If, like me, you are fan of lo-fi music, you're gonna love those two clips:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4SCSGRVAQE

A floppy drive plays star wars theme

http://www.vimeo.com/1109226

Sinclair ZX Spectrum - Guitars (rhythm & lead), Epson LX-81 Dot Matrix Printer - Drums, HP Scanjet 3c - Bass Guitar, Hard Drive array - Act as a collection of bad speakers - Vocals & FX
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http://forum.classicamiga.com/showthread.php?t=2320


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Argh, sorry, didn't see that one... At least the sinclair orchestrating radiohead is a scoop
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Yep, it's great, and the guy missed the contest deadline
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That floppy Star Wars theme - how did they work out how to program the controller to do that? It's like a major geeky accomplishment of the highest order!

Or is it, dare I say the taboo word - FAKE!!!!!!!! Can someone technically minded shed light?
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I don't care whether it's real or fake - only that the floppy drive star wars track is superb.

I reckon it's possible, you can get different tones depending of the speed and angle of the floppy drive head and motor, but I don't know if you can get as big a range as that though!
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