DJ Your Way Back to the 80s With This Floppy Drive Orchestra

Turning old hardware into musical instruments is a time - reward tradition among nostalgic , tech savvy nipper of the ‘ 80s . But few have taken the idea as far as James Willis , whose floppy crusade orchestra is so cleverly arranged I would n’t be surprised to see people DJing with these soon .

Sixteen drive , synchronized by a myRIO and wirelessly manipulate with an iPad . For his five - song demonstration , Willis went the extra geographical mile and abstract up a monitor loaded with visuals — because of course , the Imperial March would n’t be concluded without footage of Red Leader peer into his 8 - number targeting estimator to break up the Death Star , now , would it ?

But if 2D visuals are n’t your thing — if , say , the occasion calls for a Daft Punk power helmet — just rig up a second miRIO and go for it . Willis has all the details you need to initiate building your own floppy orchestraright here .