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If you like this, you'll love everything this guy does: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRa1raJXF22KpZ8IknQpGEw

I'm not sure if you meant to convey a judgement relative quality. I think that the this video is more impressive than 8 floppy drives. I never thought a single printer would be capable of that tonal quality and that range of polyphonics. I don't mean to hate on MrSolidSnake745 though, his videos are dope.

A loudspeaker is nothing but a coil, a magnet and a piece of cardboard and it too is capable of incredible tonal quality and a huge range of polyphonics.

This one really got me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muCPjK4nGY4

Apparently he somewhat cheated in that video by mixing in a bit of the original audio.

Here's what it sounds like on its own: https://vimeo.com/1483630

Thanks for that. I am literally more disappointed than when I found out there was no Santa Claus.

Now I'm too sad to work, instead of just being too lazy.

It looks like a 9-pin dot matrix, so essentially 9 channels of variable frequency.

Here is Eye of the Tiger on 8 floppies, for comparison:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMcRd_4RwRQ

You can see the printer model in another video, it's a Olympia NP 80-24. A whopping 24-voice polyphony!

https://books.google.ca/books?id=hjAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA26&dq=Oly...

or this classic just for reference:

Radioheads Big Ideas (don't get any) by James Houston https://vimeo.com/1109226

It even has Tank! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lx0cWwVr1w

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