On 9/15/11, Luke Peterson <luke.peterson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 6:25 AM, immanuel litzroth <ilitzroth@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> >> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 12:12 PM, <maex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> is this now, a how to equip my computer list? >>> >>> No, we eventually plan to use the printers to make music -- bear with >>> us. >> Immanuel >> > > In that case, dot matrix is your best bet: > > http://youtu.be/Ht96HJ01SE4 > > Rock Lobster and The Beautiful People, covered by robots of the same user's > creation, are musically cleaner, but this is the best demonstration of the > dot matrix "vocalist." > > ----- > Luke Peterson > Someone I knew years back had upgraded their printer & gave me an HP LazerJet 5L. Handy when I need a print out (which isn't often - never had to replace the cartridge.) But for sound, the dot matrix is in the pocket. [the user] created Symphony #2 for Dot Matrix Printers near the end of the last century . Just revisited after not hearing it for a long time - still sounds excellent. Originally I think, 14 or so different dot matrix printers were used, connected to an assortment of old computers all routed to a file server. You can get a feel from this (c. 13MB): http://www.theuser.org/dotmatrix/zqt/symphony.qt Googling, it seems they dusted things off & performed again last year: http://www.pcworld.com/article/197520/dot_matrix_printers_make_music_at_mutek_2010.html -s _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
