So cool but why?

[TexasBulldog74]

This had to of taken an incredible amount of time.  Big respect to this guy though.

 

 

[IPD]

Reminds me of this:

 

 

[TexasBulldog74]

14 minutes ago, 8tg said:

I don’t really get the “but why”

I guess i mean, how did one even think that up?  insanely cool but my mind certainly doesn't think that way lol.  Tons of respect to the guy though, incredibly impressive.

[IPD]

16 minutes ago, TexasBulldog74 said:

I guess i mean, how did one even think that up?  insanely cool but my mind certainly doesn't think that way lol.  Tons of respect to the guy though, incredibly impressive.

I think similar thought processes go into making something like wintergatan's marble machine.

 

 

Once you have a the basics of various pitches and tonalities nailed down--plugging in sheet music is straightforward.  In my mind, it doesn't take much of a cognitive leap to go from a MIDI recording; to thinking that you could get some similar notes out of a 56k modem; to exploring what other kind of electronic notes you can generate with a dot-matrix printer--and then you're off to the races.

 

p.s.

If you've ever watched an old-school calliope or heard any "automated band" device from the 1800's--this isn't that far removed.  The Children's Museum in Indianapolis used to have one providing music for their carousel.  They run off punch cards/paper/discs/drums, and all of the various drums, cymbols, etc--all work the same way. 

[TexasBulldog74]

5 minutes ago, IPD said:

I think similar thought processes go into making something like wintergatan's marble machine.

 

 

Once you have a the basics of various pitches and tonalities nailed down--plugging in sheet music is straightforward.  In my mind, it doesn't take much of a cognitive leap to go from a MIDI recording; to thinking that you could get some similar notes out of a 56k modem; to exploring what other kind of electronic notes you can generate with a dot-matrix printer--and then you're off to the races.

 

p.s.

If you've ever watched an old-school calliope or heard any "automated band" device from the 1800's--this isn't that far removed.  The Children's Museum in Indianapolis used to have one providing music for their carousel.  They run off punch cards/paper/discs/drums, and all of the various drums, cymbols, etc--all work the same way. 

Thats wicked insane!  See i have a mechanical engineering background and the mechanics of that are super impressive.

[Needfuldoer]

You answered your own question!

 

3 hours ago, TexasBulldog74 said:

So cool

 

[Tan3l6]

3 hours ago, IPD said:

wintergatan

Seriously "mad scientist" 

But not really scientist, while not really being also "mad".

 

High end engineer I think would be more accurate term.