tags: mus-407 sampling sampling-instruments
Phonogène
The Phonogène is an early [sampling] instrument invented by [Pierre Schaeffer] in Paris in the 1950s.
- mini [tape] players, like a keyboard for sampling
The phonogène consists of twelve tape capstans of differing diameters. A key press engages on capstone and moves a tape loop across a playhead at a specific rate corresponding to the [pitch] of the key being pressed.
