The song of the peripherals – Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody

It is hard to know where to start in describing this video  Six minutes of older electronics gear “Singing” Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody.  Not the Lyrics but the melody comes emanating from the fluctuations and gyrations of computer peripherals stepper motors and gears.  Some older computers seem to be squeaking out waveforms deliciously displayed on Oscilloscopes.  Overall the effect is quite impressive.

Kudos to the musician who must have spent a significant amount of time to orchestrate this rendition.   I have often enjoyed the natural song of the peripheral as its odd melodies and rhythms encouraged confidence that the computer was moving bits of data around.  It just never occurred to me to put them to an alternate use.

Enjoy

Update on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 1:00PM by Joshua Lynn

This variation on a theme is also quite nice. Click through to read about the use of a PIC microchip to interface with a MIDI controller.