Homebrew Drum Computer

Robert Nansel wrote: ... mmm. fast. if you want to go that fast I'd think the laminar flow of air would force you to use a flying head. no experience with drums, however. at those speeds, it might be fun to grab an RK05 platter or RL02 platter and hard mount it with 8 fixed heads. but I don't think you want those heads to land on the media at powerdown. might be easier to grab a old 5 1/4" ST-506 MFM drive and fashion a carrier for 8 heads in fixed location using a single platter. You could run the "motor" with a pic and the sense amps and drivers for the heads would not be complex. Maybe have another head for a clock track if you didn't want to use MFM. Those heads should land on the media safely and live to fly again. -brad