HDD drum machine (connection/synchronisation test)

[gorillazproductions]

wow lol epicness XD

[h4x0riz3d]

this is actually very nice ;]

[LeooNro12o7]

Exelente grosoo!..

[rpocc]

It's really nice! Can you share schematics or some explainations about how to drive HDD heads? For example, i can form analogue CVs and pulses with my modular, but what i should do with HDD?.

[mima14031985]

LOOL Great video!

Let me guess, from left to right: Quantum, Quantum, Maxtor and Western Digital. I'm right?

[fibranijevidra]

I have no Idea. : ) You are much more into hard drives than I am. ; )

Thanks for a kind words.

[MrComputerfan]

@fibranijevidra NOOOOOOO!!!!!! Why did you destroy all those Nice Hard DRives????

[28iAD77]

Very nice demo of your electronic skills! Liked it.

[fibranijevidra]

Thanks man. ;)

[acecono]

Realy nice! 5*!!! And you have Commodore power suplly! And you remove hard drive platters for better sound!

[09fod]

hahah i love it  5/5

[fibranijevidra]

Thank you.

[miuziqa]

Wow, this is what i want to do, I started with circuit bending ,but well, i was seeing stars from breathing all that soldering smoke. And a bit lost since there are no rules.

I am trying to figure out what you did over there. Its amazing, beautiful work!

5 *

[fibranijevidra]

Well, you can`t completely avoid solder fumes, buy you can learn how to breath while soldering.

Experimentation and being no rules is exactly what attracts some people to circuit bending. I like those glitches and strange noises but most of circuit benders don`t make some music with that noise that can be listened. It is always just noise and only noise. It gets pretty boring quickly.

Thank you for your comments, and wish you luck in your work.

[c0rrupts3ct0r555]

lol quantum fireballs and a maxtor.. good use for a maxtor.. good video 5 stars

[fibranijevidra]

Thank you.

[aliencall]

five++ nice idea great hack !

[LegendaryWaterBottle]

COOL FIVE STARS !!!

[fibranijevidra]

Thank you

[9susky6]

that is so cool 5 stars

[fibranijevidra]

Thank you.

[dbi1036]

genius .....nice work

[TIM1TULIAG]

very very cool! You the genius

[fibranijevidra]

No I`m not. I`m recyclist. ; )

But, thank you for the nice words.

[dilliot2k]

thats amazing

[fibranijevidra]

Thank you.

[djdavies83]

cool, been watching a few vids on stripped down hdd, love the oldschool commodore psu!

I fried a couple of the darlington driver chips trying to make a parralelle port robot, they loves to burn don't they?

whens the next vid with the drum sticks, will the extra weight affect the timing?

[fibranijevidra]

Yes, darling likes to burn. :) I never measured, but I expect those HDD heads can pull quite much so I`m not that surprised they blow.

I`m not sure when I`ll continue with this project. I finished beaters and they are quite lightweight. I used bamboo barbecue sticks and paper balls made with wallpaper glue. Sure, beaters affects the speed but not that much. I can set the negative delay to compensate the latency if needed.

Thanks for watching, and for comment

[djdavies83]

no probs, I think you can link 2 darlington in pins together and link the outputs so that way the current is shared between them, they should not burn up so quickly.

maybe an update, you could line them up front of a kiddies xylohone, that should sound cool.

[fibranijevidra]

I already have 2 pins per HDD It can handle 1A, that still isn`t enough at safe side. : )

About driving the xylophone... that was one of the ideas. I bough some old xylophones at flea market, but eventually decided to go with spanners instead as it is more in spirit of recycling.

[djdavies83]

so, a different Mm size spanner to each note then?

the otherday I found out maplin stock uln2803a for about 83p! twice the price i was getting them on ebay but a hell of a lot easier.

[fibranijevidra]

I wan`t be able to cover the octave range with different spanners. The goal is to make art installation without special practical usage.

I`m really not working on this project right now even it is almost finished.

[Betzman67]

cool!

[fibranijevidra]

thank you

[timbs85]

i like your power supply :)

[fibranijevidra]

Yes, it is good PSU. :) I mounted a power switch and 2x DIN7 jack so I can power 2 synths with it. I already have too much wires around. :p

[tubeofpaint]

I like your creative recycling and it sounds good.

[PrototypeZZ]

quite nice system... :D

[fibranijevidra]

Yes, it will be pretty cool if I finish it... :/

[EA78751]

that must have been satisfying to see them all in action. the sound is interesting, minimal clicking tones... and the bounce sound adds flavor. I'd like to see what you accomplish with the addition of beaters.

recycle or die, indeed.

[fibranijevidra]

Yes, it was satisfying to see it in action. The sound itself isn`t important even I liked that bouncing one myself and I could leave that one as it is. :) I`m planning to attach beaters to arms and I expect versatile, and much more interesting sound. I`ll try to find some time for it. ;) Thanks for a comment

[fibranijevidra]

All the testing is done, and when I find some time I`ll do the instalation. Probably modular design rather than boxed. But this is so low prioritized project right now. I did it over the weekend while I was waiting for the important parts for other projects to arrive.

[jperelli]

I'ts great!! the only thing that you miss is a box or some container, for all that electronics and wires.

It seems that you have to study all MIDI standard! that, and make it all work together is a really great job!!

Congratulations!

I'd like to make something with some old hdd i have (they have powerful magnets) maybe like speakers or a laser show... mhhh, just thinking...

Julian, from Argentina.

[LyndonTCorbett]

I love that you think outside of the box! This was absolutely f23king awesome.

[fibranijevidra]

Thanks man. ;)

[eurythorpe]

r u gonna sell it then?

[fibranijevidra]

What, you are interested in buying it or you are asking like that..?

[eurythorpe]

then what's your purpose of inventing like that? can you teach me how you did that? hehehe...

[fibranijevidra]

What is the purpose of this invention ???

What is the purpose of existence?

You know, not all people create things to earn money out of it. Don`t get me wrong, I`m not running away from the money, but my creative side is not inspired by the money. Some people knows how to have fun and enjoy their creative side.

And, why you want me to teach you how to do it? I just don`t understand your point of view on "reasons" to be creative and I don`t support that way of thinking. :|

[eurythorpe]

i bow you... :) keep it up!

[ramirojoaquin]

che, muy groso, jeje, bien ahi !

[mcklain]

I have an HDD that makes the same noise that the second one and then stops working for a while XD

[fibranijevidra]

than, turn it to a musical instrument. ;)

[kapiza]

hey good hack!!

autechre would like this...

regards

[fibranijevidra]

I hope he would. :) Thanks for the nice words.

[TriggerVideo]

Sjajno! :)

[fibranijevidra]

Hvala

[MikaTechnika]

ooeeeeee!!! ili na engleskom yeeaaaaaa!