Dissecting the CD Player: How to Turn Shiny Plastic into Music

You can support this channel on Patreon! Link below Did you ever want to know a little more about the nuts and bolts inside a CD player? No? Well I’m afraid you’ll have to pick another video because that’s exactly what this one is! In it, I start with a taken-apart Magnavox CDB 260, and we examine what all the parts do, how they fit together, and how they work together to turn pits and lands on a plastic disc into your favorite electrosynthamagnetic musical sounds. The Wiki article on CD Subcode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Disc_subcode The previous video: https://youtu.be/sAbhPeTp51s The Digital Sound Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv0jwu7G_DFWBEyCKt4tKHIk8ez_pZS_P You can support this channel on Patreon! With the support of individuals like you, this channel has transformed from my weird hobby into my job. It’s my goal to keep this channel completely independent from outside sponsorship, and thanks to Patreon supporters that’s more than possible! If you’d like to pledge some support of your own to keep the channel free of outside influence, as well as to help it grow, please check out my Patreon page. Thanks for your consideration! https://www.patreon.com/technologyconnections And thank you to the following Patrons! Sen, mark barratt, Tully, Violet Moon, Duncan Ward, Tobias Faller, Justin Smith, Corey A Hudson, EpicLPer, Luc Ritchie, Michael Dragone, Manfred Farris, Eric Romero, John Laur, Patric Bates, Sven Almgren, Lutz Broska, Jürgen Kieser, Nicholas, Ewen McNeill, thefanification, Nicolas, Albin Flyckt, Michael A Kalfas II, Michael Bernstein, Kevin Kostka, Shame Zamora, Brad Wilmot, John Bailey, Alex Ilyin, Miles H, Deovandski Skibinski Junior, Andrew \"FastLizard4\" Adams, Avi Drissman, Jens Bretschneider, Phil Taprogge, Sam, Rich Jeanes, Jonathan Skowronek, Tim Grov, Pieter van der Eems, Philip Kvist, Brian Condron, Peter Jerde, Torin Zaugg, James Watson, Vince Terranova, Jason Nevins, Andrew Montagne, David Scott, Mike Nichols, MrSonicOSG, Brandon Enright, James Fialho, Christian Torelli, Sunchild, Kim Rypstra, The Paul Allen, toasterking, Seth Robinson, Ralph, Pavel Soukharev, Forrest Miller, Patrick Quinn-Graham, Max Zelinski, Troy Kelly, Ulti, Jason Brandy, Norman Tatlock, Jesper Jansen, Andrew Johnson, Goolashe, Rémy GRANDIN, ce keen, Jake Shep83, Nick Pollard, Drew Holm, David Grossman, Ben Auch, Jeff Puglisi, Andy S, Robert, Johan Greefkes, Jacob Dixon, Matt Luebbert, Alex Corn, SonOfSofaman, Brent Higgins, Rob Kefford, Roger Baker, Alexander Schrøder, Andreas Skagestad, Eric Butterfield, James Holmes, Tim Skloss, James-Ross Harrison, Sean OCallaghan, Lee Wallbank, Jonas, Colin Cogle, Kyle Matheis, Krzysztof Klimonda, Aaron Rennow, Gantradies, Ted Flores, Yota Ninja, Tee Jay, Jakob, Bee Jay (that’s a fun coincidence, a Tee Jay and a Bee Jay), Francesco Lezi, Countzero, Ray Chang, Kodapan, L0j1k, Chris Connett, Guillaume Tremblay-Beaumont, Eduardo Kaftanski, Winfield Trail, Miles H, Eric Nelson, Sha Nasti, Charles Surett, Ed Green, Stephen B. Hinton, Daniel Bernard, thegeoffreak, annoying and reprehensible idiot, Piotor Kowalski, Bob Slovick, Aleksei Besogonov, Michael Sims, Recycled, Meetupvideo, Jason Burgett, Wayne Marsh, Jib Systems, Lars Kuur, Alan Nise, Matt Dancer, Andrew Rosenwinkel, Fran Rogers, Malcolm Balshaw, Tero Janhunen, Bob B, Mike Noe, Alan Smith, Philip Cosgrove, Joshua Doades, Rob Rymarczyk, Scarfacecapwn, Andreas Lunderhage, Ennex The Fox, LEONARD PEZZANO, Steve Kralik, Nicolai Savolyi, Hank Eskin, Kirill Polstainen Don’t see your name? Don’t worry! To keep this little perk alive, the $5 patron shoutout is now on a rotating basis! If you’re not here, you should be here in one of the next two videos. If you’ve slipped through the cracks, don’t hesitate to send me a message via Patreon and I’ll fix it!