TY - T1 - DIMI-6000 : An Early Musical Microcomputer by Erkki Kurenniemi SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/136462 T3 - A1 - Lassfolk, Kai; Suominen, Jari; Ojanen, Mikko A2 - Georgaki, Anastasia; Kouroupetroglou, Georgios PB - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Y1 - 2014 LA - eng AB - DIMI-6000 is an early microcomputer-based synthesizer designed in the mid-1970s by the Finnish inventor Erkki Kurenniemi. Designed as a hub for electronic music studios, DIMI-6000 featured a computer-controlled analog sound synthesis circuitry and a modular design. Despite its innovative design, only two units were built, one for Finland's national broadcasting company YLE and the other for Swedish composer Ralph Lundsten. This paper presents an overview of the instrument and its use, especially... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - 6131 Theatre, dance, music, other performing arts; electronic music; 1970s; Finland; Erkki Kurenniemi; 113 Computer and information sciences; microcomputers; 1970s; 213 Electronic, automation and communications engineering, electronics; microcomputers; 1970s N1 - PP - ER -