Automatica - Robot Drummer Tests

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This video shows some of the testing I did to make the robots play the drums. I didn't know anything about robotics before embarking on this project, it was a lot of fun to learn.
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[@putogonzalez9592]

Torture. This qualifies as torture, you know, John. Plz release.

[@NigelJohnStanford]

please release me, let me go

[@sugarmelon8641]

@@NigelJohnStanford 😂

[@tsk1979]

You know what's missing? The Boston Dynamics doggo. Go Nigel, grab that

[@labrat_09]

just so you know, this was made two years before you made this comment

[@ricksilverstein8848]

Oh shit....this means I’m gonna have to write all my sheet music in algorithms. Why not, huh. Musicians are so unpredictable...besides they are primadonnas. Way to go, Neil! Bring it on!

[@Sephyricon]

I think you already do. The definition of an algorithm is "a set of instructions for solving a problem or accomplishing a task" That must apply to sheet music.

[@samuelramos712]

Does anyone know Animusic? This is what he is bringing to life!!!

[@samuelramos712]

Thomas2013000 yeah but he is doing it way more better. Gyro Drums

[@M4RC90]

I was thinking exactly the same!

[@Realjd300]

YASSSSS

[@BrokenLifeCycle]

Wintergaten. Marble Machine X

[@AlcyoneModschannel]

Yes animusic is epic

[@AustinLepri]

Honestly greatest use of maffer clamps yet! A grips dream.

[@christianeichlingerDRUMSde]

Really looking forward to NIgel :D

[@KP-ug4kr]

I went here cos I'm drummer my self, my niece 11 years ago called me KUKA because she could not pronounce my name till today 4 of my nieces calling me Kuka plus I have privileged working with this robots from build to commission whole application systems using this robots electrical and mechanical from last few months hmmm🤔 love this machines how smooth they are and quiet working.

[@user-xn2hx8wq3w]

Наконец-то! Я верю что этот клип и альбом будут не хуже предыдущих Ваших шедевров.

[@CHIMPOaGOGO]

My school (elem. music teacher, here) is excited for this!

[@NigelJohnStanford]

say hi to your class

[@marijnwicherink2304]

The bassdrum you are using is a Roland one, the pedal has two sides on the hammer, one with a white/yellow powder on it, one that is just plastic. the plastic one is designed to use on electronic drums, the powder gets stuck in the bassdrum, making it malfunction

[@sudipta4354]

Eagerly waiting

[@pankajhazarika2196]

Eagerly waiting sir!

[@jheins3]

I've said this before, but was a fan of your music BEFORE Timescapes and Solar Echoes (When you were known as John Stanford). I loved the original Deep Space and what you have done with it ever since. Congratulations on your success and hope you get to continue to create awesome content and music! I've preordered the album and cannot wait to hear what you've come up with. If you're ever in Chicago area, beers or coffee or tea or whatever New Zealanders enjoy is on me! Cheers to 7 more days! Btw, will Automatica be released on the 14th then in America??? Since NZ and your count down is a day ahead of the USA????? :-)

[@NigelJohnStanford]

Well shucks. I don't really know what will happen, I think it will go live in NZ on the 15th here (friday) and then elsewhere on their 15th (friday). Will see shortly!

[@eliasiturra3185]

Fuaa amigo! Que cheto, esta flama la maquina esa.

[@cisarvialpando7412]

We need the full behind the scenes...

[@omamio]

Can't wait to see....

[@Kaseman96]

Too much foreplay... just give it to us! So pumped for this

[@drummer2744]

Awesome!!!

[@claWalou]

Omg can't wait,, this promises to be damn good

[@SunoxMoon]

I'm having goosebumps! I'm so excited!!!!!

[@esaulara8048]

Drumotron VI has come to life !!!!

[@NoXHealeR_Exile]

WE NEED THE ALBUM ASAP

[@augustoceo1509]

Insane!

[@ArshadHaroon]

OMG.....THIS IS AMAZING AND SO MUCH SYNCHRONIZED....Awesome efforts.

[@fredalejandro1902]

The HYPE!

[@kristianjuric403]

wuaooo!! Very cool💪

[@rayorez7464]

I am waiting anxiously :D

[@gogat9990]

То чувство, когда роботы играют на ударных, а ты на барабан можешь только пиво поставить.

[@camerongresty4581]

so cool

[@4769GROW]

いやほんとに、ただの天才。

[@jason.martin]

Incredible ! what Kuka robot did you use for this?

[@looneyburgmusic]

Amazing... Now tell the truth, after you were done with the video, did you program the robots to smash right through the drum heads? Or pick up the Bass and break it in half?

[@geronimo5947]

He cut that part out after it destroyed the whole neighborhood as well

[@magnoastronum1984]

Nigel, please don't keep us wait

[@ajdebate2]

Mind blown

[@bagua465]

The one with the symbol looks kind of mad at the thing he’s hitting

[@inspecteurderrick1860]

This is real electronic music !

[@Gphdwre]

I never felt teased while watching any teaser before till these bunch of automatica teasers.

[@NigelJohnStanford]

sorry to do so many of them, i get bored

[@Gphdwre]

Nigel John Stanford I meant in a positive sense. I mean when the final product is expected to be exciting, a teaser does its job to the core. Goal achieved. Congrats for your teasers as well. All the best.👍

[@CQ313]

I can wait 5 days.... I hope

[@johncarloo15]

ANOTHER "GODEYM "

[@camaro-bk7wz]

😂👍 3 robots, to make one drummer!!

[@SiapSukses]

gooooood i like this

[@qwazaqwazaq]

I'm already 31 but I still look like a child at these robotic arms

[@Kingstersreejit]

Daaaaaaaaamn

[@rishabhtolia4570]

112 times more likes than dislikes. Keep going. I love your music and wish you keep making such awesome albums.

[@djspecialpaul]

Nice - i work often with Kuka an that are nice robots :)

[@IS2511_watcher]

Is this sped up? I feel like they can't move that fast (when the actual playing happens)

[@Vladlabs]

I totally thought this footage was sped up in your clip. is this real time? pretty fast!

[@avinci3116]

These things can flip cars in seconds 😂

[@AlexCoppertone]

i love hoe it looks like the robot's weilding the drumstick like a sword, oh god think of the implications....

[@xFlow777]

read again what you said :D

[@felipereyes62]

AWESOME!!!!!

[@CryingZombie666]

hi

[@sanketjarel6268]

hi nigel u r drum sound is truely amazing u r mix is too good

[@Kingstersreejit]

I wonder what's Nigel doing now

[@NERPAATV]

Зарплату не надо платить таким музыкантам. Супер!

[@U_n_d_e_f_i_n_e_d]

Программистам заплатишь

[@carloslemos3678]

does anybody know how much each one of these costs?

[@umzackaleatorio7653]

Mano queria ver a parte que eles destroi o cenário

[@bosprocket]

how long till it throws a tv out a hotel window?

[@IsmetTogay]

Can't wait any longer.. Wanna sleep and wake up on 15 Sept.

[@harris_khan123]

Cant wait

[@arandommetalheadontheinter6249]

That's what I like playing guitar, and I don't want a Mindless robot play with me are any other of the legendary rock Stars

[@joseadrianruizchaves3008]

🎧🎶🥁💯

[@HenryLamishere1028]

This looks like Animusic!

[@MerchantNitelite]

John Oliver... you are right.

[@Taser1-1]

Wait, so it wasn't CGI?

[@euvo_sound]

RIP red PYLE Speaker

[@lauralanders5870]

I'll believe this when you go on tour!!!! 😁

[@jethediegodeoliveira7812]

É o automático

[@ricksilverstein8848]

Oops, Nigel.

[@Tankgirl34]

this is great!

[@arandommetalheadontheinter6249]

No it's not great

[@Mirichdndz]

Супер

[@Prosto_prosto2]

Куда пропали?

[@rubenmorenog7223]

Lol 👏👏👏

[@CryingZombie666]

Still better than Lars will ever be xD

[@NigelJohnStanford]

harsh bro

[@CryingZombie666]

Never gets old poking fun at Lars, right? ;)

[@deanshaw6588]

@@NigelJohnStanford gotta admit its bloody funny

[@davidklaus1089]

Why???

[@killgo3041]

Shit. I THOUGHT THOSE WERE GRAPHICS!!! CGI!!!

[@user-vr1kc1jk2v]

Звук не настоящий, так как манипуляторы шумят и они заменены сэмплами ((. Очень жаль.

[@SamirPatnaik]

The drums sound a bit robotic. . Fine. I'll show myself out.

[@pobehlicaCaptava]

😵WTFUCKK🤯

[@JB-po3rb]

Macht mir Angst !!!

[@hola-iw5tf]

Great

[@SwaggieVortex733]

Samus66 bought me here

[@sivanrottelman7224]

does anyone else find this horrifying and disturbing? i sure did

[@lokinachodaisy]

I didn't know Def Leppard got a new drummer.

[@ItsCarlnotCarla]

But can they play like Neil Peart?

[@TheStell231]

У

[@RafikMankariosDrumStudio]

Were a stupid specie that's willing to anihilate itself...and we're calling it, progress.

[@Qwertworks]

Wow. I hadn’t thought they could actually move that fast :O

[@mrduckhead0119]

It’s CGI

[@Qwertworks]

@@mrduckhead0119 oh … 😅

[@fenrirgaming37]

@@mrduckhead0119 No, in this test video, none of that is CGI. They really are moving that fast. You can tell just by looking at the lighting, and listening to the sounds.

[@lwgames7692]

Is this real

[@user-hx7dc9uz6s]

yes

Robots will do our work but not our gigs 💪🏻🥁

[@arandommetalheadontheinter6249]

Robots and music make a bad rap, and if robots takes over everyone's job and how do everyone work to provide for their families, everyone will be broke

[@daumarx1977]

A nana deu like de novo

[@sergeantseven4240]

Why you gotta fake this?

[@godsinbox]

if i had a robot drummer there would be some fancy triplet 16th or 32nds on the hats. not some boring midi programmed shit.

[@thisistheendpt2]

Aphex twin did it better in the 90s

[@NigelJohnStanford]

You mean Chris Cunningham did it in the 90s.

[@Oleg-Frol]

*_G_* *_R_* *_E_* *_E_* *_T_* *_I_* *_N_* *_G_* *_S_* *_F_* *_R_* *_O_* *_M_* *_R_* *_U_* *_S_* *_S_* *_I_* *_A_*

[@GoreHealer]

Uhm...maybe a little more of humanize...

[@goliathprojects7354]

A shame. In the actual video they looked so fake...

[@GGov86]

They're fake in this one as well, when they start playing. The lighting is totally different and the movements have clearly faked motion blur. Notice how it cuts between the (probably) real movements and the playing part.

[@kriss3401]

That's cgi we can all agree on that

[@user-hx7dc9uz6s]

?

[@jamstheshapeshifter]

No. No we cannot

[@elec_eco]

Fake

[@oneplusmanager3183]

Fake. It's CG.

[@AJtheRatty]

Watching it a few times, there's a few things that give away what's actually going on. Here's my theory: Everything after the first two initial shots is accomplished with editing and speed manipulation. There's a little pink tag hanging on a string near the robots. In a couple shots you can see it rapidly moving back and forth, indicating the footage was sped up. Whatever the case may be, I think it all looks a bit camp ;)

[@TheHexeract]

Lame CGI Would be much more believeable if you left the servo sounds in and didn't have the whole arm recoil for the snare hits, obviously it would just use the wrist like a real drummer. Try again.

[@davidmcaninch4714]

This goes against everything I believe in. As cool as this is, I’m strongly against robots playing drums. It replaces the human element of music. I’m not trying to be rude or saying that I don’t like the fact that you used robots to do something like this. But it subtracts the human element of drumming by 100%, and that’s a big problem. Samples do not belong in music, replacing real musicians. If what I say is rude, I apologize fully, but I must stand up for what I believe in, and unfortunately, that means I’m gonna have to give this a dislike.

[@user-hx7dc9uz6s]

maybe samples dont belong in the kind of music you listen, but in hiphop for example they play a mendatory rule