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Anything can be an instrument
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Many years ago I was working on the launch vibration test of a rocket’s inertial measuring unit. The vibe setup used a signal generator output fed to dual audio amplifiers to vibe the unit, and many of the tones were in the audible range. For fun, I programmed the signal generator to output the tune of Alice Deejay’s “Better off alone”. Now I know that the rocket can survive a vibe profile consistent with late '90’s club beats.
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Just when I think that someone has reached “peak nerd” - that no one will ever achieve a more nerdly accomplishment - something else comes along to remind me that there is no peak nerd; it’s actually a shepard tone - and these sorts of things are going to continue as long as there’s an electrosphere and the freedom to play within it.
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I was laughing so hard I had to pause the video so I didn’t miss any of the little toothbrush googly eye happiness.
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Just using what’s around to make music - in Tangari Village on Bougainville.
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The toothbrushes tickled my fancy too.
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