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Maybe you can have it run a steam powered oscillator:
http://www.synthgear.com/2010/strange-weird/steam-powered-synthesizer/
From: motm@yahoogroups.com[mailto:motm@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Brewster
Sent: August-31-10 3:28 PM
To: Paul Bower
Cc: MOTM List
Subject: Re: [motm] Steam Powered Sequencer
Very interesting, Paul. What's the fuel source for the steamengine? Could see the flame in there. Was it slowing down at theend because the engine was running down? Now you need to add voltagecontrol to the steam engine to control the throttle! And make a 5U panelfor it :)
Richard Brewster
http://pugix.com
On 8/31/10 8:24 AM, Paul Bower wrote:
hello all,
i've been quiet for a while, i recently felt compelled tobuy a steam engine on ebay, and then hatched a plan:
you'll recognise the MOTM120 sequence with a littlevariation courtesy of some CGS modules
the dynamo is just regulating the tempo of a MOTM320 LFO viait's V/Oct input
i did spend most of the bank holiday monday building a steampowered pulse generator (add a rotating disc and a pair of commutators) but thesteam engine wasn't powerful enough to power my clunky transmission (bits ofold tape machines, the shaft from a coffee percolator, bits of hard disk and ahairdryer)
maybe next weekend :-)
cheers
paul
Paul Bower
Un! Recordings