A:\SMW\ATHLETIC.THM
Channel: Techdisk
Date: 07/09/2015

After quite a while of nothing floppy drive related, here you have it!

You might have noticed that I no longer have my drives sitting on brown cardboard, and there's a proper white background now.

This is why I haven't done a floppy video in forever, my room has been renovated, and the drives had to be put away for a few months. I took the oppurtunity to make the setup much more compact and pretty.

So, yeah. Super Mario World Athletic theme. It's a redo of one of my oldest videos, and I hope it's good!





Also, yes. I did combine Nyan Cat and the Athletic theme. That idea came from Max Demski, who made this video ages ago:

https://youtu.be/Q_aXd6YqLzY

How these two songs work together is just one of those things you don't notice, and now that you've heard it...

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IF I HAVE USED YOUR MIDI WITHOUT CREDIT, PLEASE CONTACT ME. I will GLADLY give you credit! Even if you think you sort of hear something you made in it, contact me; I have to do some editing of my own to get the floppies to play the music, and I sometimes use multiple sources. I always forget to go back and see who's MIDI file I use for my vids, but if you want credit, or even if you want me to take down a video, I will gladly comply.

The stepper motor at the back of the drive is what causes the sound. (Looks like a metal cylinder) The program I have converts MIDI notes into different speeds for those motors, which make a sort of clicking noise every time they move. The higher the note, the faster the motors move, and the higher the pitch.

Huge thanks goes out to Sammy1Am and MrSolidSnake745, who gave me the inspiriation to do these videos!

Sammy1Am made the Moppy program for the Arduino that actually allows the floppy drives to do this. His tutorial video can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6tuMn5sPyM

Also, lol im gonna tack this to every floppy video I make from now on. :D