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8-bit Boléro
- fodmap 10mo agoThat Commodore C64 accordion made me laugh. Ah it's called The Commodordion https://linusakesson.net/commodordion/index.php https://linusakesson.net/commodordion/index.php
- pavel_lishin 10mo agoIt's kind of incredible! A direct youtube link for the lazy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6z5__6rP58 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6z5__6rP58
- sivers 10mo agoAnd don't miss the Qweremin: https://linusakesson.net/qweremin/ https://linusakesson.net/qweremin/ Brilliant.
- opello 10mo agoWow, there are multiple things like that! Qweremin: C64 Theremin: https://linusakesson.net/hardware/theremin/index.php https://linusakesson.net/hardware/theremin/index.php Qwertar: C64 Keytar: https://linusakesson.net/music/glyptodont-live/index.php https://linusakesson.net/music/glyptodont-live/index.php Very neat!
- kkkqkqkqkqlqlql 10mo ago> 0 regrets That's the most important number in stores like this one.
- emptybits 10mo agoYes! Linus must really burn himself up, conceiving and executing masterworks like this! But saying "0 regrets" hopefully means he hasn't lost motivation for his next crazy project!
- lll-o-lll 10mo agoHad to check the article because I read that as “greater than zero regrets”. <= 0 regrets
- aldousd666 10mo agoI love projects like this. finally someone found a new use for those dot matrix printers.
- ramses0 10mo agoRadiohead: Nude - https://youtu.be/CgB5DU0uEdg https://youtu.be/CgB5DU0uEdg
- darkmighty 10mo ago:´)
- thomassmith65 10mo agoAccording to a possibly apocryphal story from the premiere performance, a woman was heard shouting that Ravel was mad. When told about this, Ravel is said to have remarked that she had understood the piece. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bol%C3%A9ro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bol%C3%A9ro
- mlsu 10mo agoAnd, Ravel did eventually go mad. There's a lot of discussion about whether the recurring patterns in the song had something to do with his neurological condition. https://bigthink.com/high-culture/bolero-ravel-dementia-2/ https://bigthink.com/high-culture/bolero-ravel-dementia-2/
- xxr 10mo ago“Initially, Ravel was to create a variation on the music of Isaac Albéniz, but copyright laws prevented him from doing so.” [your article] “[Koji Kondo] had planned to use Maurice Ravel's Boléro as the title theme as it perfectly matched its speed, seeing as under Japanese copyright law, music is released into the public domain 50 years after the composer's death. However, Kondo was forced to change it in November 1985, late in the game's development, after learning that it had only been 47 years and 11 months after Ravel's death.”[1] Funny how things rhyme. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda_(video_gam...
- ericio 10mo agoRadioLab did an excellent episode [1] about Bolero, where it asks the question if it was a leading indicator of Ravel’s madness. 1. https://radiolab.org/podcast/unraveling-bolero https://radiolab.org/podcast/unraveling-bolero
- layer8 10mo agoIt’s probably not a coincidence that the climax starts at 13:37.
- Centigonal 10mo ago0% chance that's a coincidence coming from lft
- teddyh 10mo agoIf I recall correctly, Boléro (the music piece) has a special meaning in the very early Swedish hacker scene, often used as a sort-of in-joke.
- Snild 10mo agoSounds interesting. Tell me more?
- drivers99 10mo agoListened to this exact video this morning when it was among the newest videos in my YouTube subscriptions. I've had it stuck in my head since then.
- Eupolemos 10mo agoDid you hear his "A mind is born"? It is amazing outright, IMHO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWblpsLZ-O8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWblpsLZ-O8
- drivers99 10mo agoI forgot he was the same person who did that! I was somewhat obsessed with it earlier this year. I had found a version you can type into BASIC that pokes it into a block of memory and jumps to it, since I have access to a C64 at a hackerspace that doesn't have a floppy drive, so I've run it at least once on real hardware. (I have a new C64 Ultimate on the way as well.)
- jfvinueza 10mo agoso good
- abetusk 10mo agoFor anyone wanting to know, the keyboard layout is that of a chromatic button accordian [0] [1]. I guess there's a C64 "executable" that he's made available but no source so I don't know what the exact keymapping is. I did find a few different resources that show the layout in action [2] [3]. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwsZ41pA_Vo&t=58s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwsZ41pA_Vo&t=58s [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatic_button_accordion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatic_button_accordion [2] https://okathira-dev.github.io/client-web-api-sandbox/button-accordion-with-keyboard/index.html https://okathira-dev.github.io/client-web-api-sandbox/button... [3] https://www.rmwinslow.com/tones/ https://www.rmwinslow.com/tones/
- YesBox 10mo agoBeautifully done! What more can I say? Those disc drive sounds are so cool
- ramses0 10mo agoRadiohead: Nude - https://youtu.be/CgB5DU0uEdg https://youtu.be/CgB5DU0uEdg
- Tcepsa 10mo agoI am so happy that people make things like this <3
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- consumer451 10mo agoHa! I almost posted this here but I thought maybe I was posting too many music videos on HN. I am part of the LOAD "*", 8, 1 generation, and this is really freaking cool. One of the funniest things in the video is the variety of neck tie configurations, one for each part.
- jachee 10mo agoLOADING. . . READY > RUN
- ageitgey 10mo agoThis guy's other video where he covers Clowncore's 'Computers' on computers is one of the most impressive, incredibly niche things I've ever seen on YouTube. He's a serious talent.
- arthurdenture 10mo agoThis is way more pleasant than the kazoo version by famous children's author Sandra Boynton. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U14IBek-wNU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U14IBek-wNU
- themadturk 10mo agoThough when things really break out into harmony after the 12 minute mark, it's almost pretty. (Sandra Boynton is amazing, no matter what she does.)
- Rochus 10mo agoGreat music survives everything ;-) That's such a good idea with this old equipment. And you can see that the guy tried hard not to laugh. And surprisingly, the arrangement sounds great. Hilarious.
- tantalor 10mo agoSeveral mentions of "the automaton" but no idea what that is. It's a bit vague. The photo of "the automaton" appears to be a melamine white particleboard panel. https://www.linusakesson.net/music/bolero/boxes-large.jpg https://www.linusakesson.net/music/bolero/boxes-large.jpg
- Sharlin 10mo agoIt's the "percussion section" https://linusakesson.net/music/bolero/automaton-large.jpg https://linusakesson.net/music/bolero/automaton-large.jpg
- temp0826 10mo agoLinus never fails to impress. A true virtuoso
- nebula8804 10mo agoHe has come a long way since Craft. What a total rock star. In that time I have done nothing as awesome with my life (other than enjoying his productions). Heres to 17 more years of awesomeness!
- LanceH 10mo agoI miss dynamic range in music.
- nrhrjrjrjtntbt 10mo agoNostalgic for Torvill and Dean too
- disqard 10mo agoAmazing! Thanks for sharing.
- codezero 10mo agoThis is my favorite song, and I'm delighted to hear it as a chiptune! amazing work!
- B1FF_PSUVM 10mo agoWhy do I get reminded of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells? (Yes, I've heard the Ravel before, I mean the presentation style, e.g. Oldfield: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdMtqKZ6GrY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdMtqKZ6GrY )
- guenthert 10mo agoI too was waiting for the 'grand together' announcement.
- timfsu 10mo agoPossibly best thing ever on Hacker News. There is something quite appealing about the simplicity of Boléro
- kpilars 10mo agoIf you like bolero look at this f guy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy5Ve3338-E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy5Ve3338-E
- swiftcoder 10mo agoThe theremin built out of a bar clamp is delightful
- chris_st 10mo agoThanks, that absolutely made my day!