46df65ca$1@news.povray.org...
> Heck, wouldn't it be fun to hook up a series of car engines to a computer, 
> and rev each one at different speeds as a sort of mechanical MIDI device? 
> :)
>
I had a thougth at a similar project : radio command from a computer all the 
ships horns in a harbour to make their new year 'concerto' even more 
musical.
Obviously one could play only slow tunes because the distance between boats.

Marc

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46dfaa4d@news.povray.org...
>
> Obviously one could play only slow tunes because the distance between 
> boats.
>
Of course that could be compensated for a fixed direction such as quays and 
city

Marc

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> Heck, wouldn't it be fun to hook up a series of car engines to a 
> computer, and rev each one at different speeds as a sort of mechanical 
> MIDI device? :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRXwWbo_mX0

Well, it's only one channel...

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46dfb111$1@news.povray.org...
>> Heck, wouldn't it be fun to hook up a series of car engines to a 
>> computer, and rev each one at different speeds as a sort of mechanical 
>> MIDI device? :)
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRXwWbo_mX0
>
> Well, it's only one channel...
>
LOL I remember a *cheaper* solution with a scanner (releases less CO2 too :)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FHcV8vZ96OM

Marc

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M_a_r_c schrieb:

> 46dfb111$1@news.povray.org...
>>> Heck, wouldn't it be fun to hook up a series of car engines to a 
>>> computer, and rev each one at different speeds as a sort of mechanical 
>>> MIDI device? :)
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRXwWbo_mX0
>>
>> Well, it's only one channel...
>>
> LOL I remember a *cheaper* solution with a scanner (releases less CO2 too :)
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=FHcV8vZ96OM
> 
> Marc 
> 
> 

Reminds me of some C64 Programm that shifted the head of the floppy 
drive, making music. You had to readjust the head afterwards ... :-)

Very funny when it is not your computer ...

Marc

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scott wrote:
>> Heck, wouldn't it be fun to hook up a series of car engines to a 
>> computer, and rev each one at different speeds as a sort of mechanical 
>> MIDI device? :)
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRXwWbo_mX0
> 
> Well, it's only one channel...
> 

So... f***ing... cool!

Also the "We are the Champions" one :)

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Marc Schimmler wrote:
> Reminds me of some C64 Programm that shifted the head of the floppy 
> drive, making music. You had to readjust the head afterwards ... :-)

Or the ones that would play music over a nearby radio by making the 
address lines toggle RFI at the appropriate frequencies.

Or the mainframe at college that loaded a program into the registers to 
play taps over the speaker to let you know it was OK to really, really 
turn off the power.

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     being export-restricted?

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My God, what have I done?

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Here's another one...

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ff_AXVlo9U


   ~Steve~

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Darren New wrote:
> 
> Or the mainframe at college that loaded a program into the registers to 
> play taps over the speaker to let you know it was OK to really, really 
> turn off the power.
> 

...Burroughs B90 trained to "ding" the death march (rhythm only) on the 
system console bell...

Sherry "Pray For the Dead And the Dead Will Pray For You" Shaw

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