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It's delightful to see that musicians have their own geeks just like computer science has. Their advantage is the execution of their code is universally underst
by jll29 5y ago
It's delightful to see that musicians have their own geeks just like computer science has. Their advantage is the execution of their code is universally understood by all of humanity.
- ygra 5y agoAnother one that fits that description would be Martin Molin of Wintergatan, who's currently on a multi-year quest to build a concert-suitable programmable marble music instrument. He's been detailing the build and concept process on YouTube.
- dmurray 5y agoI thought this was going to be an instrument made entirely out of marble, and wondered what it could be. I thought maybe a cymbal but settled on it being most likely a flute or recorder of some sort. Which certainly seems like it could be made from marble, but I don't know enough about sculpture to know how plausible that is. Turns out it's played with marbles instead, which is just as cool.
- retzkek 5y agoInspired, I presume, by those awesome ray-traced animations from the early oughts? I had started sketching ideas on how to make that a reality (pneumatics and magnets mainly) but never got beyond concept. Specifically this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyCIpKAIFyo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyCIpKAIFyo