[sdiy] wave/surf machine

[synth at oldmail.charlielamm.com]

Thanks for all the tips everyone!!!

Batz: the "scope" of the project prohibits me from using recordings, so
sampler players or tape loops or whatever are out.  That was my first 
choice too, but I was overruled.  

As far as the Marpac; I can't just buy a ready-made one; the whole idea is
that local artisans (a category into which I guess I just barely fit) must
create each part of the project "from scratch".  Perhaps I could buy
something from Ebay and repackage it, but I think the guys running
this expect me to bring in a homemade metal box with sharpee on it that
says "surf's up!!" or something.....

I am going to call PAIA to see if they have any surfmen left (I like the
idea of getting two for stereo): at $14 for the PCB's and $15 for the
manual, and probably junk box parts to finish it out, it will probably
stay within the budget. I also figure PAIA can tell me if there are
impossible to find parts in it (does anyone in the group remember, from
having built them long ago?)--if there are, and I don't have ' em, I am
probably going to resort to Cynthia's suggestion.

As I am sure you are on the edges of your seats about this, I will let 
everyone know what happens when I get this done.

--CL

On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, Batz Goodfortune wrote:

> Y-ellow CL 'n' all.
>          I know this is going to be somewhat heretical here but since 
> no-one's mentioned it and it's something I've been toying with for some 
> time I thought I'd just throw it in.
> 
> Obtain recordings of REAL surf. Edited together or a single long stream. 
> Dump it onto a hard drive inside a computer using your choice of free 
> software. Write a batch file or script that fires it off at boot up and 
> hook the sound card into the PA.
> 
> Problem solved.
> 
> And it will loop for as long as the electrons flow. Well assuming you're 
> not running under windows or something. That'd be just asking for trouble. 
> Even an old 486 could handle pumping out a huge WAV file in stereo like 
> this. This is a no brainer and requires virtually no effort. And you could 
> even have event triggered additional sound effects such as sea gulls and 
> air born giant squid overhead.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Be absolutely Icebox.
> 
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