Timeline for Are musical floppy drives tone wheel instruments?
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| Apr 17, 2018 at 18:52 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackMusic/status/986316402553511937 | ||
| Apr 17, 2018 at 17:32 | answer | added | Graham | timeline score: 5 | |
| Apr 17, 2018 at 17:02 | comment | added | David Richerby | @DarrenRinger The part of your comment about disk drives is absolutely correct. (I know nothing about tonewheels, so I've no opinion on the first half of your comment.) | |
| Apr 17, 2018 at 15:22 | vote | accept | user3684314 | ||
| Apr 17, 2018 at 14:56 | answer | added | Ben Miller | timeline score: 13 | |
| Apr 17, 2018 at 14:23 | answer | added | Todd Wilcox | timeline score: 16 | |
| Apr 17, 2018 at 14:19 | comment | added | Darren Ringer | Not sure of this info so I won't post an answer, but from my understanding a tonewheel induces a current electromagnetically (Wikipedia compares the tonewheel operation it to the vibrations of guitar strings over electric guitar pickups). AFAIK the disk drive creates a series of noises mechanically and the sound comes directly from the moving parts rather than being represented in an analog current and amplified with a loudspeaker. | |
| Apr 17, 2018 at 14:15 | review | First posts | |||
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| Apr 17, 2018 at 14:11 | history | asked | user3684314 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |