The Floppy Disk Boombox

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A look at the Roland MT-80S - A 'Music Tutor' device that's still great fun, even for non musicians.
Used Roland MT devices on ebay: ebay.to/2zPukbg
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@MinoTheShow 6 лет назад

WE’RE UP ALL NIGHT TO GET LUCKY WE’RE UP ALL NIGHT TO GET LUCKY WE’RE UP ALL NIGHT TO GET LUCKY WE’RE UP ALL NIGHT TO GET LUCKY

@psistis80 6 лет назад

If he keeps on singing like that, i doubt it if he gets lucky at all !!! :)

@ManawatuFlyFishing 6 лет назад

MinoTheShow yes it was a good criticism of modern popular music.

@reeffeeder 6 лет назад

Monotone moan bliss

@AndyYankee17 6 лет назад

I took more as satire of people read singing. If it was criticizing anything, it would be vamping, which is hardly unique to modern music.

@aidar95 6 лет назад

So Crates I wouldn't call Daft Punk popular music, especially since the lyrics in their tracks usually don't matter at all.

@TheSecondFoundation 6 лет назад

Your rendition of "Get Lucky" was commendable.

@j2simpso 4 года назад

In some parts of the world having to listen to that would be considered extraordinary rendition! 🤣

@heyidiot 4 года назад

Sounding suitably computer-generated.

@LGR 6 лет назад

The fact that these exist and you've now covered it makes me deeply satisfied. What a fantastic little set of devices!

@enilenis 6 лет назад

Roland's MT and SD series are a good substitute for external Sound Canvas systems. Often they have MT-32 or SC-55 guts built in. Just recently was able to purchase a sequencer for $50 that had SC-88 built in. With the retro craze going on (thanks in part to reviewers bringing many of these items into spotlight) most popular systems such as MT-32's have either vanished or demand too much of a price premium. One device that I've been looking for long time is Roland SoundBrush. Extremely rare, but very useful.

@MikeKraze 6 лет назад

I'd have to agree, especially the fact that they exist.

@donthitmeimwoozy 6 лет назад

I read that in my head with your voice.

@RetroGamerBB 6 лет назад

can we get one that takes 5.25 floppies :-p

@PileOfEmptyTapes 6 лет назад

6 kbit/s MP3? Talk about hardcore. The original GSM *speech* codec used 13 kbit/s! At those kinds of data rates, I would really look out for more suitable codecs... like Opus or something.

@davidsprofitt 6 лет назад

Very interesting. I believe fancier digital pianos of the 1990s used midi discs with similar features to help people learn to play. I've never seen a portable model, though.

@bobbleczar 4 года назад

You: "Here's something you might find interesting..." Me: "You son of a b*tch, I'm IN!"

@mvShooting 6 лет назад

This reminded me of when I used my old cellphone (with its mono hands-free set) to listen to MIDIs as if they were actual songs. Nice times.

@Breakbeats92.5 6 лет назад

Had no idea this existed. Can't see any practical purpose outside of a musician using it to learn parts. Still very cool.

@ashleywhiteman2684 6 лет назад

Hands On MIDI did a series , I am sure more as well , plenty of distributors made MIDI/GM sound disks especially linked to teh Atari ST MIDI scene

@TheDemocrab 4 года назад

Speeding up music when learning it is also very useful. If you're trying to get it to a point where you can perform it flawlessly on command, trying to get to a point where you can play it ~10-15% faster during practice at home is an easy way to do so: If you're able to play it faster, playing it at normal speeds is a breeze. (Assuming you've got someone keeping tempo/a click track to make sure you don't speed up, of course) 6:09 There's absolutely a meme channel in you doing "Half-Hearted Karaoke" videos.

@giveall9695 3 года назад

I came across this video after 3 years of its release. How could I miss such a fantastic karaoke of Techmoan's? I'm following him more than 3 years...

@matthewrichards88 6 лет назад

Goodness me. This device would benefit me. For piano I've been using midi files to help me learn since I was very young using cakewalk sequencer on the computer. Amazingly still useful device!

@tomstickland 3 года назад

We're up all tonight to get lucky!

@SomeCuteDoragons 9 месяцев назад

This is one of the get lucky covers of all time

@brunohache268 4 года назад

get lucky sounded so kraftwerk esque... i expected some pocket calculator beeping and blooping!

@kisut7 6 лет назад

Wow..amazing. love this.

@hadrien4089 4 года назад

Only Roland would make such a thing

@YeOldeKamikaze 4 года назад

I'm genuinely curious to see how the track selection buttons work on a MIDI with more than 4/5 channels.

@MakeSomething 6 лет назад

Please start a 2nd channel of just karaoke!

@H.EL-Othemany 3 года назад

3 years ago and you only have 17 likes. This shows how stupid your idea is..

@MakeSomething 3 года назад

@@H.EL-Othemany You seem nice.

@H.EL-Othemany 3 года назад

@@MakeSomething wow you're still alive.. Hi..!!

@yusufh741 3 года назад

He should

@jasnterry1313 3 года назад

@@H.EL-Othemany 4 weeks and you haven't got a single like, shows what a twat you are.

@JahBushi 6 лет назад

MIDI clearly sounds better on a floppy!

@murrmiaow 5 лет назад

A VERY underrated comment

@jayswarrow1196 5 лет назад

Darn-straight, maaan! You can *feeeeeel* the precision, yet with sooooo much depth...

@fmtfniuprog8029 4 года назад

Is that really true? I've never compared a floppy to a pen

@godfree2canada 4 года назад

chrome

@AlecArmbruster 4 года назад

Hah! Made me laugh

@stephenfrank 6 лет назад

If Joy Division did Get Lucky.

@MorganHunter92 6 лет назад

Stephen Frank lmao 😂 wow that's a good joke to start this Friday off with.

@mUbase 6 лет назад

oh Quality. lmao. x

@fisqual 6 лет назад

HAHAHA YES!

@Fluteboy 6 лет назад

Now whenever I hear the song, I am going to be hearing it in a Manc accent! "We're oop all night to get lookeh!"

@amcluesent 6 лет назад

'Dad' Muppet most cover 'Atmosphere' in the Xmas special Techmoan!

@XavierAncarno 6 лет назад

The get lucky face had me dying

@chrysanth.5700 6 лет назад

Xavier Ancarno Correct me if I'm wrong but it doesn't sound like you ended up getting very lucky at all there, friend, if you're dying and whatnot.

@kirad 6 лет назад

"I want you to sing 'Get Lucky' but really sell the fact that you will never get laid"

@mennio100 6 лет назад

This is Get Lucky (Tech-moan vocal mix) and it almost killed me 😂

@Emppu_T. 6 лет назад

Relatable at 4 in the morning

@AndRewUK24 6 лет назад

Same but with hernia!!!!!

@Mattytime 6 лет назад

I implore you to release a complete rendition of lucky. Voice of an angel.

@Davedarko 6 лет назад

Mattytime I so hoped for him singing the higher parts as well

@98maximatom 6 лет назад

I think he would Make a good tv host!

@pkaulf 6 лет назад

If you liked that you'd probably like Brett Domino's version

@tentringer4065 6 лет назад

Mattytime the voice of an angle grinder.

@ImJosephStalin 6 лет назад

I don't know what it was but it was just something about the stock where you were singing in that slightly blanks to hear that made me laugh but yes a very beautiful rendition please do a full one. PS don't monetize if you do this you will get in trouble

@vandalpir9 6 лет назад

I want this thing so badddd. As a kid I had an old desktop I kept on the corner of my loft bed and I would listen to MIDI versions of video game music all night. This was before my family had internet, so I would have to go to the library and download MIDIs. Ah the 90s...

@TooSlowTube 5 лет назад

Have you tried MuseScore? It's a free Windows / Linux MIDI player and score editor. Not as much fun as a dedicated gadget, but it does the job.

@ZZealot 4 года назад

I used to do the same, almost forgot how much I enjoyed music from games on midi in those times early to mid 90's for me.

@michaelrenper796 4 года назад

Midi? Oh come one young lad, when I was young we collected our music as mod files.

@fensoxx 4 года назад

Mod files wow...brings me back to tale end of my Amiga 500s days... Spending hours downloading them with jrcomm

@VulpineMedia 6 лет назад

Karaoke song requests should totally be a new Patreon reward level for you.

@bmhater1283 5 лет назад

Yeah lol

@hoshimaruhajime7933 3 года назад

imagine him signing the oarpa

@SumeaBizarro 6 лет назад

I never seen footage of a karaoke as passionate as this video's karaoke session. The fire in soul, the passions clashing, the love for music!

@alkestos 2 года назад

Man was living it.

@Cyranek 6 лет назад

please do extended karaoke segments

@dfuserxyz 6 лет назад

oh hi i didn't see you there

@alexalcalaortiz368 6 лет назад

oh hello there

@emmettmartin2639 6 лет назад

Cyranek why the fuck are you everywhere?

@dingdongbells3314 6 лет назад

I have a feeling that it will end-up somehow be misused for illegal ascension purposes

@bandombeviews6035 6 лет назад

I didn't expect to see you here

@GURken 6 лет назад

6:09 the most accurate 'get lucky' reproduction I've ever heard

@Starcrunch72 6 лет назад

That's how the original track sounds without Autotune

@Fluteboy 6 лет назад

A minute is ample, believe me! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-c5WSsNrhwnM.html

@vurson 6 лет назад

Eternal version just for you coub.com/view/106w6j

@ZacabebOTG 5 лет назад

Just realized that the MIDI and HDMI logos both use the same font. Now I'm waiting for the HDMIDI standard.

@geniedumal2974 4 года назад

HD midi = a midi file played on deep sampled instruments in 96 kHz

@SprocketWatchclock 4 года назад

HDMIDI would just be an Amiga style-module file.

@ChrisWhalen00 3 года назад

high definition multimusical instrument digital interface

@MegaDieseldriver 6 лет назад

Every time I see a piece of Roland equipment like this on RU-vid I’m blown away at the quality and engineering .

@smallmoneysalvia 6 лет назад

You have the voice of an angel. That was the most amazing rendition of “Get Lucky” since Oliver Age 24.

@surisuri8993 6 лет назад

I would seriously pay cash for a Techmoan full cover version of Get Lucky.

@annother3350 6 лет назад

With dancing...

@SPAZZOID100 6 лет назад

Suri Suri boring song

@claudiaalejandrapradinesfa7388 5 лет назад

@@annother3350 35téþŕþ⁵pppþ3hŕ3t2

@vrixmorr 5 лет назад

But would you pay serious cash?

@fehercsongor7091 6 лет назад

Techmoan singing Daft Punk. My life is complete.

@dylanfinch2951 5 лет назад

His singing was on par with my mother's

@BradenENelson 6 лет назад

6:08 I'm picturing the neighbors, nice quiet god-fearing family of four in the flat next door, sitting down to dinner with the monotonic tunes of "We're up all night to get lucky" reverberating thru the walls. XD

@UltimatePerfection 6 лет назад

But can it play canyon.mid?

@carolynmmitchell2240 6 лет назад

QVear hahaha the lie eye.

@igrewold 6 лет назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OIW4F285QjA.html

@madden8021 5 лет назад

It's just the Roland Sound Canvas sounds used since the SC55. It can work just like using the one from Microsoft's ugly SC Version. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--TSC4WKaFiQ.html This is from the Virtual Sound Canvas I've used in 2015. Enjoy!

@mr.berlingo8211 5 лет назад

Why not?

@und4287 5 лет назад

Yes

@SAerror1 6 лет назад

Don’t! Don’t copy that floppy!

@naapalm82 6 лет назад

SAerror1 ITS HIS FLOPPY!! HE CAN DO WHAT EVER THE HELL HE WANTS TO WITH IT (except resell it) SINCE HE OWNS IT!

@ct92404 6 лет назад

naapalm82 It's a JOKE! That's from back in the days of vintage computers that used 5.25 inch floppy disks, and they would tell people not to pirate games by copying the disks.

@YogurtRed 6 лет назад

midis don't have a copyright really

@6581punk 6 лет назад

I love the Thomas the Dank engine version. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-386zfdJt8JM.html

@kissingfrogs 6 лет назад

I thought it was a reference to the music ... Don’t! Don’t copy that floppy!? WE’RE UP ALL NIGHT TO GET LUCKY Don’t! Don’t copy that floppy!? WE’RE UP ALL NIGHT TO GET LUCKY Don’t! Don’t copy that floppy!? WE’RE UP ALL NIGHT TO GET LUCKY Don’t! Don’t copy that floppy!?

@travr1131 6 лет назад

This channel validates the existence of RU-vid! Pro presentation, an eminently likable and articulate host and every video is fascinating. These videos will likely be played thousands of years from now in some museum for ancient tech.

@1997Human 6 лет назад

Her: I only date singers Me: 06:09

@PutItAway101 6 лет назад

Guaranteed to seal the deal!

@MirAgeOfDesert 5 лет назад

Hahah xD

@hexyko4850 5 лет назад

What a nice machine. The "Get Lucky" part combined with the video transition was hilarious.

@RMCRetro 6 лет назад

Oh Roland, MT for Multi Timbre on some devices, MT for Music Tutor on others? This is a great little box thanks for sharing Techmoan!

@chrisfratz 6 лет назад

Zeno I was thinking it would be more based on the sound canvas because of the fact that it has General midi and Roland gs support

@Nukle0n 6 лет назад

Zeno probably more something like an sc55 or 88, the mt32 didn't support general midi so most files would sound wrong.

@kosmosyche 6 лет назад

I noticed that it has MIDI IN port, which probably means that if connected to a computer through an MPU-401 interface (or USB-to-MIDI converter for more modern connectivity) it can act as a GM sound module (for playing old PC games).

@johnfrancisdoe1563 6 лет назад

kosmosyche Or connect an actual keyboard to play it directly perhaps?

@sirnigelcogs 6 лет назад

I think MIDI is really underrated. People don't realize how good MIDI can sound with a nice soundfont.

@RCbeastly 6 лет назад

So true - it's one of those things that won't go away - no matter how hard the music industry tries to replace it with less useful stuff.

@Auberge79 6 лет назад

As soon as computers became powerful enough for real-time processing of wave files, Midi got lost in the past. Wave blasters are left in the past. Modern soundcards (I mean newer than 1999 ;) cannot play midi directly, drivers do that instead, making wave from midi and playing it then. This thing is actually a wave blaster with floppy attached and some amplifier with controls. I think it would be better if there was a stereo with two speakers. However, there if stereo line out, so it can be connected to external amplifier. Good way to upgrade cheap keyboard with better sounds as well.

@RalphInRalphWorld 6 лет назад

Auberge79 The MIDI protocol is still commonly used to control virtual instruments

@vjrei 6 лет назад

Midi still around and will still around for many decades. Midi is the oldest language still in use and still in Version 1. And regarding the sound, midi has no sound, is data. What the machine does is using standard midi files. Back in the 80s was agreed that each midi channel would play specific sounds. Chanel 10 was for drums only, 1 was for piano only. That way if you do a song in a Roland with Standard Midi File, you could play it in a Yamaha. There was a SMF bank. Now, it does not matter the quality of the sound card, the music need to be played with dynamics and a very organic arrangement.

@eng3d 6 лет назад

Fruit loops is highly used.

@moody2774 6 лет назад

8-Bit Guy: Use compact cassettes in your camcorder! Techmoan: Use floppies in your boombox! I am a confused man.

@origamichannel4238 6 лет назад

Wow i never knew these existed. Well floppies are probably analog, so floppy pc's are ALSO analog.. or is it digital? I know cassette tapes are so they used tape drives in the old days. I'd bet it can't hold longer than 50 seconds of audio. They don't make floppy recorders that are portable and it would just be silly.

@Fireship1 6 лет назад

Some of the coolest things in life are the ones you didn’t know existed!

@dano8012 5 лет назад

Fireship1 they were very expensive too In their time.

@bobthesalesclerk 4 года назад

"Dad can we listen to Campton races?" "Son you know all of those midi files are unorganized"

@Demiglitch 4 года назад

Camptown Races - 65163687965107

@Rutherford_Inchworm_III 4 года назад

Tully toggle

@jimmyhopkins1 3 года назад

great job

@ZJP 6 лет назад

As a karaoke host, please come to my show.

@wellingtonboobs7985 6 лет назад

6:09 | One of the most beautiful voices I've heard. I love how you carry the rhythm and give it a bit of twist. What might have been a showy, sizzler nonsense of a song you have really brought under control and given a magical gravitas through skill, power and emotion. Simply amazing. -- simon cowell.

@kwc0435 2 года назад

Realistic simon cowell review

@Fluteboy 8 месяцев назад

You forgot to add: _You really made it your own!_

@christhomas362 6 лет назад

Techmoan singing "get lucky" is hilarious.dying 😂

@lee3r24 6 лет назад

You can just see the passion

@andywolan 6 лет назад

Man, I wish I knew about these MIDI boomboxes back in the late 90's, back when I was into collecting MIDI music on BBSes and then on the Internet. I would of had a blast playing said music without having to use a PC.

@luistonellim 5 лет назад

We’re up all night to get FLOPPY. The “Get Lucky” karaoke is the best so far!!! 🤣

@IsiahTomas 4 года назад

We flop all night to get UPPY.

@daveb5041 6 лет назад

*WE'RE UP ALL UP ALL NIGHT TO GET LUCKY* *WE'RE UP ALL UP ALL NIGHT TO GET LUCKY* Techmoan STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING RIGHT NOW! And turn your channel to "Techmoan sings monotone karaoke techno hits!!!! I see a platinum record in your future. You hit all the notes with perfect range and pitch. You should also make singing lesson videos. hahaha

@nrdesign1991 6 лет назад

You absolutely *need* to play that Skrillex MIDI through it

@ZXRulezzz 6 лет назад

- What's a midi file?! - I'LL SHOW YOU!

@jakedelmastro 6 лет назад

This is general midi compatible and has midi in, I suppose it could be used as a midi device for DOS games. Now I wanna hear DOOM through this thing!

@deneb_tm 6 лет назад

I was gonna say the same thing

@IvoryTowerCollections 6 лет назад

Not sure it can on this model. I have an MT-200 that has a Midi IN and also an AUX Midi IN. If I use the standard Midi IN, it will only produce piano sounds from channel 1. To use it like an actual sound module for DOS games and such, I have to use the Aux Midi IN. These smaller units with just the single Midi in might indicate they can only be used with an external piano and that would make sense given the teaching nature these are designed for. Also without a Midi out, there isn't an easy way to set Sysex commands to them and know what is going on with it.

@JamieBainbridge 6 лет назад

Probably uses the same FM synth chip as MT-32. There are recordings of those. There are MT-32 emulators too.

@Logan912 6 лет назад

Jamie The MT-32 doesn't use FM synthesis. You're thinking of Yamaha.

@JamieBainbridge 6 лет назад

Right you are, apparently MT-32 uses sample-based Linear Arithmetic synth. Today I Learned, thanks!

@geniedumal2974 4 года назад

Your take on "We're Up All Night to Get Lucky" sounds like a Bauhaus cover.

@GustoTheGamer 6 лет назад

You can make your own hiphop mixtapes with this thing. This is old school

@hexyko4850 5 лет назад

Can you imagine the sampling

@takeosak 6 лет назад

Thumbs up for the Karaoke part of Get Lucky! LOL

@MaicahRu 6 лет назад

5:03 Did I hear you right? Did I hear you say it? That you're gonna make a copy of that floppy without payin?! Come on guys...! I thought you knew better :/ DON'T COPY THAT FLOPPY!

@doktormcnasty 6 лет назад

That's right it's illegal! Just because you have it doesn't make it yours it shall always remain the property of the owners but they're just kind enough to let you use it. That's all. And nothing else. Don't copy that floppy, transfer that track. Or rip that CD. Etcetera.

@JeremyLevi 6 лет назад

LOL, is it really illegal in the UK to make backup copies for private use or format shifting? Some countries, I swear. It boggles the mind. I'm glad I live in a country with actual fair use exceptions for copyright.

@harrychestwigg 6 лет назад

but he only wanted to make copy's

@CARLiCON 5 лет назад

that midi diskette came out in 1994 which is before the DMCA to technically it's grandfathered in & he can make a legal backup copy since he's in possession of the original disk

@dvdmike007 6 лет назад

It's freezing, I'm tired but Techmoan uploads an obscure format video, and now all is better

@islandsurveyor 4 года назад

Bob Marley "I wanna love you" "No woman no cry" "we jamming" Nice selection

@swiftfox3461 6 лет назад

MIDI files being offered *in retail* on floppies. Wow, now I've seen everything. Techmoan, you and your videos are fantastic. Thank you for all the stuff you've covered so far, and I'm looking forward to everything you will be covering in the future.

@lucifermorningstar4606 6 лет назад

You gave that song all the passion it deserves!

@WitmerXL 6 лет назад

I could probably use something like this as I produce music on my channel (check it out?) and I am also a tech geek. I could probably make something pretty unique with this device... though I have 271 times less subscribers and 512 times less views :/

@micahnightwolf 6 лет назад

Midi files actually had high quality workmanship back in the day. Nowadays anything that turns up on VanBasco or freemidi has the potential to sound like a shitty remake of a good song.

@YeOldeKamikaze 4 года назад

Indeed, they seemed to be made by proper teams of musicians, they were so accurate, and sometimes even exploited the particular quirks of MIDI in order to make special effects.

@SonicBoone56 2 года назад

Oh hai

@walterverbeeck6929 6 лет назад

Why on earth don't you have a gadget show on TV?

@rickyleeufc 6 лет назад

Always a pleasure to watch these obscure music devices

@Britec09 6 лет назад

Now that is very cool

@reb6453 6 лет назад

Britec09 hey review more ransomware please

@SuperFashi 6 лет назад

10 hours ｍｅｍｅ version of that Get Lucky plz.

@handymanshandle 6 лет назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZqLQab8jd10.html

@jeffreyjoshuarollin9554 6 лет назад

You should definitely release your cover of Get Lucky. And I want to hear your rendition of Meat Loaf ;-)

@russ117044 6 лет назад

The puppets! Where are the bloody puppets! :0)

@dashcamandy2242 6 лет назад

The outro should have been them doing the Daft Punk song. :-D

@buddyclem7328 6 лет назад

Maybe the puppets didn't care for his karaoke. There's no accounting for taste.

@briero 6 лет назад

Fantastic! You should bring an album out "Deadpan hits by Mat" Or "Moany M" 😂

@amirpourghoureiyan1637 6 лет назад

Paul Briers moany m lol

@fins59 6 лет назад

A couple of track suggestions for the 'Deadpan Hits' by 'Moany M' album: 'Da Da Dash put in' and "Burnt resistors of Magnetron' :)

@RAKITHA9 6 лет назад

floppy ...floppy ..cool!

@thesoosbois3303 6 лет назад

I bet Clint Basinger (Lazy Game Reviews) would absolutely love this.

@c0wqu3u31at3r 6 лет назад

Sounds a lot like the Nintendo 64 sound font!

@localopenmic 3 года назад

I purchased mine in the mid-90's, when they were new. I used it for years while playing live. I used Band-In-A-Box in those days to create the basics... drums, bass, organ, strings, piano, etc., and then I'd play either acoustic guitar or electric guitar along with those arrangements. I still have mine, not sure what I'm going to do with it at this point.

@MsSteve70 6 лет назад

I suggest you release a DVD compilation of your greatest videos called, 'Twenty Golden Techmoan Hits' - I think we'd all snap up a copy! Great video as always.

@MarioM55555 6 лет назад

WE’RE UP ALL NIGHT TO GET LUCKY WE’RE UP ALL NIGHT TO GET LUCKY WE’RE UP ALL NIGHT TO GET LUCKY WE’RE UP ALL NIGHT TO GET LUCKY

@nickp1987 6 лет назад

I work as a machinist in a machine shop, and one of our older mills has one of those USB-to-floppy emulators for the purpose of loading programs. Works well enough, but one of the oddities about it to keep in mind is that to make it work you have to format your however many gigabyte flash drive down to a 1.44 megabyte partition to make it read. No way to sneakily get it to read larger volumes here!

@jusb1066 6 лет назад

maybe its an old version, the later ones let you have loads of 1.44 megabyte virtual floppies on one flash drive, you just pick which number you want and it loads

@macartm 6 лет назад

Aye, we wanted to do the same and replace 720k floppies on aging Giddings & Lewis controls. The company who support our machines and controls wanted silly money and I said they were taking the mickey. I think they wanted about £700 a control to do it :P Unfortunately because I pooh-pooed their rip off prices, and because they could refuse to support us if we did it ourselves, they still have 720k floppies. in them. I have no idea where the maintenance dept find floppies to back the thing up (Programs are loaded over COM1). Lesson learned: Sometimes it's better to keep quiet about the fact you know they are charging about 12 times what the kit cost for their 'magic' knowledge of how to make it work (which I could have probably figured out from reading the jumper settings) :P

@3800scgp 6 лет назад

I may have to do the same soon. We have a large prototrak knee mill that doesn't want to connect to the network anymore. Only other "input" is a 1.44 floppy. We have to use a circa 2006 mazak to put files onto the disk!

@ffmfg 6 лет назад

A thing to note: the floppy connector inside might be proprietary, so it might require figuring out the pinouts and making a converter cable.

@3800scgp 6 лет назад

ffmfg wouldn't be surprised. I went to replace a drive on an older prototrak (has one for the system, one for storage), and there was something odd with the connectors. I want to say they were either mirrored, or just moved to the opposite end of the backside on the drive. Eithet way a standard drive won't work.

@draganovkassiar 6 лет назад

I don't need it... I don't need it... I definitely don't need it... I NEEEEEEEEEED IIIIIIIT

@Zeksteve 6 лет назад

Jason Murray make a movie recorded on the Sony floppy disk camera and use this for the sound track

@BigOlSmellyFlashlight 6 лет назад

Jason Murray I have a floppy and a bunch of midis hmmm

@jameshamilton6847 6 лет назад

That Karaoke scene has made my day, haven't laughed that much before 0900 in ages! Keep 'em coming :-D

@dingdongbells3314 6 лет назад

Why do I suddenly foresee The 8-bit guy adding this thing to his Christmas list if he doesn't have one already?

@khaotix64 6 лет назад

6:08 when your girl is a hypnotist and she wants some

@domramsey 6 лет назад

We definitely got lucky with this video!

@rickyleeufc 6 лет назад

We're up all night to get lucky! 😂

@The9BitGuy 2 года назад

The karaoke has made for some awesome YTPs with The 8 Bit Guy.

@gstockinger 6 лет назад

Up all night to get lucky! haha! Great busking or solo musician device!

@DJS3 6 лет назад

I ruined my shirt spitting coffee out when "Get Lucky" started. Thanks Mat, once again.

@wildbilltexas 6 лет назад

Very cool! When I first saw the thumbnail I thought "How did they get Mp3's to play from a floppy disc?" And with Midi you now have background music for your videos that wont get a copyright strike! :)

@ct92404 6 лет назад

wildbilltexas yeah, if you compressed the hell out of it, you might manage to get ONE mp3 on a 1.44mb floppy disk, and it would probably sound horrible.

@dave-y8z 6 лет назад

wildbilltexas That what I thought of first to.

@dave-y8z 6 лет назад

ct92404 Also the song might keep stopping and starting due to speed of a floppy disk.

@Hagledesperado 6 лет назад

I think I remember putting an MP3 on a floppy. It sounded ten times better than what I was used to hearing from the PC speaker. Not that that means much though.

@ct92404 6 лет назад

Hagledesperado Really?! Was it an actual full length song? I think the smallest mp3 files I ever used were around 2 megabytes, which of course can't fit on any floppy disk. I think I did used to put them on 100mb zip disks sometimes, and also cd-r's, before flash drives were around.

@Podcastage 6 лет назад

Is this Brett Domino from the future!?

@BedfordLevelExperiment 5 лет назад

Very interesting device! I've watched dozens of Techmoan episodes now and this is the first to get a literal LOL out of me (during the Lucky bit), though I've always been entertained. Also, beside soloing a track to learn it, the inverse is also very useful: muting a track while leaving the rest of the virtual band intact, while the musician plays their part.

@TheMrMarkW 6 лет назад

I bet the majority of uses of this were as backing tracks for buskers, or solo singers playing pubs.

@lucaslacerda8469 6 лет назад

I can totally see this device full of cigarette burns...

@KiJiHoon 6 лет назад

Well. I now know my toilet refill drips at 84 bpm!

@pgtmr2713 6 лет назад

Ki Ji Hoon I feel like we're all learning here :D

@flashbang9832 6 лет назад

What am i ment to do this information

@LikaLaruku 6 лет назад

Finally, a boombox that will play my midi versions of Mega Man BGM....& Banjo Kazooie, & Sonic for Genesis, & Castlevania...

@neonafterlife 6 лет назад

you could play doom music on it :)

@zsin128 4 года назад

Good idea

@wjec1970 6 лет назад

Your deadpan delivery of Get Lucky is just genius! Great videos, though!

@BolinFoto 6 лет назад

Noooo Quick, fans assemble! We need Techmoan sings I will do anything for love and we need it Now! Thumb up for Techmoan sings I will do anything for love midi karaoke version!

@951258tike22 6 лет назад

Mat-loaf?

@BolinFoto 6 лет назад

Yes, never heard of him? He's a distant cousin, a vegan I think... :p

@fen4554 6 лет назад

Great, now send it to LGR... This is some Roland oddware if I've ever seen any.

@Hagledesperado 6 лет назад

I'm torn between LGR and The 8 bit guy. Lucky for me I don't get to decide. :)

@nothingtoworryabout8457 6 лет назад

Your the best and got me into cassetes. i fixed my dads old tape player and i got the chance to play old tapes.Thank you

@amaanqureshi1286 6 лет назад

You're"

@laddaevolta 6 лет назад

cassettes*

@turkeyman0773 6 лет назад

dad's*

@RossTheNinja 6 лет назад

@kindisc 6 лет назад

@S500- 6 лет назад

Unbelievable I can't imagine device like this exist , floppy drive music player 😓💖 Cool , great work keep it up Thanks.

@unfa00 5 лет назад

6:08 - I can tell you're having truckloads of fun there.

@timothystevenhoward 6 лет назад

I wanna hear some Transport Tycoon midi jazz on this bad boy. How interesting, and only marketable in the 90s.

@baganatube 6 лет назад

6:09 I thought the A->B Repeat feature were only for the MIDI tracks.

@Kumimono 6 лет назад

LGR, another favorite of mine, did a video of bunch of midi devices not long ago. I'm wondering how this stacks up to the, stack of devices he has. Seems to have the GS compatibility feature and midi in.