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old dot-matrix printer

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viertelnachvier

March 20th, 2013

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Sound effects > Other mechanisms, engines, machines

a noisy old dot-matrix printer, (Epson LX-400) printing a table with numbers and some lines in between onto endless paper, recorded with a Roland R05

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dot-matrix
Epson
mechanic
needle
old
printer

Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

0:57.555

File size

9.7 MB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bit depth

16 bit

Channels

Stereo

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pj123pj

8 years, 11 months ago

great - thanx

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Oliver Smith...

9 years ago

Thanks!

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ubaphygg

9 years, 11 months ago

You made my day - I miss that old Epson.
It came with a manual that showed which pins fired for each letter. (why do I even remember that?)
I'm going to try to hook this to the print event when I sent docs to a PDF.

D
diekaddi

10 years, 1 month ago

Oh yeah, great sound. Memories...

S
spoonatuna

11 years, 2 months ago

This is perfect!!

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