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The file to print is nothing more than a music score the printer has to follow. I'm wondering if there is a file that makes a specific printer play music, just

The file to print is nothing more than a music score the printer has to follow. I'm wondering if there is a file that makes a specific printer play music, just like a virtual instrument following midi instructions... Oh, it's the Internet, there IS such a score.

almost 18y ago
There's a record called "Symphony For Dot-Matrix Printers" which consists entirely of music made from printing special patterns to a load of dot-matrix printers. I heard it in a record shop once and it sounded pretty cool but not having the equipment to play vinyl I didn't actually buy it. Wish I had now, if anyone knows where to get it on CD then let me know... Also, this article reminds me of the Tortoise's "I can not be played on record player X" record from Godel, Escher, Bach :)
- cfdrake 18y ago
  Not a CD, but: http://www.theuser.org/dotmatrix/downloads/en/frame_index.html http://www.theuser.org/dotmatrix/downloads/en/frame_index.ht... Hard to imagine those collections of sounds just being made from those objects.
  - almost 18y ago
    Thanks
sgibat 18y ago
Here's a Radiohead cover using a similar idea: http://www.vimeo.com/1109226?pg=embed&sec=1109226 http://www.vimeo.com/1109226?pg=embed&sec=1109226 To me, his use of the scanner is most interesting.