Symphonic F1 engine?
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I haven't really followed CART or F1 in a long while but this
was cool.
regards
Dave
http://astro.temple.edu/~kmr/Chauffe2.mp3
The write-up explaining it:
First you'll hear a 10-cylinder, 750 horsepower Asiatech F1 engine being warmed up.
Then it performs a rousing version of "When The Saints Come Marching In", to the delight of assembled pit staff and journalists.
Here's how the magic was achieved (technical/musical details via F1 Racing magazine):
As we all know, a V10 engine produces five combustions per revolution at a frequency per second of 60/(5 x revs per minute), which equals 12/rpm. Therefore, to work out the revs you need to hit a particular musical note, you multiply the note's frequency by 12. To play a 440Hz 'A', for example, you need 5,280rpm. For 'C', use 3,139rpm, for 'F' 4,191rpm, and so on.
Asiatech's French technicians (the engine, despite its name, is derived from a Peugeot design) simply programmed their engine to run through the various rev/note ranges in the correct sequence. The result is delightful.
I haven't really followed CART or F1 in a long while but this
was cool.
regards
Dave
http://astro.temple.edu/~kmr/Chauffe2.mp3
The write-up explaining it:
First you'll hear a 10-cylinder, 750 horsepower Asiatech F1 engine being warmed up.
Then it performs a rousing version of "When The Saints Come Marching In", to the delight of assembled pit staff and journalists.
Here's how the magic was achieved (technical/musical details via F1 Racing magazine):
As we all know, a V10 engine produces five combustions per revolution at a frequency per second of 60/(5 x revs per minute), which equals 12/rpm. Therefore, to work out the revs you need to hit a particular musical note, you multiply the note's frequency by 12. To play a 440Hz 'A', for example, you need 5,280rpm. For 'C', use 3,139rpm, for 'F' 4,191rpm, and so on.
Asiatech's French technicians (the engine, despite its name, is derived from a Peugeot design) simply programmed their engine to run through the various rev/note ranges in the correct sequence. The result is delightful.
Time is the best teacher. Unfortunately it kills all its students.
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I LOVE IT!!!
Thanks DavePolitical Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
President of Club Polk -
I think it's excellent too!
Michael
(A new F1 nut this season)
