TRIADEX Muse, Light show and Amplifier module.... from outer space _-_-_

Extremly rare Triadex Muse, Triadex Amplifier and Triadex Light show. A complete collection of a trio set from '72 still with the original boxes, manuals, cards and...the old warranty papers ;-) ALL is perfect working and lighting.
The Triadex Muse is the first digital musical instrument and was produced in 1972. It was designed by Edward Fredkin and Marvin Minsky, the creator of the alien "MONOLITH" in 2001 SPACE ODYSSEY, friend & collaborator of Stanley Kubrick.
Marvin Minsky has made many contributions to AI, cognitive psychology, mathematics, computational linguistics, robotics, and optics. In recent years he has worked chiefly on imparting to machines the human capacity for commonsense reasoning. His conception of human intellectual structure and function is presented in The Society of Mind (1987), which is also the title of the course he teaches at MIT.
The Triadex Muse it's an algorithmic music generator: it uses digital logic circuits to produce a sequence of notes based on the settings of various parameters. It has four small sliders that control Volume, Tempo, Pitch, and Fine Pitch. It is not known how many were made, but they are considered extremely rare.
For years, the Muse was a featured exhibit at the Museum of Science, Boston. The signage explained the device's algorithmic (and deterministic) approach to the creation of its seemingly-random music. Far from being random, its preset "song" played continuously -- and was even given a name, "Museum Musings," by the staff.

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Music

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• The muse
• EMS synthi
• ems vcs3
• vccs-3
• the putney
• 2001 space odyssey
• stanley kubrik

[jkshkjsdg]

I'd like to know more on the story of why this was stored in unopened boxes for so long.

[MarsHottentot]

I love that this was initially created to replace other recorded musical entertainment - "Goodbye, Led Zeppelin - I've got the TRIADEX MUSE!"

I LOVE that they thought it was a possibility.

[gridsleep]

It's a mad scientist's mind bending hypnosis machine from an episode of The Avengers. Mrs. Peel, come along, we're needed.

[XYtoTheDoubleG]

"AND IT COMES WITH A LIGHT!"

[refector]

Im putting mine on Ebay soon

[diskochimp]

It's amazing & I want one.

[plungerdrum]

Please never sell this thing. Hold onto it man!

[KEM451]

a friend of mine has the muse unit and the amp, just doesn't have the light unit. Does anyone know how much he can sell the two units for?

[0Brodo]

MOST excellent !

e molto interessante la descrizione

[tobiadon]

oh man!!!!

this must feature on a stanley kubrik movie!!!!

[icanigiganti]

incredibile...