Dot Matrix Printers as musical instruments…

January 16, 2006 | Link of the Day | By: Mark VandeWettering

Another of those musical projects, this one comes via the Make blog. Paul reprograms old dot matrix printers (does anyone younger than me actually remember these?) to play musical notes. His description of the project:

I’ve got an ongoing project, reprogramming the firmware in these 1985 Epson LQ-500 printers to turn them into musical instruments. I originally just wanted to make a sort of homemade mellotron, but it’s evolved into a much deeper project.

Nutty. Check out his writeup of three iterations of this project, and be sure to check out some of his other synth projects.

[tags]MAKEzine,Music,Synthesizers[/tags]