Building a tilefloorophone (actually two)

[@ryurc3033]

Not just an extremely talented fabricator, but also incredibly talented musician as well. Excellent work sir.

[@KingfisherTalkingPictures]

I like how you mounted the resonators above, instead of below, like a marimba does.

[@althejazzman]

Me too. Tabletop marimba

[@NicolasBras]

Yep, table model!

[@h76tr]

The bass sounds amazing! You should do one with the square tiles-they have a very unique sound!

[@NicolasBras]

Yes I want to make keyboards with other shapes too!

[@raenfox]

@@NicolasBras Earthenware bowls. Getting the right tune is going to be difficult, but the right ones can sound like bells.

[@savel6462]

Such a unique and beautiful sound, loving it!

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks!

[@aaronslife4635]

Awesome! I love home-made something-o-phones. I would never of thought to use tiles. Great video!

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks!

[@steveburkey]

Lovely for sure! Maybe you have tried this before, but if you haven't, experiment with the resonator PVC by closing off the opposite end. You will still need to "tune" the closed resonator to the proper pitch, but the reinforcement effect will be much more pronounced if the opposite end is closed off. But you do beautiful, fascinating work, my friend.

[@charleslambert3368]

iirc it also doubles the effective length of the resonator. (open end is an antinode, closed one is a node. open tube gets half a wavelength, half closed one is a quarter.)

[@NicolasBras]

I tried too, but open pipes have more overtones available, and for this one I prefer the sound of open pipes!

[@1oolabob]

@@NicolasBras, closing the ends of the resonator pipes does take the upper overtones out of the sound. For this reason, closed ends might be good for bass notes. Also, I think you're amazing as a builder and musician. The instrument you made in this video sounds better to me than a professionally-made marimba does. The purity of the tones and the sustain of the notes is beautiful.

[@josephwright5921]

Lithophones sound beautiful! You should look into doing some video game soundtrack work, if you haven’t already!

[@bug3518]

I was floored by your performance and ingenuity

[@dmor6696]

i enjoy that you make music with the sound of working

[@richardbertrand8895]

Love the Sound of the Instrument.

[@robertglogowski777]

This instrument is PERFECT for accompanying a snowy area in a video game

[@o.vortice4654]

Wow amzing art brooo Salutes from brasilian northeast

[@jamesbarisitz4794]

Put the tile saw in the lid of a large storage container to catch the water. Drill a hole in the lip and silicone a vinyl tube in the lid that drains into a bucket on the floor. Super sounding instruments made inexpensively. 👍

[@d4ro]

sound is brilliant, the Stonehenge piano!!

[@beatsbypher]

I love watching the builds and hearing the music in the background knowing it's all made from your previous built instruments! And the fact that you found and up-cycled this material is amazing! nicely done!!

[@greenspiritarts]

You make the world smile... or at least me 😊 This inspires me to try a slate version once spring comes. The garden will love the sound. Can’t wait to hear your compositions with these lovelies!

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks a lot!

[@jonbongjovi1869]

DUDE! even my enemies all say i'm a super-genius.....and I LOVE YOU!!! (I'm murican. From New England.) I love using junk and trash to create instruments or art! xoxoxo!

[@kejaritomeneticuantepe]

Interesting!! This instrument will fit for people that don't have none to buy the marimba!!!! Great idea!

[@holdfastification]

I am not musician I can't even play any kind of musical instruments. But to this guy I want to put 10 likes for each video) always watching with huge interest!

[@improwise9997]

What a guy, what an inspiration!!

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks!

[@kristopherdetar4346]

I am building one of these this summer. Very cool, great inspiration. Thank you !

[@raenfox]

Really? Floor tiles? Every time I watch one of your videos, I'm thinking, is there anything in this world you can't make sing? And they sound amazing, too.

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

What a great sound, from floor tiles. I would not have thought of that. Now I want to make a bass one. Thanks for the groovy music ideas.

[@NicolasBras]

Please do, it's quite easy to tune!

[@panchoverde5078]

I found your channel 10 minutes ago. Thank God

[@SirArghPirate]

I don't play any instruments and I don't have much musical knowledge, but this fascinated me so much!

[@dindasatya]

Awesome. Great experience. This is an excellent sample for my Organology Class. Many thank's.

[@VladTepes44]

I am amazed, as always, by the wonderful quality of the sound you get from those common construction material.

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks!

[@Fantazmick]

Love the paradigm of playing what you build. End to end artistry!

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks!

[@virtuosomaximoso1]

I'm always impressed with people who can tune things that have no sustain or decay. When you tuned the resonate pipe blew my mind.

[@almutstarke1344]

Hi Nicolas... you are such a great multitask musician... and lnstrumentbuilder with great ldeas, Sounds, and other interessting Effekts ... l always love creative People like you... l built my harp together with a harpbuilder... it is great building lnstruments.... keep going strong... l bet you soon need a much bigger hall for all your creations... great work and music...

[@alena7756]

Truly amazing love

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks!

[@raulfabianriveralopez1074]

Muy bien hombre....felicitaciones por su trabajo, por su aporte....saludos desde Medellín Antioquia....!

[@gaspardorion9332]

Excellent bravo

[@willardroad]

Mr. Rogers is surely sending some love from the Great Beyond. Sounds like what they used for so many of his thematic sounds on his TV show. Love it!

[@qbkhrub]

You are really genius... Thank You!

[@kenwebster5053]

Man, that is one of the most interesting videos I've seen on KZbin. I made PVC Andean flutes when I was younger, sold a few and still play them. I just love that ockie strap bass, well done!

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks!

[@morgan0]

i love the wobbly resonance when you move it, would be cool to see an instrument like that which moved all the pipes back and forth like metronomes, especially if they all move separately

[@quinktap]

Love it.

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks!

[@paavobergmann4920]

I am floored.... So this is how this looks and sounds like if someone knows exactly what they´re doing.....super inspiring!

[@lancethrustworthy]

The title of your fine video made me imagine an actual floor that had tuned sections. Musical walk/hallways. Good journey.

[@lancethrustworthy]

Instead of the rubber/plastic the tile pieces are on, something else, something less absorbent of vibration. Something nearly as non flexible as glass. Glass rods; maybe old fishing rods? Of course fitting of such material would require research.

[@rasmusn.e.m1064]

I think the biggest advantage of what's used in the video is that it grips the floor tiles.

[@NicolasBras]

That could be fun!

[@kgbstudio]

I am so glad when you got a new video. :)

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks!

[@firstnamelastname3468]

These videos always make me smile, thank you👍

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks!

[@casspirburns]

Cool to find this great music on Spotify. Well done

[@josequins9099]

Sounds amazing.

[@CHITUS]

The bass sounds amazing!

[@kgamaseg]

This is BY FAR the best sounding instrument I have heard that you have built. It sounds AWESOME!!

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks!

[@fredericthom8113]

trop bien , le son est vraiment top , la compo de la fin m a mis dans le même état que des passages de Mike Oldfield dans l album incantations !...

[@spurioustransients]

Genius!

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks!

[@chilipepper138]

Yeah !

[@vendredi2pointzeror-p2.04]

J'adore tes vidéos et tes instruments! Très inspirant! Merci

[@NicolasBras]

Grand merci !

[@brianspenst1374]

Quite similar to a vibraphone but with tile and plastic pipes instead of wood or metal with metal pipes. I really like the clarity of sound you got with this instrument.

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks, me too!

[@Shuvah2Him]

VERY COOL!!!

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks!

[@SSRT_JubyDuby8742]

Once again I'm blown away by your creativity and talent, I absolutely love this. 👏👌👍 😎🎶✅

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks a lot!

[@mikoajp.5890]

I have - no kidding - several square metres of two metre big ceramic tiles as leftovers. Your idea is brilliant, I just HAVE to try that!

[@NicolasBras]

It's quite easy to tune, just have to try!

[@murimk]

Hmmm I have a tile cutter… and some tiles… ;-) Thanks for these, great inspiration!

[@NicolasBras]

Go for it!

[@Barabyk]

Beautifully consistent sound.

[@paulisabelle1188]

Merci Nicolas! La qualité sonore de la céramique est comme le verre, magique. Bravo pour vos connaissances, mais surtout votre créativité. C’est absolument génial! Un autre instrument virtuel en vue ;-) M E R C I ! Paul, Québec.

[@NicolasBras]

Il est déjà samplé!

[@beppe3001]

That's so cool!!!

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks!

[@ludwigvanzappa9548]

Brilliant! Thanks and congratulations dude! New suscriber.

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks and welcome!

[@standardannonymousguy]

Oh wow this one is the best. This is exactly what KZbin is for! I encourage you with this type of instrument and applaud your progress as of yet!

[@stephpicher]

Superbe, comme d'hab'! Une bonne idée de modification, je crois, serais un genre de dispositif (pédale?) pour faire bouger les résonateurs, créant un effet du genre trémolo (?). Bravo encore!

[@NicolasBras]

Grand merci! Oui le résultat serait sûrement intéressant!

[@waynetso440]

I like your other stuff but these are just beautiful. Especially the one with the resonating pipes.

[@NicolasBras]

Thank you very much!

[@grosnain]

La vache ! la sonorité de cette matière ! Tiens, essaie un truc que personne ne connait : les plateaux de disques durs ancienne génération. Les 5"1/4. Ces plateaux sont à base de cuivre et ils ont une résonnance qui dure, mais qui dure... et le son est d'une clarté excellente.

[@NicolasBras]

Il faudrait que je trouve ça!

[@rrrosecarbinela]

I like them both, but I LOVE that bass version!!!

[@echodelta9]

The resonators can be half of the length and be stopped on the other end, from what I've seen. Compact! Close coupling helps but the tuning drops from when checked in open space. Tune the pipes weather open or closed when held the same distance to a solid surface as the tone bar when setup in the kit. This can drop a half step. Now they will really resonate.

[@NicolasBras]

Yep, but the sound is different, interesting too but for this one I prefer open pipes!

[@robabnawaz]

OMG, so cool. The big version reminds me the old vietnamese lithophones (stone-xylophone). I admire your passion.

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks!

[@manfredruhmer6355]

You are an artist on many levels. Good work, nice sound!

[@amyshaw893]

i love how it kinda sounds like "ice" or "crystal to me. i dont think thats what those actually sound like, but it just made me think of them

[@NicolasBras]

Glass bars sounds exactly how you imagine, I made some glass keyboards, I'll document this!

[@amyshaw893]

@@NicolasBras I was thinking specifically of a video I saw recently of a xylophone made of ice, which sounds pretty similar to this. I imagine its something about how its a hard inflexible material that shatters rather than snaps

[@tulsatrash]

So cool.

[@fabriziocroce3242]

Fantastique!

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks!

[@Nachtuil36]

Nicolas, you are my favorite instrument maker : incredible ideas and you can get music out of everything !

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks a lot!

[@Just_look_Channel]

Cool !

[@JNaysh]

You are a source of boundless inspiration. I hope to one day be as good at making instruments as you are!

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks a lot!

[@Rouverius]

They have such great timbre!

[@NicolasBras]

Yes, love it too!

[@andreyfeofanov476]

Увлекательные физические эксперименты со звуком! Этот тембр очень похож на металлический (как маримба) , но нежнее и мягче. По-моему так! Спасибо автору!

[@pierreburgaud2347]

I thought of doing that with clay the cook the pieces . My problem was that tuning raw clay doesn't work well...so it needed a lot of finicking around and i finally did it with cheap steel pipe. But the idea of doing it with tiles is great . Maybe even with granite stripe from kitchen counters or outdoor pavement. I know there s always a bin outside a cuisiniste ou un cheministe or even a pavement shop where they let you forage for free.

[@Soundpaintmusic]

Gorgeous! Cool how different mallets bring forth different frequencies - might be fun to do with felt mallets too. Brilliant!

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks! Yes there is a nice variety, and I have to buy a larger set of mallets!

[@Raku777]

Thanks for sharing. This one of yours is on my list of favorites (my all time favorites are the flutes).

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks!

[@MarcWeertsMusic]

Always love your videos, amazing creativity and great music too! I was surprised by hearing how clearly the pvc pipe resonated when you hit the correct spot above the vibrating tile.

[@NicolasBras]

Yes, it's very effective on this kind of instrument!

[@davib8963]

you make the coolest things dude. :)

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks a lot, I have a lot of fun with those buildings!

[@ricardogalvez2644]

I really loved the instrument ! It made me feel like if I was inside of a magical cave or mine.

[@conejoartesano4852]

Fantastic

[@Alrukitaf]

Great sound. Maybe you should organise a jam with a vibes player.

[@bramwindels5435]

Nicolas you are a great artist😍, i love youre work and music.👍😘

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks a lot!

[@Toine_Harrt]

Tellement stylé comme toujours :)

[@NicolasBras]

Grand merci!

[@exedeath]

Could get a mallet and go around your house and the citty hitting stuff, trying to find the best material sound possible at your own opinion and then you make a (greek translation of the thing you selected)phone instrument out of the material (that is not ultra expensive) with best sound.

[@joethompson11]

Wow! This is so cool, new tools are always great, hope to see some more things come from it!

[@NicolasBras]

There will be!

[@My_Op]

Je me souviens d'un instrument vu et essayé au musée de la pataphonie à Dinant (il y a 15 ans), des pipes de PVC se terminant à la façon dont celles des orgues fonctionnent, attachées par des élastiques et en partie immergées dans un grand bassin. On s'asseyait, et à la façon dont on trait une vache, on enfonçait les pipes dans l'eau créant ainsi un son.

[@NicolasBras]

Et si tu y retournes maintenant, dans la première pièce tu trouveras un orgue en tuyaux PVC que j'ai réalisé spécialement pour eux!

[@My_Op]

@@NicolasBras Mon héros dans mon musée préféré ;-) Perfect match in heaven 🙂

[@panthusiast8472]

Nicolas, you should check out the german sound artist Jochen Fassbender. He creates instruments out of glass, metal and stone that sound beautiful. Maybe you can connect with him.

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks for the idea, I would love to meet him!

[@sodovodt]

This is awesome, I really love your art

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks!

[@MicroMidas]

those stones sounds great man! :)

[@ericlondon5731]

Love the stuff you make! I'd would lightly paint the 'black keys' black, just because....

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks!

[@chahahc]

3:41 The cliffracers are everywhere.

[@ni1661]

You should try playing Moon, by Björk, on those!!!!

[@MalucoLapin]

there is a hand tool for this use... glass cutter and ruler, that's all ya need. oh, and the formula : a+b/a=a/b

[@jonbongjovi1869]

one of my dream instruments is....a Grand PIano.....with GIANT (weighted) WHAMMY BAR!! HOLY CRAP would that be wild!

[@ToeShimmel]

I need this one on soundpaint!

[@NicolasBras]

Working on it!

[@unedichi]

like a txalaparta , nice , un saludo

[@hnkland5317]

great stuff, inspiring!

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks!

[@Velninieks]

Great idea and great sound! Have you thought about adding some valves to the resonators and make a vibraphone equivalent?

[@NicolasBras]

Yep that should work!

[@skeloluke4967]

So you basically made a lithofoon Sounds really good though!