Sounds of Our Tracking Mirror

Written by Tom Nugent on Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Last year, there were many items which made interesting sounds, and we joked about making a “Sounds of LaserMotive” CD. One of the obstacles to releasing the cool sounds was that we didn’t take the time to record many of them.

Here’s a minor example of an interesting sound this year. The motors in our tracking mirror make an interesting sound as they move, and when the control computer is powered on, it has a short start-up / calibration sequence for the mirror which moves it and makes a few notes.

If we get the time, maybe we’ll program the mirror to play a song…