I digitized a 1985 Teddy Ruxpin (Ipod) Original Idea

[MrBassistfromhell]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!! give us that mp3

[thehumanracesux]

i use to have a big bird one and would put other tapes in it to have it play when i was little i got a kick out of that

[nivlick]

@ptgirl21 it's a tape adapter it just plugs into any cd mp3 iPod player and the digital audio signal is converted to a analogue signal through the tape head just google mp3 cassette adapter you should find it easy as for the tapes to a mp3 I have no idea how this person has done it but hay there a genius

[TheNevia]

i remember this tape

[docthunder1]

Get one of those tapes u used to put in you cassettes player to play c.d.s in your car

[Miyu88]

Do you still have the MP3s of the Lullaby collection form the "Come Dream With Me Tonight" tape? I loved the songs as a kid and I'd like to put them on my iPod.

[DancingSpiderman]

Haha! That's an idea, Andy !

Here in USA we have this kiddie pizza chain , Chuck E Cheese's... that old faded Teddy Ruxpin reminds me of those mechanical dummies that sing and dance on the stage over at the Chuck E Cheeses.... hahaha.... BTW they have purty good pizza but the staff won't let me on the kidz rides i dunno why

[rurugby]

I find Teddy Ruxpin deeply creepy

[ptgirl21]

i have a teddy ruxpin 1985 version how did u dod that cause i wanna do that too i would like it if u could show the back of him

[ptgirl21]

i have a teddy ruxpin 1985 version how did u dod that cause i wanna do that too

[infotek]

I'm trying to understand the PPM track used to control Teddy Ruxpin. Does anyone have a sample of the left channel track. I'm really interested in the frequency originally used, pulse width and gap width. I'm currently using python and PyAudiere to play wav data generated and stored in an array.

[andymate2006]

@infotek I did an experiment at my college a few years ago. If I can remember we hooked up 2 signal generators onto another box. I think the box was some sort of modulator. It mixed the two signal waves together and at a certain frequency on the 2 signal generators I got exactly the same wave form as the modulated wave on the Teddy Ruxpin tapes. I wanted to take my Bear to college and plug him into the modulating box but the college module was finished before I could do it. DAMNIT.

[holyseptictank]

Who cares who created this crap

[01diamondsareforever]

lmao teddy knows all the words!

[sdiaz1120]

This is just sad, man! Looks like Teddy's old and in a home, mumbling and gumming the air, reminiscing of old times

[apollo100]

Nice work! Your Teddy looks "fluffier" than my version.

[pika62221]

How did you modify Teddy?

[blueoctopede]

Poor Teddy is in horrible shape! =(

[andymate2006]

@blueoctopede I know I need to get him repaired and cleaned. It's hard to find someone that will do that in Australia.

[Lachlant1984]

@andymate2006 What city are you in? I'm in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, my mother just recently took my BackPack Teddy Ruxpin to The Doll House in Camberwell because I was very careless and brok part of his mouth, perhaps they cou'd repair this Teddy Ruxpin. I'm sure though I never had one, this version of Teddy Ruxpin was available in Australia in the 80's but you see so few of them on eBay.

[monkey4182]

@Lachlant1984 hey cool, I think live near you... I'm in the north-eastern suburbs of Melbourne & I went to school in Camberwell! Thanks for the Doll House tip, i have a few problems with some WOW talkers too. ;)

[eileenluvsdod]

@andymate2006 look up Dr Eyeroye's Hospital

[monkey4182]

@andymate2006 I'm in Oz too... it's SO much easier to do it yourself!

[andymate2006]

@silverthehedgielover yeah it fell off and lost the nose.

[tdickensheets]

MP3 is better than CD.

[aiboluver]

OMG Y dont u make him sing The Teddy Ruxpin Theme TV version that would be funny XD

[Lachlant1984]

Are you using one of those CD to tape adaptors you'd use in a car, or did you actually install a connector into the plastic panel in the back of Teddy Ruxpin to connect the iPod? This is quite interesting, what audio format are you using to record the tapes?

[Lachlant1984]

What audio format did you record the audio in? Does the MP3 compressiion affect the PPM data track that controls the movement? In what way did you modify Teddy Ruxpin? I've seen some MP3 players that are designed to look like tapes, indeed they fit into a standard tape deck and play through it, I'd love to see someone using one of those with Teddy Ruxpin.

[coondogtheman1234]

can you do a video of playing regular music thru TR? like rap music or whatever. I know his mouth wont move but I wanna see TR rapping. play whatever music you want.

[intlogre]

How about a video about how you did it? Very cool!

[Drbob952]

lol, u should make him sing death metal or something! thatd sound epic!

[andymate2006]

yeah would be epic but doing this will take alot of time because I would have go cut and paste alot of the robot side.

[skanthavelu]

@andymate2006

His mouth is moving to all of the voices!

[abitofwhimsey]

this is a great idea! could you send me the mp3? I want to try this with my teddy ruxpin :)

[andymate2006]

Thanks for commenting on my little experiment. If you have any Teddy Ruxpin tapes plug in a cassette deck into your sound card and record the tape onto your computer then save it as an MP3.

[monkey4182]

@andymate2006 I tried this but when I play the MP3, I can hear the pulse modulation buzzing away & I get no animations on Teddy!? (Confused) Please help me!

[astromariopion]

How is connected the I-Pod? With a Cassette MP3 Player?

[fleek164]

wow I just thought of this today after seeing teddy ruxpin...really go for it! I think it'd be a good idea...just create a new character. The ipod...whatever it is...goes into the toy...complete cloth...no plastic parts to cover the ipod/scratch little kiddies

[joeywomer]

Nice idea. But what happened to Teddy's Nose?

[andymate2006]

Thanks for the comment of my experiment. The nose fell off. I tried to glue it back on but kept falling off.

[coondogtheman1234]

did you try super glue?