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

[Martin]

Folks,

Further collaborative efforts sum up to some stupendously precise sounds:

Playing Tight Music? - Marble Machine X #115
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIoY3C2z9o4


Crazy fun stuff to bring marble music into reality!

There's quite a fusion there of computers, controllers, machining,
mechanics, whirring wheels and flying balls and fun sounds!


Enjoy,
Martin


On 26/10/2019 00:23, Martin via Nottingham wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> The marvellous Marble Machine X development continues with some true
> 'open source' styled collaborative development, all in the search for
> near perfection... Delivery dates be damned!!!
> 
> 
> Enjoy:
> 
> Vibraphone Marble Drops - Marble Machine X 99
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1wr3Rqxjy4
> 
> #####
> Welcome to Episode 99 of Building Marble Machine X! This time I spent a
> lot of days making the marble drops for the vibraphone. A huge project
> and it worked out, but there is a plot twist...
> #####
> 
> 
> Remind you of the way that new projects progress?
> 
> It's all an exploration!
> 
> Cheers,
> Martin
> 
> 
> On 23/08/2019 15:15, Martin via Nottingham wrote:
>> Folks,
>>
>> An insight into the Marble Machine X development:
>>
>>
>> 38 Is a Magic Number - Marble Machine X #89
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuruLb5YcPE
>>
>>
>> And that's 3 days of determined long hours geeking for just one small
>> section!
>>
>> Spectacular geekie stuff.
>>
>> Good for a Hackspace challenge? ;-)
>>
>>
>> Enjoy,
>> Martin
>>
>>
>>
>> On 26/06/2019 16:51, Martin via Nottingham wrote:
>>> Folks,
>>>
>>> The next development is:
>>>
>>>
>>> Marble Machine X Plays Drums!
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isosWOzmbe0
>>>
>>>
>>> That's a good first demo and includes some fun merchandising ;-)
>>>
>>> All good eco-geekie stuff!! Human powered and plants trees! :-)
>>>
>>> Enjoy :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> A Hackspace or Minecraft Babbage machine anyone? ;-)
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Martin
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 18/06/2019 17:06, Martin via Nottingham wrote:
>>>> Folks,
>>>>
>>>> For the next amazing instalment:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Marble Loop Completed - Marble Machine X #85
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4tpRFoLXbw
>>>>
>>>> 'Only' one drum being used for the demo but you get to see the idea and
>>>> the incredible construction...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Beautifully, that has the same sort of ball capture as imagined in the
>>>> original Pipe Dream:
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyCIpKAIFyo
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What next, a Marble Machine Computer?... ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Simulate that on Minecraft??
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> All good fantastic fun stuff!
>>>>
>>>> Enjoy!
>>>> Martin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 30/04/2019 13:49, Martin via Nottingham wrote:
>>>>> 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