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		SpaceInvader on March 24, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A MIDI Player on Eight Floppy Drives This is really entertaining. I wonder, why there isn't 12 floppies to cover all notes?

Maakuth on March 24, 2015 | [–]

It's not a floppy drive per note, but per channel. Every drive maps to a MIDI channel.

enqk on March 24, 2015 | [–]

It appears that each floppy drive is capable of playing multiple pitches. The floppy drives are each playing a different voice/instrument.

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