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Re:The first electro-mechanical desktop synthesizer by soundarana on Thursday December 07, 2023 @07:19PM (#38563746)
> wiggle a voltage in proportion to the return value, feed the output stream into a digital-to analog-converter

The first part of this sentence, the wiggle, is already a DAC.

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Re:The first electro-mechanical desktop synthesizer by javajosh on Friday December 08, 2023 @02:15PM (#38572934)
You're right, I misspoke. The DAC turns data into a voltage wiggle which moves the magnet which moves the membrane of the speaker. But my point stands, I think.
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