{"id":16952,"date":"2017-06-20T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16952"},"modified":"2017-06-20T14:19:25","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T13:19:25","slug":"retro-sound-effects-typewriter-uses-a-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16952","title":{"rendered":"Retro sound effects typewriter uses a Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/typewriter.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16953\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/typewriter.png?resize=500%2C324&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/typewriter.png?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/typewriter.png?resize=300%2C194&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/typewriter.png?resize=260%2C168&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/typewriter.png?resize=160%2C104&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>James McCullen has taken inspiration from a 1930s Looney Tunes short film called\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hold_Anything\">Hold Anything<\/a> and created a custom &#8216;typewriter&#8217; that plays cartoon sound effects. He recorded the effects himself and then copied them to a Raspberry Pi which was then inserted into the casing. By pressing the various buttons and turning dials, he can change what sound effect comes out. See the <em>Fleischer 100<\/em>\u00a0in action below and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/blog\/fleischer-100\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read more at Raspberry Pi<\/a>.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/215810321\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James McCullen has taken inspiration from a 1930s Looney Tunes short film called\u00a0Hold Anything and created a custom &#8216;typewriter&#8217; that plays cartoon sound effects. 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