The Gadget Orchestra

Posted by Miss Cellania in Gadget, Music, Video Clips on April 20, 2009 at 8:54 am



(YouTube link)

Can you get any geekier than Bohemian Rhapsody played by an orchestra of vintage gadgets? I think not. From the YouTube page:

Please note no effects or sampling was used. What you see is what you hear (does that even make sense?)
Atari 800XL was used for the lead piano/organ sound
Texas Instruments TI-99/4a as lead guitar
8 Inch Floppy Disk as Bass
3.5 inch Harddrive as the gong
HP ScanJet 3C was used for all vocals. Please note I had to record the HP scanner 4 seperate times for each voice. I tried to buy 4 HP scanners but for some reason sellers on E-Bay expect you to pay $80-$100, I got mine for $30.

I wonder if it takes requests? -via Arbroath


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6 comments to "The Gadget Orchestra"

  1. nickolas_warner
    April 20th, 2009 at 12:41 pm

    Thats great. If only my workplace was that much fun.

  2. Reggie R.
    April 20th, 2009 at 1:03 pm

    Truly a testament to the power of Queen's songwriting!
    Even when performed by machines, it is a ballad so beautiful that one can easily be driven to tears.
    Thank you so much for this post, it really brightened my day!

  3. Ali S.
    April 20th, 2009 at 6:08 pm

    When the Robots take over this will the tune they'll play as they slaughter us by the thousands.

  4. seefish3
    April 21st, 2009 at 4:17 am

    That was a freakin' riot. Thanks for a great post !

  5. Hiller Goodspeed
    April 21st, 2009 at 9:31 am

    There's something beautiful and oddly endearing in seeing machines play music.

  6. Heather
    April 21st, 2009 at 7:18 pm

    #3
    hahaha. that's so true.
    amazing.


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