You don't know how these things work, do you? They aren't Teddy Ruxpin, you know. The characters must be programmed for proper timing and to sing the proper parts of the song. You don't just shove it in "Line In" and then "the magic" happens.
From the link you provided, it's pretty apparent that he's doing much more than plugging in an MP3. I had no idea that the dog actually drums. Insane. Now I want someone to make an advanced Neil Peart-drumming dog robot.
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I doubt he’s hacking anything as much as just plugging in MP3’s at his work when the place closes:
http://www.youtube.com/user/christhrash
You don't know how these things work, do you? They aren't Teddy Ruxpin, you know. The characters must be programmed for proper timing and to sing the proper parts of the song. You don't just shove it in "Line In" and then "the magic" happens.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWsYjT7Umik
From the link you provided, it's pretty apparent that he's doing much more than plugging in an MP3. I had no idea that the dog actually drums. Insane. Now I want someone to make an advanced Neil Peart-drumming dog robot.
It's not as simple as just plugging in an iPod, but it's not unheard of either. You can actually store a show on an MP3 Player like so...
http://rock_afire.tripod.com/videos/cei/cei_ipod.html