Modeling a vinyl record and turntable for virtual reality program

1. 2019-03-09 at 3:07 AM UTC

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   Phantasmagoria African Astronaut
   How difficult would it be to model these two items?
   How could I recreate the groves on a record and the precise motion of a turntable needle?
2. 2019-03-11 at 11:36 PM UTC

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   gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
   If you mean that you want to actually represent every nearly-microscopic groove in the vinyl for each and every song, then, damn, that's some complex shit.
   
   Technically feasible, but way, way complicated.
   
   Although, if you came up with a function/algorithm to convert individual sound wave bits into specific groove dimensions, then you really only have to write a single function once and convert every track bit by bit.
3. 2019-03-12 at 12:28 AM UTC

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   Who African Astronaut [that staidly controlling tamarillo]
   45 , copy machine, 45 face down on copy machine, copy machine connection to PC , scan and save.
   
   Google turntable gifs copy and save
   
   Glad I could help
4. 2019-03-12 at 12:41 AM UTC

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   A College Professor victim of incest [your moreover breastless limestone]
   use a rectangular prism for the body, clyinders for the 'feet' and also a cylinder for the turntable. then use more rectangular prisms for the control buttons also use some triangles for good measure
5. 2019-03-12 at 12:48 AM UTC

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   A College Professor victim of incest [your moreover breastless limestone]
   like this lil cousin
   
   
6. 2019-03-12 at 12:54 AM UTC

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   DontTellEm Black Hole
   acp doing some visuals. can't formulate words but posting pics. ☺️
7. 2019-03-12 at 12:58 AM UTC

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   Erekshun Naturally Camouflaged

   Originally posted by DontTellEm acp doing some visuals. can't formulate words but posting pics. ☺️

   
   What you got dumb dumb?
8. 2019-03-12 at 1:01 AM UTC

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   DontTellEm Black Hole
   I'll dumb all over a college professor penis.
9. 2019-03-12 at 1:02 AM UTC

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   Erekshun Naturally Camouflaged
   That's well known.
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   • DontTellEm
10. 2019-03-12 at 1:06 AM UTC

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    DontTellEm Black Hole
    Lol. Well well.
    I didn't know that but. *Applies lotion*
11. 2019-03-12 at 1:11 AM UTC

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    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
    Come to think of it, it actually wouldn't be anywhere nearly as complicated as I originally envisioned...
    
    The grooves are simply measures of sound wave impressions being etched into the vinyl material at a particular rate.
    
    There are all kinds of libraries for loading audio samples and converting them to purely numerical arrays.
    
    If you're proficient with coding, and also happen to have a decent grasp of some technical audio concepts like Fourier Transform, you should be good to go.
12. 2019-03-12 at 1:14 AM UTC

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    Erekshun Naturally Camouflaged

    Originally posted by gadzooks Come to think of it, it actually wouldn't be anywhere nearly as complicated as I originally envisioned…
    
    The grooves are simply measures of sound wave impressions being etched into the vinyl material at a particular rate.
    
    There are all kinds of libraries for loading audio samples and converting them to purely numerical arrays.
    
    If you're proficient with coding, and also happen to have a decent grasp of some technical audio concepts like Fourier Transform, you should be good to go.

    
    Nice google search.
13. 2019-03-12 at 1:14 AM UTC

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    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]

    Originally posted by Erekshun Nice google search.

    
    
14. 2019-03-12 at 1:39 AM UTC

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    Who African Astronaut [that staidly controlling tamarillo]

    Originally posted by DontTellEm I'll dumb all over a college professor penis.

    
    Y'all can call me professor Who
15. 2019-03-12 at 1:43 AM UTC

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    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]

    Originally posted by Who 45 , copy machine, 45 face down on copy machine, copy machine connection to PC , scan and save.
    
    Google turntable gifs copy and save
    
    Glad I could help

    
    Yeah, but then you need a physical copy of the record to begin with?
    
    That's gonna be way too expensive and logistically challenging to be of any real use.
16. 2019-03-12 at 1:43 AM UTC

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    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
    And is the resolution of a commercially available scanner even high enough?
17. 2019-03-12 at 1:46 AM UTC

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    Who African Astronaut [that staidly controlling tamarillo]

    Originally posted by gadzooks And is the resolution of a commercially available scanner even high enough?

    
    If you want the real thing, you get a phonograph and connect it to a PC, for the gifs as conceptual google them
18. 2019-03-12 at 1:50 AM UTC

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    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]

    Originally posted by Who If you want the real thing, you get a phonograph and connect it to a PC, for the gifs as conceptual google them

    
    Yeah but how do you represent that in VR/AR?
19. 2019-03-12 at 1:51 AM UTC

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    Who African Astronaut [that staidly controlling tamarillo]

    Originally posted by gadzooks Yeah but how do you represent that in VR/AR?

    
    I don't code, so I would find someone that does, preferably a hot chick, for all the hours we would be spending together.
20. 2019-03-12 at 1:52 AM UTC

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    A College Professor victim of incest [your moreover breastless limestone]
    my first car had a player piano in it lmrao kidiots and their FM stereos