Comments on: Steam powered synthesizer! http://brassgoggles.co.uk/blog/200607/steam-powered-synthesizer/ The lighter side of Steampunk Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:23:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://brassgoggles.co.uk/blog/200607/steam-powered-synthesizer/#comment-246 Anonymous Sun, 30 Jul 2006 15:48:07 +0000 http://www.brassgoggles.co.uk/brassgoggles/?p=32#comment-246 <p>Here's an example that ought to start your heart pounding: http://mmd.foxtail.com/Calliope/</p> Here’s an example that ought to start your heart pounding: http://mmd.foxtail.com/Calliope/

]]> By: Anonymous http://brassgoggles.co.uk/blog/200607/steam-powered-synthesizer/#comment-245 Anonymous Sun, 30 Jul 2006 15:44:48 +0000 http://www.brassgoggles.co.uk/brassgoggles/?p=32#comment-245 <p>That is just too weird. It's like a theremin, but with a steam valve instead of a proximity sensor (variable capacitor). I was disappointed that he didn't <em>play</em> something ("Mary Had a Little Lamb," even).</p> <p>But, y'know, as I think about it ... it's not all that different from a Calliope! That's just a steam-powered pipe organ. Oooh, I just adore the sound of a Calliope.</p> That is just too weird. It’s like a theremin, but with a steam valve instead of a proximity sensor (variable capacitor). I was disappointed that he didn’t play something (“Mary Had a Little Lamb,” even).

But, y’know, as I think about it … it’s not all that different from a Calliope! That’s just a steam-powered pipe organ. Oooh, I just adore the sound of a Calliope.

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