The Muse
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- Details
- Description
- Date Introduced
- 1972
- Photographer
- Richards, Mark
- Dimensions
- overall: 10 in x 13 1/2 in x 11 in
- Manufacturer
- Triadex, Incorporated
- Credit Line
- Gift of Ed Fredkin
- Copyright Owner
- © Mark Richards
- Location
- United States
- Keywords
- Minsky, Marvin; Electronic musical instruments
- Object ID
- XD254.81
Designed by computer pioneers Marvin Minsky and Ed Fredkin, The Muse was an “algorithmic music generator” producing a sequence of notes based on slider settings for volume, tempo, pitch, intervals and themes. Digital logic integrated circuits produced the melodic bleeps.
