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From:
David Shipman
To:
[IDM]
Date:
Tue, 20 Jun 2000 03:19:12 +1200
Subject:
Re: [idm] Symphony for dot matrix printers.
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quoted 4 lines actually it's quite amazing...> actually it's quite amazing... > > approx. 20 minutes (just long enough to get a good idea of what it can do > yet not enough that you get tired of the idea) of unique, most decidedly
idm
quoted 3 lines sounding repetitiveness. great listening. sounds even better over> sounding repetitiveness. great listening. sounds even better over > headphones, and a bonus is that included on the disc are several of the > ascii files used to create the disc. the whole thing had me screaming,
"why
quoted 1 line didn't anyone else think of that...?"> didn't anyone else think of that...?"
actually the concept has been around since (afaik) the 70's and early hacker culture. if you look in the hackers quiz (and perhaps the jargon lexicon) you will find the question 'Do you make line printer music?'. i tried using dot matrix printers as sound generation quite a while ago (after reading the afformentioned question) although at the time didn't see the 'musical' value. i like what these guys have done, but don't think by any means they were the first... --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org