Comments on: More hardware music

By: telex

telex — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:00:59 +0000

http://www.vimeo.com/1109226?pg=embed&sec=1109226

By: firestorm_v1

firestorm_v1 — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 10:37:05 +0000

Most FDD hacks directly interface with the stepper motors of the drives and use a microcontroller to shoot a PWM signal to get the head to move. the shorter the pulses, the higher the note, I believe..

Really cool hack, I would have expected them to do something like that for the 2nd vid, although timing the self-test failures is pretty nifty too.

By: adam sidelsky

adam sidelsky — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 08:30:45 +0000

defenitly “robots” at the last part, thats soo awesome. To be lame…how does anyone control these drives and such to make music?

By: Fivelo

Fivelo — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:27:30 +0000

Was that last one trying to play Kraftwerk (Robots) at one point? ^^

By: Nox13last

Nox13last — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 02:07:49 +0000

#1 FTW.

I guess it really is “A long time ago, in a galaxy far away”.

By: alex mccown

alex mccown — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:52:17 +0000

put in a beat and make it play some hardstyle xD

By: yert

yert — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:39:52 +0000

Nice.
That floppy drive idea seems like it shouldn’t be very hard at all. And i’m sure i have a few drives laying around here somewhere…