Hamster-controlled MIDI

haeger writes "I found this wonderful page on the net. The project was initially fueled by the desire to explore the MIDI protocol. It was decided that this would be accomplished by building a MIDI device, and an intelligent hamster controlled MIDI sequencer was designed. Each voice was controlled by two hamsters: one that was responsible for adjusting the rhythmic qualities of the melody and another that modified the note sequence. With all of these elements in combination, an output was produced with very musical qualities. This is like Fritz & His Performing Hamsters with a geek twist. Video and music is provided on the webpage."

Comments

This puts a whole new meaning

[va3atc]

to the song Hamster Dance

Remember this when ICQ was in its infancy? :)

Re:This puts a whole new meaning

[Nermal6693]

It's Hampster, you insensitive clod! :)

*sigh*

[TWX]

Richard Gere jokes in 5... 4... 3... 2... 1...

Not only can hamsters make music

[Anonymous Coward]

They can make people dance as well. Just ask Richard Gere

Electrocuting hamsters for music

[JoeBaldwin]

How could we sink so low...

Great!

[Trillan]

I want those hamsters. My GarageBand music could use a professional touch...

Well

[savagedome]

Using Hamster input for music. We are now a step closer to monkeys writing Shakespeare. Its finally going to be true!

how long...

[mikeeeeeee]

until i can see them in concert?

hamster intelligence

[tsunamifirestorm]

an intelligent hamster controlled MIDI sequencer
as opposed to a nonintelligent hamster? ;)

Why Not?

[photonX]

Well, we had the Monkeys, the Beatles, and the Byrds, why not the Hamsters?

Damn, beat me to it :)

[mcc]

I was actually wanting to do something pretty much just like this with ferrets. My idea being you somehow attach something to some ferrets that will let you track their location and then set them loose in a room, and record their locations over a couple of minutes, and have the current location of each ferret correspond to one tone (maybe with the x position controlling frequency, and the y position controlling a VCF). The idea came when I was at the house of a friend who has six ferrets and he wound up dropping all six into a plastic bag and then just dropping the bag in someone's lap... ferrets just spewed out everywhere...

Unfortunately unlike me the hamster people appear to have actually (1) initiative and (2) the technical will to get it done. Of course, I have the definite advantage that unlike them, my web page still works, because they have just been linked in a slashdot story and I, due to my clever strategy of not putting up cool hamster music, haven't... ;)

Cornell makes me say this...

[Faust7]

Looks like a hamster-controlled web server as well.

So.....how does it go?

[trainsnpep]

1) Get Hampsters to make music
2) ?
3) Profit!

It's voice activated!

[NanoGator]

To abort the program, you have to shout ARMAGEDDON!

(Before modding me off-topic, look it up. :P)

Monkeys?

[Gothmolly]

There currently ARE a million monkeys working at a million typewriters, but Livejournal and Xanga are nothing remotely like Shakespeare.