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Bohemian Rhapsody On Old Hardware

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the too-much-spare-time dept.

eldavojohn writes "The sweet sweet melodies of Queen and the late Freddie Mercury are reproduced by hardware almost as old as the song is. 'There are millions of computers sitting idle at home consuming fantom electricity. Let's see where all that power is going. This is dedicated to all fans of Queen and hey let's not forget about Mike Myers and Dana Carvey of Wayne's World. Please note no effects or sampling was used. What you see is what you hear (does that even make sense?) Atari 800XL was used for the lead piano/organ sound, Texas Instruments TI-99/4a as lead guitar, 8 Inch Floppy Disk as Bass, 3.5 inch Hard drive as the gong, HP ScanJet 3C was used for all vocals. Please note I had to record the HP scanner 4 separate times for each voice. I tried to buy 4 HP scanners but for some reason sellers on E-Bay expect you to pay $80-$100, I got mine for $30.'"

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  1. Chiptunes... by edlinfan · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...hell yeah!

    If you liked this, you might also check out the 8bitpeoples, who specialize in this sort of thing.
    http://www.8bitpeoples.com/

  2. Re:Takedown? by mrchaotica · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Never -- the RIAA doesn't control the copyright of the melody itself, only recordings of it made by RIAA-affiliated performers. You should be worried about BMI instead, I think.

    --

    "[Regarding the 'cloud,'] ownership was what made America different than Russia." -- Woz

  3. Radiohead did it first..... by __aahcue4670 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Or at least one of their fans did: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOswq2P-pAs

  4. Yes, and the Vimeo version is MUCH better quality! by Wacky_Wookie · · Score: 3, Interesting
    The High Quality Viemo version can be viewed here:

    http://www.vimeo.com/1109226

    Radiohead were so impressed that hey linked to it from their homepage for a while.