Historical: RAI recording studio exhibition in Milan... (Video and Pics inside)

[Rigel]

Hi,

During our stay in Milan, while wandering around the great museum of Castello Sforzesco, I finally found the Musical Instruments Museum, which I had looked for but couldn't find a few years ago because of shortage of time. The exhibiton consisted of mostly historical instruments, but in a far corner I was surprised to have found a recording studio setup... Wow, the units carried familiar features and tags describing their purpose, but they were very far from what we are used to today. I managed to record some video and some snapshots, obtained two sheets of information leaflets, thinking this could be a good new thread in homerecording.com...!

Here are some media...









The info sheets (the URL's are given for larger images that can be read)

https://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq47/berkant_atay/IMG_1661.jpg

https://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq47/berkant_atay/IMG_1663.jpg

https://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq47/berkant_atay/IMG_1664.jpg

The studio of RAI:

First, the forefather of modern synthesizers:

The brown round object can be a microphone? And check the metal ashtray on the left..

The oscillators, filters, envelope and amps..

Control desk:

Contemporary studio of Rigel :

I guess this depicts how far we have come since those days.

Thanks for looking...

 

[grimtraveller]

Neat stuff. That's my kind of museum. Usually, my kind of museum is a closed one !