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BTW - as you'd expect - the protocol for Ruxpin has been thoroughly reverse engineered.

IIRC - one audio channel is used for the speaker, and the other is a series of beeps which map to facial movements:

https://makezine.com/projects/chippy-ruxpin/

Back when I thought it might be a fun side hustle to make cool youtube videos (long ago put to bed), I thought about making videos of Ruxpin singing death metal and stuff.

It's been years since it seemed like it was worthwhile to make Youtube videos... And the situation is getting worse for creators year over year.

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> Back when I thought it might be a fun side hustle to make cool youtube videos (long ago put to bed), I thought about making videos of Ruxpin singing death metal and stuff. It's been years since it seemed like it was worthwhile to make Youtube videos...

But should it? There used to be a time when people put this stuff on the internet for fun, not as a side huste or to "monetize" it... Maybe there's not so much money in this idea, but you can make people laugh for a few seconds.

The potential for cute stuff to 'go viral' is severely diminished thanks to high production value click-bait and mainstream content. Big Content will drown out anything that hasn't gained tons of views already by promotion through other channels.

I think OP's point is who cares. We weren't worrying about viewer engagement metrics on Ebaumsworld.

That's fair. Though, monetization aside, I myself feel less inclined to put significant effort into a joke or something if the expected audience is tiny.

not 'beeps' so much as either Pulse-position modulation or FM to control the positions. I had a 'beta test' teddy before they were released, a friend of my father was a sculptor at WoW. I guess little me didn't want to give it back but had to, my Mom had to fight hard to find one at Christmas with a little inside info on delivery dates. You can still make cool stuff for your own sake, you don't have to monetize every hobby.

My thinking was, maybe turning one of my hobbies into not a money sink. I still have 0 of those, but many in the red.

Had a bit of a look in a few places about the protocol, am I right in understanding the only way to do it with actual cassettes would be to find an 8 channel cassette recorder?

Here's what I was reading http://www.illiop.org/workings.html

[edited to say 8 channel to avoid confusion with 8 track]

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