Comments on: Gadget Orchestra http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/09/gadget-orchestra/ The Neat Side of the Web Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:09:27 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: charliefrown http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/09/gadget-orchestra/comment-page-1/#comment-1371408 charliefrown Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:58:13 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=21905#comment-1371408 been there done that in 2001. http://gameboyzz.prv.pl/ been there done that in 2001.

http://gameboyzz.prv.pl/

]]> By: wardkebot http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/09/gadget-orchestra/comment-page-1/#comment-1365026 wardkebot Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:16:33 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=21905#comment-1365026 This would keep me busy for HOURS This would keep me busy for HOURS

]]> By: Gary B http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/09/gadget-orchestra/comment-page-1/#comment-1362504 Gary B Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:02:14 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=21905#comment-1362504 Fun!! I did something like this back in 1981, using three or four (I forget...) Tektronix 4051 graphic calculators. Someone had written an assembler program (Motorola 6800) to play musical scores on the 'beep' speaker (control was switching Vcc on and off - binary). I hacked the GPIB signal interface so that all the boxes thought they were the controllers, and rewrote the score of "Fur Elise" to harmony, and got the trio or quartet to play Fur Elise in harmony. Only problem I had was that the machines got slow when they played 16th notes, so I had to fudge the timing on the scores to accommodate in the other machines that were playing longer notes. I was delighted to get a fairly successful Fur Elise playing in the end. Fun!! I did something like this back in 1981, using three or four (I forget...) Tektronix 4051 graphic calculators. Someone had written an assembler program (Motorola 6800) to play musical scores on the 'beep' speaker (control was switching Vcc on and off - binary).

I hacked the GPIB signal interface so that all the boxes thought they were the controllers, and rewrote the score of "Fur Elise" to harmony, and got the trio or quartet to play Fur Elise in harmony.

Only problem I had was that the machines got slow when they played 16th notes, so I had to fudge the timing on the scores to accommodate in the other machines that were playing longer notes.

I was delighted to get a fairly successful Fur Elise playing in the end.

]]> By: seekshelter http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/09/gadget-orchestra/comment-page-1/#comment-1362089 seekshelter Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:44:21 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=21905#comment-1362089 yeah..Korg just recently released a synthesizer in the US. ive been thinking about picking one of those up.. yeah..Korg just recently released a synthesizer in the US. ive been thinking about picking one of those up..

]]> By: coraleaterlinda http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/09/gadget-orchestra/comment-page-1/#comment-1361209 coraleaterlinda Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:31:39 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=21905#comment-1361209 that is so cool! that is so cool!

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