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Sounds or music into a DC fan?

Perhaps my understanding of how magnets work is off, but would it possible to play some waveforms into the positive and negative leads of a DC fan (think motherboard fan) and get a coherent sound? I ...
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What causes “hard working” growling sound in a heavily loaded electric motor?

From my experience just any electric motor when under huge load would make recognizable growling sound. This would happen regardless of the motor type - brushed/brushless, AC/DC, small size/huge size ...
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Controlling DC (Pager) Motor with Audio Signal

I'm trying to control a DC (pager) motor with a sound signal so that I can use an audio synthesizer to control the speed of the motor. I'm hoping to modulate the speed of the motor at audio rate ...