Analog Sequencer/Sampler?

[danial stocks]

>     Floppy drives are another matter.  I wouldn't know if you could record
>analog signals or not, but, one thing you would have to do is create
>basically the same sort of recording electronics you would find in a tape
>deck, that is, you would need a high frequency bias oscilator to add to
>the audio signal to record.  All of this is pretty simple.  A typical
>floppy rotates at 300rpm, which give you about 200 milliseconds per
>revolution.  A problem with floppy disks is that they do wear out fairly
>quickly.  If you need to rotate faster, they will wear out faster.
>
>     Still, an interesting idea.

I dont think it could be done.. something an audio engineer type told me 
when I pointed out that there are 1" data tapes which could be gotten very 
cheaply is that the magnetic material is laid down somehow differently in a 
data storage medium to an analog one.. the general upshot is that not too 
good a sound quality.. but digital record onto a FDD by use of a D/A could 
be good.. best make that an 8bit d/a just to make sure we really get into 
the spirit of ripping apart old 486's for floppy drives etc.. also, most of 
the FDD use brushless motor... can maybe have 20-30% pitch variation.. 
enough for dj purpose [DJ Drives?] or basic record use, but slowdown by a 
factor of 4 would be pushing it.

>
>Hallgeir Helland wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Do you think it'd be possible to record sound waves on a floppy disk?
> > That way you could have lots of sounds on one disk, with the highest
> > fidelity on the outmost track. Finding loop points would be easy once
> > you got the RPM of the disk. However to play at different pitches will
> > require speed changes on the drive motor...
> > Any thoughts? Can this be an idea?
> >
> > Hallgeir   (how'bout analog signals on a hard drive???)
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