John Baker, one time student of the Royal Academy of Music, who joined the Workshop in 1963 and favoured the use of natural sounds in his compositions.
It's June, 1965 and John Baker sorts out the audio connections in Room 12. The jackfield incorporates 'normalling' which means, in theory, that only a few connecting cords are needed. However, this normalling isn’t entirely reliable or ideally configured, so more and more cords are added until a tangle ensues. The small boxes are BBC Type B valve amplifiers.
John Baker in Room 14 with the Leevers-Rich variable-speed tape machine. The 'Glowpot' desk and its trolley are in the background. Two of the set of Advance N1 oscillators, as used with the second keying unit, can be seen just to the left of John.
The speed control on the Leevers-Rich tape machine. The speed could also be switched in chromatic steps.
John Baker in Room 14. Behind him are the PEUs and the component parts of the 'Albert Hall' mixer.
Room 12, in the mid sixties. John Baker works on a Philips machine. Presumably it's Dick Mills in the chair, with Delia to the right.
John Baker in Room 13 operating the Prevost film viewer.
Splicing the tape on an editing block.
John Baker at work.
John Baker in Room 10. The 'Glowpot' desk be seen under the window.
