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Thanks for the detailed definition of an 'electronium' Grant, but what the hell is 'frying bacon'? I know Doc 'frys bacon', but for those of us 'across the ways', please tell?? ;-)
 Matt,
 from OZ (not THAT OZ!)

Grant Richter wrote: 
>             Mike Murphy sent me a very entertaining book recently which has spurred a lot of thought 
> about recent electronic music technique advancements. 
> For years Mike and I have used the term "electronium" to refer to any purpose built 
> electronic music synthesizer, usually stand alone and a one-off, but often used in concert 
> with other electroniums. 
> The term "electronium" originated with Raymond Scott and The Electronium Corporation of 
> America (never launched). Scotts original idea was to have devices like small radios which 
> had self contained aleatoric controllers and music synthesizers. These were for the home 
> market. 
> He eventually built only one enormous device for Barry Gordy of MoTown records. 
>  http://RaymondScott .com/ 
>  http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=PQ671ZuulyY 
>  http://www.last. fm/music/ Raymond+Scott/ _/Cindy+Electron ium 
> The next appearance of the word "electronium" is from the Hohner company that made an 
> accordian like device and called it an electronium. Stockhausen used it in ensemble. 
>  http://squeezyboy. blogs.com/ squeezytunes/ 2007/06/hohner_ electron. html 
>  http://www.vintagea udioberlin. de/vabgalerien/ tasteninstrument e/Hohner- Roehren- 
> Electronium/ index.htm 
> More recently, the "Electronium Hat" was boosting IQs on Futurama: 
>  http://futurama. wikia.com/ wiki/Electronium _Hat 
> It is also the name of a physics electron orbit analysis software package. 
> The word was up for grabs, so we grabbed it. I didn't give it much thought until Mike sent 
> me "Handmade Electronic Music" by Nicolas Collins from Amazon: 
>  http://www.amazon. com/Handmade- Electronic- Music-Hardware- 
> Hacking/dp/04159759 21/ref=pd_ bbs_sr_1? ie=UTF8&s= books&qid= 1210962662& sr=8- 
> 1 
> Which is a high school level introduction to the construction of what I can only describe as 
> "electroniums" a class of one-off purpose built electronic noise makers/instruments. 
> I had the flash that these ideas actually exposed another playing mode for the 300 series. 
> Each module in the 300 series is very close to a self contained electronium. The 
> Wogglebug is CERTAINLY an electronium. Each module has audio generation capability, 
> except the Mixolator, which is a mixer. And a lot of feedback and chaotic patching can 
> occur within the self contained patch bay of each module. (i.e. balanced modulation with 
> the bottom crossfader and the Envelator in audio range gives "klang" tones) 
> So the fifth playing mode is to view each individual module as a voice in an ensemble. 
> Patch only inside the patchbay of each module, and bring one or more outputs from each 
> individual module to a mixer or Mixolator. 
> This will definitely change things up when you get tired of the old VCO-VCF-VCA. 
> And for those who tap their foot to frying bacon, this technique will be comparative 
> heaven. 
>