Mortality - Analog

|The lines on your face get deeper with age|

Analog capture of 'Mortality' (hicetnunc.xyz/objkt/486640) on 'Grandpa Tek,' a Tektronix Type 516 analog oscilloscope. Background audio (warning: noisy!) is the custom audio signal used to create the line drawings.

The 15MHz dual-trace Tektronix Type 516 is vacuum-tube based. It was introduced in 1960 and contains no transistors. Thousands of Type 516s were produced (Grandpa Tek is S/N 003969,) but few operational units remain.

Oscilloscope Art - XY oscilloscope trace of custom designed audio sample. Modern data fed into obsolete tech. 15 second loop. Handheld capture on Tektronix Type 516 tube oscilloscope. 30fps.