MOTM

Maybe you can have it run a steam powered oscillator:

http://www.synthgear.com/2010/strange-weird/steam-powered-synthesizer/



From: motm@yahoogroups.com [mailto:motm@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Brewster
Sent: August-31-10 3:28 PM
To: Paul Bower
Cc: MOTM List
Subject: Re: [motm] Steam Powered Sequencer



Very interesting, Paul.  What's the fuel source for the steam engine?  Could see the flame in there.  Was it slowing down at the end because the engine was running down?  Now you need to add voltage control to the steam engine to control the throttle!  And make a 5U panel for it :)

Richard Brewster
http://pugix.com

On 8/31/10 8:24 AM, Paul Bower wrote:
hello all,
i've been quiet for a while, i recently felt compelled to buy a steam engine on ebay, and then hatched a plan:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nsrPFEGPYg

you'll recognise the MOTM120 sequence with a little variation courtesy of some CGS modules
the dynamo is just regulating the tempo of a MOTM320 LFO via it's V/Oct input

i did spend most of the bank holiday monday building a steam powered pulse generator (add a rotating disc and a pair of commutators) but the steam engine wasn't powerful enough to power my clunky transmission (bits of old tape machines, the shaft from a coffee percolator, bits of hard disk and a hairdryer)

maybe next weekend :-)

cheers
paul

Paul Bower
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