1 Sep
2001
1 Sep
'01
3:23 p.m.
On 1 Sep, Glen Goodwin wrote:
Some useable sounds might be:
(printers, of course)
Don't forget pen plotters hamering the pen down on to the
paper, sirring
steppers, ...
hard drive spinup & chatter
load and unload
of removable media (MOD, ...)
crt charge & discharge
floppy drive stepper motors
ps fans
cpu cooling fans
and the pumps of the water cooling...
tape drives
Uhhh. I have to record the sound of
my 9 track pneumatic autoloader
(cipher F880):
klick, KLACK, (tape gets locked...)
bss, bssss, (and rewound)
fffffFFFFFFF.... (fan spins up),
bss-shldl-shldl-shldl-shldl, (tape gets roled off and blown throgh the
drive mechanics)
klick-klack, klick-klack, klick-klack (tape gets caught at the other
spindle)
bsss, BSSS, BSSSSSSSSBSSSBSSS, (tape gets positioned at BOT)
ASR 33s
PAC readers
card readers
modems and acoustic couplers
beepers (in terminals)
typing on a keyboard (with micro switchs)
power and other switches
start up sounds (Apple, SGI)
opening and closing enclosures
roling enclosures (with wheels) around
--
tschuess,
Jochen
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