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A series of networked computers, with different pitched cooling fans that spin at programmed rates to provide note sequences in the tune of the conductor's choice. Microphones may be attached to amplify the sounds.
The User
http://www.sat.qc.c...atrix/en/intro.html
A symphony played out on outdated printers. [photojunkie, Dec 24 2004]
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I like!
Related: A roommate of mine once had an old HP scanner. When the buttons were depressed in a strategic fashion, the normal whirring of the scanners innards (servos, belts, and electronics) played the melody to Ode To Joy (that part of Beethoven's 9th Symphony) I wish all consumer electronics had similar easter eggs. |
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A bunch of bicycle wheels at different speeds with clickers but this is different. A bunch of lint stuck in fan cages. |
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Printers are very rhythmical also. Who hasn't had a jolly good to jig the sound of a document being given birth to? |
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In William Kotzwinkle's '74 novel "The Fan Man", the hero assembles a concert of handheld fans (which he also sells), all humming away at the same time. |
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I want one of these for my fridge (which is whirring away monotonally as I type). |
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No. It's "Your GUITAR, sounds like a symphony" - the Carpenters |
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spir: check out 'The User' for an example of dot matrix printers actualy being used to create music. (linky) |
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//Who hasn't had a jolly good to jig the sound of a document being given birth to?// |
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