines]
* Powertran BBC MIDI interface, with Jim Grant, E&MM, Apr 1985, [http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/powertran-bbc-midi-interface/1887 Muzines]

== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ8hIih_wN0 Trevor Pinch's DIY Modular Synth], YouTube
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ8hIih_wN0 Trevor Pinch's DIY Modular Synth], YouTube - The 1973 Wireless World synth.


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Latest revision as of 19:35, 5 May 2022

Tim Orr in the London College of Furniture's 16-track music studio.

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

Magazine articles

References

  1. ^ a b The People, EMS: The Inside Story by Graham Hinton, 8 Aug 1998
  2. ^ Electronic Sound Synthesizer, Wireless World, Aug 1973
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Powetran advert, Wireless World, June 1981, p87
  5. ^ a b All About EMS: Part 2 by Gordon Reid, Sound On Sound, Dec 2000

External links

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