I sure hope you like square waves.

simon where are you 😢

2:21 for a brief moment it sounded like the slender game over screen

I missed this one! But this is so good as content! You could add the word ASMR to it, since it is that. Reminds me of the hours long circuitbending streams you used to have on your channel :)

No fish were harmed in the making of this video.

Simon, please ALSO contact the members of Múm, and get together and jam! 😁😉❤ I've been a fan of Múm since about 2001

My cat is astonished (or startled?) by the sounds in this video. Looking like she has seen a ghost 😂

This is awesome!!!

Just saw this in the film Chopping Mall

What's with the shirt bro ?.....

What these really need is to replace the fan with a compressor and tank (and a pressure regulator would be wise as well) so it doesn't lose volume with larger chords.

I would love to see this idea of pitch speeding up the tremolo used to automate the volume of a white noise oscillator, similar to how erosion works on ableton but with the added modulation of the noise, i feel like it would be great to use on bass as you could keep your main tone clean and subby but with a modulated white noise on top They use a similar technique in a load of bass music styles and i havent seen anyone do it with guitar pedals If anyone can do it i know its you!

Patch that with effects gear like a reverb, phase shifter flanger maybe even a strymon big sky

6:10 congrats mario save princess

9:20 this one sounds actually so cool!!

I had one when it came out and I loved making weird noises with it! Can't believe I found a video on it...and the rainbow is just a rainbow ughhh

This was incredible considering this keyboard is not even a "budget keyboard"...its literally a toy. Honestly you should do a video on making music with an actual budget keyboard such as the Casio CTS500 or the Casio CTX 3000 ..... I wonder what amazing music you'd make with those!

I remember in the early 80's playing with a door stopper. Drove my parents nuts... BOING, BOING, BOING! Before I could even walk, I guess I was proficient in a musical instrument and played it... LOL

I first look at this thing and think "This is so cute, what fun to play something so simple"... but then it does so many things my big expensive synths can't do 🤣 Very impressive!

You should send that guitar to Connan Mockasin

That guitar sound would work well in a movie with an intense moment scene.

this is so creative and funny to watch love it

I was just sitting here wondering about Auto Tuning a detuned guitar....type it into youtube...of COURSE its Magpie bahahaha love it!

DO THEY STEAL SELL THAT KIND Of KEYBOARD WITH THE CASSETTE TAPE RECORDERS USB MP3 PLAYERS MICROPHO SD CARDS

So the aliens try to communicate, and all his response is "very interesting ". Wow.

this is funny but useful!

If you ever go on tour please come to Asheville 🙏

1: the device is awesome 2: the ukulele kills* the song *(negative)

a true mad scientist of music

Try banjo strings in it. They have more give to them and there's an interesting story about how Tony Iommi used banjo strings and ultimately ended up with a fatter sound than other guitarists.

"I don't remember what I paid for it, but now I'm in yellow." 😂😂

i only knew about this one because its in the video for The Primitives Talk - Zach Hill

what is the looping machine you use and would you reccomend it?

Get a piece of hard maple and cut to fit where the tuners are currently. Then glue it in place firmly. It's hard to tell if it would be a better fit in front of the red piece or behind it, but whichever works. Then get 'zither pins'. You will need a good 3/16 in drill bit to make the holes for the pins. I would suggest a brad point drill bit. Drill a whole for each zither pin. Using a zither wrench "l wrench". The square end of a zither pin is about 4mm square. The pins have a very fine thread pitch and work best in a material like hard maple. Thread the pins in till they are roughly the same height. String it up and tune. The string hole on the zither pins is smallish, so for larger guitar/bass strings you may need to drill it out a bit. A good place for a piezo is between the maple block and whatever it's glued to. Could also make a wide ass magnetic pickup as well. Though maybe cheaper/easier just to use a series of guitar single coil pickups.

wow i always wanted to do that with mandoline strings but failed couple of times because of technical reasons and lack of will to continue. Its sound better than i expected! I think the main problem is very short length of the strings.

5 years ago already... thank you for going 5 years back in time.

You can play ancient Greek melodies with this.

Dude, in the longer run, now, how stable is this bend? Did it eventually break or is it still good??

I found one for 10 bucks im so happy

The intro is the first time iv seen him use normal strings

“Somewhat Playable” is my aim for every instrument I have made. 😄 That is outstanding, I love the sound of the new strings, and of the the disassembly as well!!! I think , similarly to ASMR, that ye need to create a whole new genre of Ambient Musician Background Noises. (Which, obviously, the next step is to remix.) 🥰🥰🥰 And here, in the Midwest US, I’ve always heard “String Gauge” pronounced similarly to “Nic Cage,” like “StrinGAj” kindof! 😆 Excellent work, I very much look forward to the continued Evolution of the Toy Piano!!! ❤️❤️❤️

its a bit expensive, im thinking cause those guitar strings are going to cost you. but if u had 5 in a row it would be a good keyboard.

it seems like this guy has never stopped making crazy and interesting videos since I last watched a few years back haha. This channel is the definition of "work with what you got"

sounds very much like guitar plucks.

Super cool, and very nice final track !

I remember a time when you where uploading ad regularly and you seemed maybe sad, I’m happy to see the regular updates and happy magpie :)

Maybe you can use string trees to fit more tuners.

Gauge - pronounced gāj.

For the strings use banjo style tuners coming from the back instead of top in addition to the tuners already in place. Where there’s a will there’s a way👍 You got this.

Simon, have a look at the Rickenbacker 360/12 string guitar tuner layout. That was quite an ingenious way of fitting double the number of tuners onto a standard size headstock by alternating them 90 degrees from each other. Maybe that could work for the toy piano? 🤔