[Nottingham] Pipe Dreams - virtually real?... (Marble Machine X)

[Martin]

Folks,

Time moves on and Behold! We have a WIP for:

*Marble Machine X*


Marble Conveyer Belt Completed! - Marble Machine X #78
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AEvQAg6TE0


Can Wintergatan be likened to be the ultimate musical marble machine
hacker?!

Good fun and impressive stuff :-)

I wonder if the Colossus could be reprogrammed to play music? ;-)


Enjoy,
Martin


WIP: Work-In-Progress


On 08/03/2016 00:00, Martin wrote:
> The original YouTube posting is now at over 10 MILLION hits in just a
> matter of days. Indeed tremendous stuff!
> 
> 
> Wintergatan - Marble Machine (music instrument using 2000 marbles)
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q
> 
> 
> Just as tremendous is for how it was built and developed over 14 months
> in a very cold garage:
> 
> How It Works - Part 1 (Wintergatan Marble Machine)
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uog48viZUbM
> 
> How It Works - Part 2 (Wintergatan Marble Machine)
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0Guq7vZb_E
> 
> 
> Truly tremendous stuff!
> 
> Can it be done in Minecraft? :-P
> 
> 
> And whatever did happen to the Animusic people? Hope they haven't got
> themselves too strung up on trying to go beyond the impossible...
> 
> 
> All beautifully and musically creative :-)
> 
> Enjoy,
> 
> Cheers,
> Martin
> 
> 
> 
> On 04/03/16 13:11, Martin wrote:
>> OK, so I got one detail wrong...
>>
>> The Marble Machine is Finished! 2000 marbles, 3000 parts
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ0nj6wrjyA
>>
>>
>> That is all without a laser cutter!
>>
>> Just one minor design fault... The final machine is too big and heavy to
>> get out of the workshop!!
>>
>> The end result is programmed by a belt of lego and inspiration.
>>
>>
>> Tremendous musical creative fun :-)
>>
>> Enjoy,
>> Martin
>>
>>
>>
>> On 03/03/16 14:29, Martin wrote:
>>> Folks,
>>>
>>> Too good an unreal fabulous work not to mention...
>>>
>>>
>>> Many years ago, we had the then tech-breaking unreality of:
>>>
>>> Animusic: "Pipe Dream"
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyCIpKAIFyo
>>>
>>> Still good. Note the highly elaborate triple bounces for twanging two
>>> strings and drum for a single shot.
>>>
>>>
>>> And now for real, utilising what looks like the hybrid tech of the old
>>> world Jacquard loom and modern world laser cutter, combined with
>>> acoustic instruments, audio electronics for pickups, YouTube, and flying
>>> marbles, we have this fabulous reality:
>>>
>>> Wintergatan - Marble Machine (music instrument using 2000 marbles)
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q
>>>
>>>
>>> Tremendous stuff!
>>>
>>> Enjoy,
>>> Martin