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Etra, Bill

5 records

  1. Colorizers Come of Age Tools

    Overview of video colorization and synthesizers, describing NTSC color theory and the Y-I-Q system and explaining color subcarrier and chrominance bandwidth (color burst 3.58 MHz). Reviews early analog colorizers and raster/video synthesizers and cites devices and practitioners including the Sandin Image Processor, Paik/Abe Synthesizer, Rutt/Etra, EAB Videolab, Colorado Video Corp. and Computer Image Scanimate; outlines the Video Modular System (VMS) colorizer: A/D (four-bit/16 levels, sampled at 14.3 MHz), D/A, RGB encoder, computer interface (Z-80, TRS-80 and others), and modules (8-input/3-output matrix, pattern generator, multiplexer, RGB decoder, frame buffers 390x600x4-bit); lists applications in labs, medicine, industry, security and video art and notes VMS price starting about $2,000.

  2. Eigenwelt Der Apparate-Welt, Pioneers of Electronic Art: Bill Etra & Steve Rutt, Rutt/Etra Scan Processor (Analog), 1973 Bibliography

    Eigenwelt Der Apparate-Welt, Pioneers of Electronic Art: Bill Etra & Steve Rutt, Rutt/Etra Scan Processor (Analog), 1973. Introduction by Woody Vasulka. Article includes a brief autobiography and notes on the Rutt/Etra Scan Processor. Institution/Organizer: Ars Electronica Curator(s): Vasulka,Woody …

  3. Rutt Etra Schematics Bibliography

    This is not a complete set of schematics, more still needs to be digitized, or traced out. For those wanting to understand the basic design, take note of "rutt_proto_block_diagram1", that's the place to start. MS schematics_1 These scans were done by those attending the Rutt Etra workshop in NYC in …

  4. Rutt Etra Schematics Bibliography

    This is not a complete set of schematics, more still needs to be digitized, or traced out. For those wanting to understand the basic design, take note of "rutt_proto_block_diagram1", that's the place to start. MS schematics_1 These scans were done by those attending the Rutt Etra workshop in NYC in …

  5. Woody Vasulka Interviews Bill Etra Bibliography

    Created with a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to the Experimental TV Center in collaboration with the Vasulkas, c 1977. The research project concerned the design and creation of electronic moving-image instruments by independent artists and engineers, and the place of this work withi…