Dot Matrix Printer Song of the Day

HardOCP News · Mar 5, 2014

I never get tired of stuff like this and, judging by how many people sent me this link, neither do you guys. Thanks to Jeff Tank and Philip Dias.

Zero Cool · Mar 5, 2014

That is amazing ahahahaha!

WhyYouLoveMe · Mar 5, 2014

LOL Awsome

UrielDagda · Mar 5, 2014

That's even better than the floppy drive music.

SGA76 · Mar 5, 2014

I don't know about the rest of you, but I love this kind of stuff.
Don't care if its old printers or floppy drives human creativity knows no bounds.

Insula Gilliganis · Mar 5, 2014

This was taken from a Vimeo video. On Vimeo the uploader states he used a MIDI file and has a video on how it is done here.

blitzkommando · Mar 5, 2014

What's even more amazing is that those ancient dot matrix printers will still be running in a hundred years. 80s tech was often bulletproof due to the simplicity.

MavericK · Mar 5, 2014

Ear-destroyingly good.

temujin987 · Mar 5, 2014

jeez my ears bleed

jojo69 · Mar 5, 2014

wow...just wow

TechLarry · Mar 5, 2014

striker444 · Mar 5, 2014

LOVE IT

NeghVar · Mar 5, 2014

I wonder how hot that printer head got?

Gweenz · Mar 5, 2014

I have at least 3 Oki Microline 320's in the shop right now. I'm thinking Schubert's Piano Trio in E?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06cvLKfShO0

schmuckley · Mar 5, 2014

I like!

NeoGohan · Mar 5, 2014

Hahaha that was pretty badass.

spugnor · Mar 5, 2014

What's even more amazing is when they do this same thing with race car engines or large electric motors. Dot matrix solenoids are easy by comparison. Not to say this wasn't impressive, but having a V12 play "The saints come marching in" is a bit harder to pull off from a technical standpoint.

EODetroit · Mar 5, 2014

But can it play Crisis?

Zero Cool · Mar 5, 2014

This one doesn't sound as good but is even more impressive haha!

Scooter30 · Mar 5, 2014

Yeah I would never have the patience to do some stuff like this.

Exavior · Mar 5, 2014

That is neat and must have been a nice project to turn a printer into a speaker like that.

aShrubbery! · Mar 6, 2014

Awesome!!!

aShrubbery! · Mar 6, 2014

Scooter30 said:
Yeah I would never have the patience to do some stuff like this.

To hell with patience.... I'd want the brains!!!

tjmagneto · Mar 6, 2014

Getting a MRI machine to play "Smoke on the Water" is pretty cool too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MRm5mD2YxQ

dragonstongue · Mar 6, 2014

that is just nuts

Sniper_Merc · Mar 6, 2014

Kinda reminds me of the old songs done on a Commodore 64.... shit just dated myself lol

celeron300 · Mar 6, 2014

Really loud and kind of obnoxious! Awesome!

Krenum · Mar 6, 2014

Rock on Dot Matrix, Rock on!

ChrisNH · Mar 6, 2014

I laughed, I cried, I sent it to all my friends.

dragonstongue · Mar 6, 2014

^ lol

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