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Recreating Lamborghini V10 engine sound with beer can

103 points by kposehn 14y ago

antihero 14y ago
What can I say. I could not do it. Edit holy shit getting the hang of it.
- friendly_chap 14y ago
  Thank you for the most epic comment of HN.
jnsaff2 14y ago
If I were 8 again, I'd totally waste days on it, organize races with friends and stuff. Very cool!
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grandpoobah 14y ago
That is the best thing I have seen all day.
malbs 14y ago
Completely off topic, but rather than watch the video on autoblog.com I followed the link direct to youtube, but I got distracted by the "mom's reaction to 1250whp twin turbo" on the right hand side "Related Videos" section, Just a quick peek right, can't hurt! But then I got curious about this video poster, RobertHimler, and looked at some of his other his videos, and them stumbled across his Australian girlfriend Amy Sangster, and her success in foreign exchange trading, and his 17 lamborghinis, and they're both 22 years old and retired from the rat race and HOLY SHIT BALLS THESE PEOPLE HAVE AMAZING LIFESTYLEZ YO And he is an amazing web developer who has created 8 different sites and a photo app that rivals flickr and instagram, and he's been programming since he was 8 years old, and a self-made multi-bazillionaire And now he's selling an e-book on the internet how you too can have the amazing lifestyle and own crazy expensive sports cars and attractive partners, and it just stinks of some sort of super scam, but wow, what a story, and it kept me entertained to do back ground hunting on the two of them for 15 minutes, and it was an unexpected trip, so thanks. It's an engaging white collar 411 scam (without the murder). How do people actually fall for this stuff?
- brc 14y ago
  It's an interesting question. Interestingly enough if you can get past the chicken and egg stage, it would appear as though it can be a self-fulfilling prophecy - ie, selling the information on how you got rich might eventually get you rich. I remember sitting through a seminar which was touted as a sober investment discussion but turned out to be a get-rich-quick scheme. The guy had all the same things - photos of him in Ferraris, awesome looking girlfriend despite him being a very plain, overweight dude, and pictures of his amazing houses. I was thinking at the time how easy it would be to make a slideshow like that, throw in some very generic advice and sell a couple of hundred 'kits' a night at a few thousand a pop. You could easily end up with said Ferrari and house if you could keep it rolling for a year or so. That is, if you could live with your conciensce.
- chime 14y ago
  You wouldn't be the first person being skeptical of this whole thing: http://www.ripoffreport.com/robert-himler/internet-fraud/robert-himler-far-from-it-raz-7be14.htm http://www.ripoffreport.com/robert-himler/internet-fraud/rob... http://vecinuca.wordpress.com/2012/07/20/robert-himler-and-amy-sangster-a-love-story-of-two-scammers/ http://vecinuca.wordpress.com/2012/07/20/robert-himler-and-a... http://vecinuca.wordpress.com/2012/07/22/robert-himler-and-amy-sangster-part-two-25/ http://vecinuca.wordpress.com/2012/07/22/robert-himler-and-a... Now I don't know about either of them until you mentioned your post but all I know is that https://www.google.com/search?q=drew+houston+scam https://www.google.com/search?q=drew+houston+scam or https://www.google.com/search?q=alexis+ohanian+scam https://www.google.com/search?q=alexis+ohanian+scam do not return nearly as many dedicated blog posts as https://www.google.com/search?q=robert+himler+scam https://www.google.com/search?q=robert+himler+scam or https://www.google.com/search?q=amy+sangster+scam https://www.google.com/search?q=amy+sangster+scam A couple more clicks and I came across https://twitter.com/socialmediatwip https://twitter.com/socialmediatwip defending http://amysangsterscam.com/ http://amysangsterscam.com/ and promoting http://forex-ultrasonic-robot.blogspot.com/ http://forex-ultrasonic-robot.blogspot.com/
  - malbs 14y ago
    yeah, I discovered all those links, + some more regarding their forex company, and a couple of other partners in crime who'se names I won't mention. I particular enjoyed the ripoffreport one, where a random internet dude got on and defended Mr Himler with huge walls of text including bold and italic formatting. They seemed to take a lot of care for someone who had no connection at all! Colour me skeptical! It made for a great Friday afternoon of reading, all that was missing was a beer in hand, but I have since taken care of that missing beer problem.
crwls 14y ago
Sounds like that gearbox is a little slow, throw a little long, on the upshift. Might need to get that checked.
sliverstorm 14y ago
This video is cool, but it always reminds me of how big engines used to sound. Maybe it's the pushrods or something, but they used to be made to sound so much less... neutered. It can be tough to find the right audio clips, but here's one that isn't bad. http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL49A82E62F8CF2750&v=N2KzC6r9kVM&feature=player_detailpage#t=44s http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL49A82E62F8CF2750&v=N...
- duck 14y ago
  Engines still have pushrods, so I don't think that is it. :) Comes down to a couple reasons - 1) the increased pollution reduction technologies (i.e the catalytic converter and muffler) used, which in the video you linked to doesn't have any of those and is just straight headers and 2) the timing of those older motors is mechanical and set to be optimal when the motor is at a peak (or near peak) performance.
  - culturestate 14y ago
    You're correct in saying that other factors define the sound of the engine, but note that his comparison is in this instance technically valid - the V10 in the Gallardo uses overhead cams, so there are no pushrods.
  - lloeki 14y ago
    > the timing of those older motors is mechanical and set to be optimal when the motor is at a peak (or near peak) performance. Not true with mechanical variable valve phasing/timing/shifting systems, famed (and defamed) as VTEC for Honda, but available in other alternative forms (and often recently and in milder forms probably due to Honda and Toyota patents gradually expiring), like Toyota: VVT-i (famous as VVT in AE86's 4A-GE engine), Suzuki: VVT (e.g on Swift Sport M16A engine), Ford: VCT... Or it can be completely electronic thanks to direct injection gasoline engines, like Fiat MultiAir.
- OldSchool 14y ago
  Fascinating stuff this is! In this case it's the 5.2L Lambo V10's uneven firing order caused by the two banks being 90 degrees apart vs. the 144 crankshaft rotational degree spacing of exhaust pulses on a given 5-cylinder bank and opposing cylinders sharing a common, non-offset journal. In effect, this is two 5-cylinder engines sharing a common crankcase and crankshaft. The musical third is lurking in this uneven timing and the heavy high harmonic content comes about when you have two banks that are even firing unto themselves. A cross-plane American V8 is not even-firing on each side of the vee, but a bundle-of-snakes (180-degree) exhaust like in a Ford GT40 will get you some of that octave scream too.
peterjamescain 14y ago
Does australia have talent? definitely some sort of talent for making car sounds- this guy was on our national tv; http://youtu.be/RSDUcKw-GOk http://youtu.be/RSDUcKw-GOk
nodesocket 14y ago
I'm sure this guys neighbors love him.
xabi 14y ago
More models and without the beer can: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKb572Yo2aM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKb572Yo2aM
mtr 14y ago
Very impressive and bice background on the science. I'd love to see him do the same with a nitro funny car... I saw one for the first time last month and it's impossible to convey the shear power that you can feel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzOEz0Y3Lcc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzOEz0Y3Lcc
subrat_rout 14y ago
Holy cow. I wish I could make this sound when driving my 2001 Honda.
spyder 14y ago
But we will lose these powerful car sounds with electric cars :(. Which is bad for the peoples who love these sounds, but will make the cities more quiet. They trying to fake it but it's not the same: http://vimeo.com/39818209 http://vimeo.com/39818209
- autotravis 14y ago
  You like the sound because you use it to predict the power/speed of the car. I'm sure you will latch on to another indicator for powerful electric cars, so no need to worry, bro.

103 points by kposehn 14y ago

antihero 14y ago

What can I say. I could not do it. Edit holy shit getting the hang of it.

friendly_chap 14y ago
Thank you for the most epic comment of HN.

jnsaff2 14y ago

If I were 8 again, I'd totally waste days on it, organize races with friends and stuff. Very cool!

deleted 14y ago

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grandpoobah 14y ago

That is the best thing I have seen all day.

malbs 14y ago

Completely off topic, but rather than watch the video on autoblog.com I followed the link direct to youtube, but I got distracted by the "mom's reaction to 1250whp twin turbo" on the right hand side "Related Videos" section, Just a quick peek right, can't hurt! But then I got curious about this video poster, RobertHimler, and looked at some of his other his videos, and them stumbled across his Australian girlfriend Amy Sangster, and her success in foreign exchange trading, and his 17 lamborghinis, and they're both 22 years old and retired from the rat race and HOLY SHIT BALLS THESE PEOPLE HAVE AMAZING LIFESTYLEZ YO And he is an amazing web developer who has created 8 different sites and a photo app that rivals flickr and instagram, and he's been programming since he was 8 years old, and a self-made multi-bazillionaire And now he's selling an e-book on the internet how you too can have the amazing lifestyle and own crazy expensive sports cars and attractive partners, and it just stinks of some sort of super scam, but wow, what a story, and it kept me entertained to do back ground hunting on the two of them for 15 minutes, and it was an unexpected trip, so thanks. It's an engaging white collar 411 scam (without the murder). How do people actually fall for this stuff?

brc 14y ago
It's an interesting question. Interestingly enough if you can get past the chicken and egg stage, it would appear as though it can be a self-fulfilling prophecy - ie, selling the information on how you got rich might eventually get you rich. I remember sitting through a seminar which was touted as a sober investment discussion but turned out to be a get-rich-quick scheme. The guy had all the same things - photos of him in Ferraris, awesome looking girlfriend despite him being a very plain, overweight dude, and pictures of his amazing houses. I was thinking at the time how easy it would be to make a slideshow like that, throw in some very generic advice and sell a couple of hundred 'kits' a night at a few thousand a pop. You could easily end up with said Ferrari and house if you could keep it rolling for a year or so. That is, if you could live with your conciensce.
chime 14y ago
You wouldn't be the first person being skeptical of this whole thing: http://www.ripoffreport.com/robert-himler/internet-fraud/robert-himler-far-from-it-raz-7be14.htm http://www.ripoffreport.com/robert-himler/internet-fraud/rob... http://vecinuca.wordpress.com/2012/07/20/robert-himler-and-amy-sangster-a-love-story-of-two-scammers/ http://vecinuca.wordpress.com/2012/07/20/robert-himler-and-a... http://vecinuca.wordpress.com/2012/07/22/robert-himler-and-amy-sangster-part-two-25/ http://vecinuca.wordpress.com/2012/07/22/robert-himler-and-a... Now I don't know about either of them until you mentioned your post but all I know is that https://www.google.com/search?q=drew+houston+scam https://www.google.com/search?q=drew+houston+scam or https://www.google.com/search?q=alexis+ohanian+scam https://www.google.com/search?q=alexis+ohanian+scam do not return nearly as many dedicated blog posts as https://www.google.com/search?q=robert+himler+scam https://www.google.com/search?q=robert+himler+scam or https://www.google.com/search?q=amy+sangster+scam https://www.google.com/search?q=amy+sangster+scam A couple more clicks and I came across https://twitter.com/socialmediatwip https://twitter.com/socialmediatwip defending http://amysangsterscam.com/ http://amysangsterscam.com/ and promoting http://forex-ultrasonic-robot.blogspot.com/ http://forex-ultrasonic-robot.blogspot.com/
- malbs 14y ago
  yeah, I discovered all those links, + some more regarding their forex company, and a couple of other partners in crime who'se names I won't mention. I particular enjoyed the ripoffreport one, where a random internet dude got on and defended Mr Himler with huge walls of text including bold and italic formatting. They seemed to take a lot of care for someone who had no connection at all! Colour me skeptical! It made for a great Friday afternoon of reading, all that was missing was a beer in hand, but I have since taken care of that missing beer problem.

crwls 14y ago

Sounds like that gearbox is a little slow, throw a little long, on the upshift. Might need to get that checked.

sliverstorm 14y ago

This video is cool, but it always reminds me of how big engines used to sound. Maybe it's the pushrods or something, but they used to be made to sound so much less... neutered. It can be tough to find the right audio clips, but here's one that isn't bad. http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL49A82E62F8CF2750&v=N2KzC6r9kVM&feature=player_detailpage#t=44s http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL49A82E62F8CF2750&v=N...

duck 14y ago
Engines still have pushrods, so I don't think that is it. :) Comes down to a couple reasons - 1) the increased pollution reduction technologies (i.e the catalytic converter and muffler) used, which in the video you linked to doesn't have any of those and is just straight headers and 2) the timing of those older motors is mechanical and set to be optimal when the motor is at a peak (or near peak) performance.
- culturestate 14y ago
  You're correct in saying that other factors define the sound of the engine, but note that his comparison is in this instance technically valid - the V10 in the Gallardo uses overhead cams, so there are no pushrods.
- lloeki 14y ago
  > the timing of those older motors is mechanical and set to be optimal when the motor is at a peak (or near peak) performance. Not true with mechanical variable valve phasing/timing/shifting systems, famed (and defamed) as VTEC for Honda, but available in other alternative forms (and often recently and in milder forms probably due to Honda and Toyota patents gradually expiring), like Toyota: VVT-i (famous as VVT in AE86's 4A-GE engine), Suzuki: VVT (e.g on Swift Sport M16A engine), Ford: VCT... Or it can be completely electronic thanks to direct injection gasoline engines, like Fiat MultiAir.
OldSchool 14y ago
Fascinating stuff this is! In this case it's the 5.2L Lambo V10's uneven firing order caused by the two banks being 90 degrees apart vs. the 144 crankshaft rotational degree spacing of exhaust pulses on a given 5-cylinder bank and opposing cylinders sharing a common, non-offset journal. In effect, this is two 5-cylinder engines sharing a common crankcase and crankshaft. The musical third is lurking in this uneven timing and the heavy high harmonic content comes about when you have two banks that are even firing unto themselves. A cross-plane American V8 is not even-firing on each side of the vee, but a bundle-of-snakes (180-degree) exhaust like in a Ford GT40 will get you some of that octave scream too.

peterjamescain 14y ago

Does australia have talent? definitely some sort of talent for making car sounds- this guy was on our national tv; http://youtu.be/RSDUcKw-GOk http://youtu.be/RSDUcKw-GOk

nodesocket 14y ago

I'm sure this guys neighbors love him.

xabi 14y ago

More models and without the beer can: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKb572Yo2aM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKb572Yo2aM

mtr 14y ago

Very impressive and bice background on the science. I'd love to see him do the same with a nitro funny car... I saw one for the first time last month and it's impossible to convey the shear power that you can feel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzOEz0Y3Lcc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzOEz0Y3Lcc

subrat_rout 14y ago

Holy cow. I wish I could make this sound when driving my 2001 Honda.

spyder 14y ago

But we will lose these powerful car sounds with electric cars :(. Which is bad for the peoples who love these sounds, but will make the cities more quiet. They trying to fake it but it's not the same: http://vimeo.com/39818209 http://vimeo.com/39818209

autotravis 14y ago
You like the sound because you use it to predict the power/speed of the car. I'm sure you will latch on to another indicator for powerful electric cars, so no need to worry, bro.