People do some amazing things with Microsoft Office. People do some amazing things with computers. This guy built a drum machine using Microsoft Excel. Excel!

The other great thing about this drum machine is it is controlled by your keyboard or a video game joystick. He says SNES is the most compatible. Good times!

You can download the Excel file plus the .dll file as a zip on his site. This drum machine is completely free. You need Microsoft Excel 97 or better to use this machine.

I love what he writes here:

"Impress your friends! The idea that someone would build this kind of thing in the Office suite should provide at least 15 seconds of amusement to fellow corporate drones.

Impress me! Nothing says "I trust Thomas as a random stranger on the Internet" like opening your computer to a possible macro virus. "

I haven't tried it out yet, but soon as I get time I plan to. I need to see what the spreadsheet looks like. I'm intrigued...

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