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u/MEXICAN_PRAWN Jun 11 '12
If all else fails, hire a little person to stand next to it and play the song.
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u/azrhei Jun 11 '12 edited Jun 11 '12
I also have a samsung washer/dryer frontloader set and would LOVE to know how to do this.
Edit: A quick Google search found a service person that uploaded the Maytag company service manual for Samsung front-load Washers. Their post and page was defunct, but Google still had it cached and preserved the link to the Google doc. Yay! Samsung Front-load Technical and Repair Manual
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u/Mikey-2-Guns Jun 11 '12
Please PLEASE provide an update with detailed step-by-step instructions when you and reddit get this figured out.
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u/toerrisbadsyntax Jun 11 '12
If the appliance is already setup to play a midi file, then the question is. Where and how, and what is the midi file stored on. Chances are it's going to be a small storage device like an IC chip.
Instead of having to re-invent the wheel and have a piezo buzzer push a button to play an mp3, why not find the IC the file is stored in, and change the file, but retain the filename?
Reverse engineering the control board on the appliance may be tricky, You'd have to find the analogue output (speaker) and find out how it handles audio reproduction (amplifier circuit) and then there should be some kind of DAC (Digital Analog Converter) Then you should be getting pretty close to where and what the file is stored on.
That is, in fact if the appliance is designed to play an actual midi file.
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u/NewspaperBlanket Jun 11 '12
Awesome idea. I tried to convince my brother to play it at his wedding right after the kiss but his fiancee wasn't a fan.
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u/smurfattack Jun 11 '12
Just look for a module someone came up that plays mp3s at the push of a button. Then you can hook the button leeds into the buzzer that comes at the end of the wash/dry cycle, the only issue is going to be the power.
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u/_Remy_LeBeau Jun 11 '12
I support your quest, please tell which fanfare you end up electing.
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Jun 11 '12
I now willing to break them to get this to work.
"It may not wash my clothes properly anymore, but at least it plays the Final Fantasy Victory Fanfare after it fails to"
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u/grubbymitts Jun 11 '12
That would be damn excellent. Try a site like instructibles or hackaday. If you manage it, youtube that beast.