We’ve lost something tangible in our listening to music, as we made the move from physical media through MP3 players to streaming services on our mobile devices. A 12″ vinyl disc may be slightly cumbersome, but there is an undeniable experience to pulling it from the sleeve and placing it on the turntable. Would you like to recreate that? [Castvee8] would, because he’s created a 21st-century version of a wind-up gramophone, complete with a turntable and horn.
Under the hood is an Arduino-controlled MP3 player, while on the surface is a 3D-printed turntable and horn. On the turntable is placed a CD, and a lead screw moves the horn across it during play to simulate the effect of a real turntable. An Arduino motor controller shield drives the turntable and lead screw, and at the end of each song, the horn is automatically returned to the start of the CD as if it were a record.
The effect is purely aesthetic but should make for an unusual talking point if nothing else. Surprisingly this project is not the first of its type, in the past, we’ve shown you another one that played a real CD in the place of the record on the turntable.
“We’ve lost something tangible in our listening to music, as we made the move from physical media through MP3 players to streaming services on our mobile devices. A 12″ vinyl disc may be slightly cumbersome, but there is an undeniable experience to pulling it from the sleeve and placing it on the turntable. ”
I miss the days of pulling out the wax cylinder. :-D
I miss the days when you had to hire a minstrel to sing to you when you went jogging.
Had it easy didn’t you? Felt sorry for those who had to haul an orchestra around.
Will someone please think of the bassoonists!
“the horn is automatically returned to the start of the CD as if it were a record.”
The “start” of the CD is the inner track…
B^)
French Pathe records of the acoustic era often played from the inside track to the outside. :-)
That sounds pathetic!
(double pun intended)
B^)
Does it simulate scratches too? :D
I kind of what to take the guts from a CD player and make this real…
You place the CD on the turn table label side down. :D
Missed opportunity. :-(
It should identify the disk and play that specific music.
I’d think RFid Tags on the disks and the local files system, but somebody will extend that to optical recognition of the label side and an internet query to one of the music services.
Copy the hub labels Redbox and other disc kiosks use.
A real fake media player!
+1
Fits excellently in this era!
Mwhuahahahahaahaaa…