Can Lego Play the Drums?

​Building and testing a Lego Technic drum machine that triggers an electronic drum soundmodule and drumming production software.
Chapters:
00:00 Principles
00:44 Mechanics
02:34 Belt
03:11 Test
04:01 Song Quiz
Piezo’s:
www.r-drums.com/english/shop/...
DB25 Connector: amzn.to/3RBzJGU
MIDI USB Cable: amzn.to/3eEvWtE
Drum Soundmodule: Roland TD-9
Drum Software: bit.ly/3TYAGuG
Camera used for this video: amzn.to/3Hxisci
Microphones used for this video: amzn.to/3HpIxdY
Please note: I get a commission if you buy via Amazon link above. Thanks for your support.
Where I get my parts from: www.bricklink.com/v2/main.page
#bricktechnology
#legotechnic​
#lego
#asmr
#engineering
#drums
#music

[@BrickTechnology]

The answers for the song quiz can be found here: Instagram: instagram.com/bricktechnologychannel/ Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100075904211006

[@CaptainBlackadder75]

Not sure if you’ve cannibalised it for parts, if your cat has eaten half of it, or even if you could be bothered to, but I doubt I’d be alone here in hoping for another drum track quiz 😉 Again - great work 👍

[@pewpewboom]

Led Zeppelin Kashmir?

[@CaptainBlackadder75]

@@pewpewboom Pneuma - Tool 😝😬

[@marlonolivares3339]

Song 3= something by Taylor Swift o something like that lol Song 5= chop suey

[@yiwen182]

song1 = My Hero, Foo Fighters song2 = Song 2, Blur song3 = Shake it off, Taylor Swift song4 = First Date, Blink 182 song5 = Chop Suey, SOAD song6 = Africa, Toto?

[@silasrump2536]

I’m a percussionist, and I showed this to my band leader. He literally suggested to kick me out of the band, and get that Lego machine instead of me… Edit: I don’t know how this comment got that many likes. I hope it’s not because you agree with my band leader.

[@DVbricks]

Bruh pain

[@Thexdmattx]

You and the rest of the percussionists.

[@doomguy974]

Dang robots, they won't stop at taking our jobs, now they're taking our education too lol

[@thefinalkayakboss]

Jazz band leader: "Now THATS syncopation, hear how its really swinging those eighth notes? *drum machine continues playing absolutely military straight 8ths on the ride*

[@yoshi1951]

Music with absolute perfection is dead. It needs some individual small imperfections in the rhythm.

[@ZeketheZealot]

The fact that Song 2 was actually “Song 2” was a beautiful touch

[@bazahaza]

Woo whoo!!

[@ZeketheZealot]

@@bazahaza Watch out for jumbo jets

[@georgebailey8179]

I can imagine that leading to a very confusing conversation. "Which was song 2?" "Song 2" "Yes. Which song was it?" "Song 2" "Yes. What is that song?" ...

[@Element4ry]

@@georgebailey8179 But who's on first?!

[@bazahaza]

@@georgebailey8179 Get your head checked.

[@Martin-xh1hd]

3:11 the slow transition from plastic clicking to drum sounds is so cool and badass

[@unpigeonable6221]

Language buddy

[@real_Fabiot]

Is noone gonna talk about the absolutely flawless transition all the way from 3:06 to 3:16?

[@inspektor5560]

The Lego pieces just snapping into each other that quickly sounds like something I'd hear in a HowToBasic video

[@whoami.....]

so true dude

[@renegibbetnich7883]

Needs more eggs.

[@lazytoaster5170]

Fr

[@maybeluca8027]

it's comforting in a way

[@DrkRatchet105Rides]

Can't say LEGO without EGG

[@eyeseaewe1736]

This man's creativity has no bounds.

[@nathanzouak2550]

Yes

[@naderemad4686]

Seriously

[@ldcent8482]

tell me you've never heard of a music box without telling me you've never heard of a music box

[@antonanton3136]

@@ldcent8482 yeah OUT OF LEGO

[@Blizzard117]

@@ldcent8482 do what he does and then shows us

[@benputhoff9898]

I'm just amazed by how well it actually works. I didn't have my doubts, but just looking at the thumbnail I couldn't fathom it playing anything any more complex than "twinkle twinkle little star." Bravo!

[@rocketman1969]

This is amazing man. The design, construction, integration, and performance are just amazing.

[@JS-sv4ol]

Absolutely amazing!!! 1. My Hero - Foo Fighters 2. Song 2 - Blur 3. Hey Mickey / Shake It Off - Tswift 4. Rock Show - Blink 182 5. Chop Suey - System of a Down 6. Africa - Toto 7. Umbrella - Rihanna Edit: never received more than 50 likes before - so cool to see this post was so well received! 🎉 thank you and wishing you well this week

[@Animaniac-vd5st]

Using Song2 as song 2 made me smile.

[@MergeMechanic]

Bro I know none of these songs

[@MickeForsberg]

Isn’t nr 4 First Date?

[@Chris-kx2yg]

4 is first date

[@b14ckyy]

I just recognized Song 2 and Chop Suey :( Nice work man.

[@m0nk3yl0v3r]

4:03 "My Hero" Foo Fighters 4:35 "Song 2" Blur 4:43 "Shake it off" Taylor Swift 5:06 "Chop Suey!" System of a Down 5:23 "Africa" Toto 5:35 "Umbrella" Rhianna

[@chantronmatthieu2497]

You forgot The Song 4, which is First Date By Blink 182

[@mollykimball7261]

I like number’s 5 and 7

[@WTFBOOMDOOM]

@@mollykimball7261 I'll have two number nines, a number nine large...

[@weebto]

Lmao I thought song 1 was "sugar we're going down" by fall out boy

[@wildmikefilms]

I thought 4 was "Face down" by The red jumpsuit apparatus

[@WickedJackThe1]

You‘re amazing being able to merge so much different skills into something like this! 😮

[@finnbacon]

This came out multitudes better than I was expecting! Honestly would love to see more with this creation!

[@Davkas]

As a musician and someone interested in engineering and electronic music, this checks all the boxes for me! Excellent build!

[@kattihatt]

As a. As someone.

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

The system is anti-nature, anti-truth because it is based on destruction and delusions: The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🌳🌳🌳

[@eggselence9925]

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[@ThunderBlastvideo]

music and engineering go so well together

[@RailsofForney]

@@kattihatt r/ihadastroke

[@TheMicro4]

This design is very reminiscent of player pianos from the 1800’s. Interesting seeing it applied like this

[@riskvideos]

Yeah. Like automata, but with lego. It's brilliant.

[@theoriginalemim]

I was thinking a music box, but yours is more apt.

[@smallpseudonym2844]

It's a lego version of a punchcard.

[@mitchellradspinner4491]

It’s stuff like this that make me so happy to be alive and feel lucky I live in a time where I can experience the confluence of all the things it took to make this and for me to see it. Great work!

[@JoshSaysStuff]

I love that you had each bar start on gray! Nice little touch :)

[@italianbasegard]

3:06 Excellent job editing the timing of the Legos for the music score clicking into place to match the upcoming beat - the intuitiveness definitely makes it easier to understand what’s happening in the video, which makes it more relatable and thereby more enjoyable to watch - keep it up!!

[@Bobisuruncle54]

Agreed that was some excellent attention to detail

[@kevinStyler6299]

yeah. I thought that was truly amazing.

[@migasmiguel10]

Its a sin if you say legos

[@Magst3r1]

​@@migasmiguel10legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos legos

[@tatsuuuuuu]

3:43 "Take this Lars Ulrich!" ahaha xD

[@mstover2809]

I LOVE the part at 5:47! "Make sure cat does not eat lego!" was hilarious!

[@greyhope-loveridge6126]

Now I want an entire lego band. This was so cool!

[@VJFranzK]

As a Techno Musician, I am amazed that you have: built an analog sequencer that plays (PCM) digital drums! because 99% of the time it is the opposite.

[@PacificNatureTV]

underrated comment! this is one of the MOST analog sequencers ive ever seen lol, so clever!

[@younken24films]

Google player piano and music box.

[@VJFranzK]

@@younken24films "Player pianos" are entirely analog, not PCM.

[@dotsonjb14]

Mechanical sequencers are super old school and I love the idea of doing it with legos.

[@younken24films]

Sorry, misunderstood you.

[@seanrrr]

I don't know what's more impressive here, the machine or the editing. Dear lord that editing was perfection, with the speed builds and the fading from brick to drum sounds.

[@potater6163]

yea the editing was really good i agree

[@hardrays]

even the cat trope!

[@itsdragoninawagon]

this is pretty cool! reminds me of how a lot of music boxes work

[@jordanwhite8567]

This is the physical form of MIDI. Really cool man

[@frigzy3748]

That's a Wintergatan level of mastery right here.

[@primtones]

Better, Brick Technology actually finished the machine!

[@blakksheep736]

@@primtones didn't Wintergatan?

[@C4pungMaster]

@@blakksheep736 they are referring to the marblemachine X, the second iteration that Wintergatan is making. As he is a perfectionist, the machine went on countless of scrapping and restarting and barely completed (in which he scrapped it again one last time and opened a crowdfunding). Tbh I kinda lost interest to the progress

[@misterk7_-]

except he actually completes the project, lmao

[@lordsiomai]

That's what a recognized too when I saw the peg system thing

[@profgamble7012]

I love that song 2 was literally song 2. This is on a whole new level!

[@davidmason9251]

Glad someone else caught it too.

[@AndyTheWhale]

Woohoo!

[@JoshB_TheTower]

Song 3 needed to be song 2

[@Sophie-gn9sn]

Oh wow I thought it was I’ve Seen Footage by Death Grips, turns out the two songs just have nearly identical drum lines

[@-ColorMehJewish-]

That's incredibly impressive --- both the presentation and that you actually thought of it, built it, sync'd it and edited I suddenly feel like my day has been uneventful lol

[@GuitarSmartsPodcast]

Awesome! I'd love to see a version 2.0 of this that has adjustments for hit velocity in there somehow, thats your challenge!

[@DudeBricks_]

As a drummer and a Lego lover, I found this very inspiring! Great work!

[@KOEK111]

As someone who doesn't play with lego or drums... same

[@kattihatt]

As a.

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

The system is anti-nature, anti-truth because it is based on destruction and delusions: The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🌳🌳🌳

[@RgeioMrtinz]

me too! #RIPJoeyJordison

[@joewilde6972]

You makin' love to them legos?

[@TymTym55]

Video editing evolved really well since beginning of the channel, congratulations! The idea of combining lego with drum practicing software is just insane!

[@cereal_chick2515]

This is like visual ASMR, and I'm so here for it.

[@SudsyMedusa53]

this is essentially an extremely elaborate analog music box. I'm here for it!

[@SudsyMedusa53]

@@unpersonableme1805 it might have a digital interface, but the method of data storage is entirely analog.

[@unpersonableme1805]

@@SudsyMedusa53 The method of storage is digital, just because it's physical doesn't mean it's analog The values are ones and zeros either there is a pin in the slot so they play the drum or there is not a pin in the slot so they don't play that drum on that rack. This hardware device is programmed digitally with physical ones and zeros. If there is a black pin, play the note, that is one, if there is not a pin, that is a zero and the note doesn't play for that time slice. I think you're mixing up the terms analog and digital when you mean to say physical versus electronic.

[@unpersonableme1805]

@@SudsyMedusa53 digital values are represented as 1 or 0 analog values are The infinite decimals between one and zero. With this device it's either played or not played there is no analog volume control or analog pitch control you can't play halfway between a 1 and 0 in this system. Veritasium has a good video on analog computers if you want a better understanding of analog devices

[@freshrockpapa-e7799]

@@unpersonableme1805 Thank you... So many people using terms they don't understand

[@SlickRCBD]

@@freshrockpapa-e7799 I agree, although it's still essentially an old-fashioned music box.

[@mattimotion]

This video just kept getting better and better, so impressive

[@ricsanta1]

even the cat

[@tangoseal1]

Im an old percussionist and I was impressed. This is too cool man!

[@drum7989]

This is amazing…and the video editing was so good too!

[@Max-el7zd]

It’s honestly incredible we get this content for free. I felt like I was learning so much about midi, engineering and electronics just from this video. Not to mention how satisfying the process of building prototypes and putting together the legos where.

[@ginger15103]

Now if only all useful education and learning was free :p

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

The system is anti-nature, anti-truth because it is based on destruction and delusions: The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🌳🌳🌳

[@ivvan497]

@@ginger15103 I mean, you didn't learn anything from this video. It doesn't explain anything, it's just entertainment.

[@alexramos7708]

@@ginger15103 homeboy is still getting paid the big bucks for this, so he is doing it with the goal of making money

[@kub2039]

What did you learn about midi from this? 😂

[@passingsynonym6951]

This man is truly a genius with Lego

[@vub1578]

Bro has a degree in lego 💀

[@auroreinara7322]

And editing. Without the editing this wouldn't be nearly as good.

[@roteschwert]

This is so freaking cool. You could write a program to convert a sheet music into the positions for the tabs for easily programming the drum!

[@KomodoKiller]

This is like a much simpler version of the marble machines and I love it! 😂

[@meltedyakkystick3891]

I'm surprised at how steady this sounds. I would've expected a drum machine made of legos to sound really janky and rickety, but it sounds like a proper drum machine. Good job :)

[@Aeronaut1975]

*made of LEGO, not "legos".

[@erens-basement]

Because it's not actually a drum machine. It's a glorified analog cassette player and the pegs are the MIDI input

[@bredbaag]

@@erens-basement its a machine that plays drums, what else should it be called?

[@MrCrrispy]

The sounds come from the drum module or software , the lego just triggers them and does not produce any sound, so it just can't sound bad

[@TheVoitel]

@@MrCrrispy I do not think that is the point here. I *believe* the comment is rather about the evenness of the speed.

[@moo6463]

1: My Hero - Foo Fighters 2: Song 2 - Blur 3: Shake It Off - Taylor Swift 4: First Date - Blink182 5: Chop Suey - System Of A Down 6: Africa - Toto 7: Umbrella - Rihanna

[@BrickTechnology]

Well done

[@Caffin8tor]

I guessed 2, 3 and 6 right, but not familiar with the rest except Umbrella

[@A01B0sh1]

I got all of them except 3 and 7

[@jumpthefence7823]

3 is Outkast, Hey Ya!

[@Gazeld]

@@jumpthefence7823 no, it's near, but listen to the clap and the ticks, they're not those of hey ya, but of Taylor Swift.

[@creativesamurai8372]

You Sir, are a very clever man. just found your channel. slowly going thru your back catalog. Amazing channel.

[@robertd57i989]

Dude thats freakin crazy. Brilliant idea.

[@maxiafl4067]

The satisfaction i get from you putting Lego technic pieces together is immeasurable.

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

The system is anti-nature, anti-truth because it is based on destruction and delusions: The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🌳

[@workshopninjathe1st]

There is something very “wintergaten music machine” about this. Good job!

[@Cumbercuke]

except this one is actually finished

[@bizarrefruit9133]

Except this guy didn't just abandon the video because you could hear the lego or it might miss a note if you played it for 24 hours straight.

[@bizarrefruit9133]

@@Cumbercuke Haha, snap.

[@phoenix1045]

@@bizarrefruit9133 if it messed up during a concert that would be a big problem. The guy's a perfectionist. Don't blame him.

[@bizarrefruit9133]

​@@phoenix1045 No, it wouldn't. I saw Frusciante's guitar die in the middle of a concert and guess what, the show went on. Do you really think his supporters wouldn't have understood if a few marbles had been spat out? He is free to do whatever he wants but most, like me, see that he lost sight of what his project was; a cool machine that makes music with marbles. If just making music was his goal then MIDI would have sufficed and could play his music without missing a single note. We never even got to see a demonstation of what MMX could do in video form like the video of his wooden prototype back in the day. He got wrapped up in 'self-help' books, quoting Elon Musk and trying to 'optimise his workflow', ultimately deciding it was better to give up and start a new project rather than accept minor flaws. That is why his latest videos have a miniscule amount of views compared to his older ones. It was a great shame and I'm not alone in thinking that. At some point, good enough has to be good enough, any recording musician knows this otherwise you never finish anything. Live musicians know that better still.

[@CBWP]

Genius. A work of continuous improvement.

[@jamestoalan3274]

Absolutely.Amazing...you made a step recorder/sequencer.Great Job Keep up the Work!!!

[@alexandrzozulia7921]

Just when you think that this guy wouldn’t be able to come up with anything better than the previous video. Love it

[@_gigi_1143]

As a drummer, I am amazed by this, and ashamed that I couldnt find all the drum parts

[@ITheAscended1]

As a metal head I approve of that brief metal moment. This was awesome to watch my guy

[@agemadrid835]

This is incredible! You’re a genius!

[@AarPlays]

"TAKE THIS LARS" Got a chuckle out of me

[@FateGathersStudios]

i love the 1/8 note belt spacing with the gray on beat 1.. super easy to program.

[@jlander82]

Love that Song 2 was placed/labled as song 2 :)

[@jaredchampagne2752]

This guy is a straight up genius, ill argue with anyone who says otherwise. How can you be this smart and creative?...I’m jealous, my energy, patience and attention span would instantly crap out on me if I tried anything even 1% as complex as this, some people just got given a good brain, and I’m very jealous.

[@JohnWaclawski]

I am absolutely blown away with not only the engineering ability that went into this, but the musical experience as well. I was in awe throughout this whole build. Well done!!

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

The system is anti-nature, anti-truth because it is based on destruction and delusions: The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🌳

[@CarbonPhysics]

The editing talent that goes into these videos is mind blowing.

[@gregdz11]

Time for him to make a Lego video editing machine

[@user-og6hl6lv7p]

Mind blowing? Really?

[@CarbonPhysics]

@@user-og6hl6lv7p Let's see your Lego videos, then

[@omikronweapon]

@@CarbonPhysics what's mind blowing about it? it does the job, nothing too fancy. The problem is, we've gotten so used to crappy videos straight from phones, that a basic sound cross fade and speeding up some of the footage seems like a work of genius. anyone of us could make this in an afternoon with some basic software. We've just gotten too lazy to bother.

[@omikronweapon]

Not even trying to hate on the guy. It's a nice video. I'm just disappointed whenever I see someone that seems convinced they couldn't do it themselves as well.

[@that_Dominic_guy]

These videos have once again brought me back into the realm of lego

[@MrXontrosPanikos]

Whole idea, execution and videography was amazing. What really earned my like though was Song 2 being Song 2.

[@FameFocus]

Great song choices bro^^ (And awesome Lego build, obviously)

[@GruAtDurham]

First ig?

[@INFINITEShoobes]

RUSH EEEEEEE please

[@StikFlik]

@@GruAtDurhammy hero by foo fighters

[@Zeppelin-ep7uv]

@@StikFlik I thought I got it wrong but damn nvm great song

[@TheJonathanc82]

As a drummer, this is freaking amazing. Keep up the awesome work!

[@liamjagoe260]

@@Adisimion3953 bahaha what a weird take

[@j4ked]

@@Adisimion3953 what are you getting upset in the comments for

[@alveolate]

how does it feel to be replaced by lego

[@Naroah]

@@j4ked what did he say? his reply got deleted

[@advaydubey]

As a drummer, I think this beats every other drummer on the planet cuz it's just quantized down to every single beat.

[@dylanolson6077]

The belt reminds me of a midi board. Pretty cool. Works pretty much the same way.

[@roflmoviezstudios9422]

Like a Pattern rack too !

[@bimsetre]

Just loveable, I´m blown away.

[@trjblq]

This is seriously amazing!

[@monkeboys123]

Wow I could NEVER imagined that someday lego and real life electronics could go together SO well! Amazing job 👍

[@joshuakorynta3385]

Power Functions/Mindstorms: Are we a joke to you?

[@monkeboys123]

@@joshuakorynta3385 lol

[@user-ss4fg3yu6r]

U should check brick experimenting channel then. His lego gyrocopter and submarines are insane!

[@monkeboys123]

@@user-ss4fg3yu6r Checked him out. Those are cool too

[@Mr.Engine993]

@@joshuakorynta3385 everyone who makes custom electronics for their (absolutely insane) Lego creations: Are we a joke to you?

[@iamBANGMARTIN]

4:42 "I Stay out too Late!" 🎤

[@TheThirdPuddle]

Got nothing in my brain

[@alexmammoth2916]

This is similar to how The Marble Machine works. Great stuff!

[@Avgeek-ml4rd]

It would be super cool if you assigned specific notes to each drum so you could play the melodies too!

[@drescherjm]

As an electrical engineer and a person who had legos in the 1970s and 1980s as a kid this is awesome! Amazing design and execution. I love it!

[@StanleyKubick1]

Song 2 was a great touch!

[@fear_x_w0lf461]

Yeah literally called song 2

[@spaget_rolls_789]

He really just turned an old music tracker program into a real life lego machine. Crazy.

[@skivvy3565]

The LEGO cat at 3:50 is so well crafted it almost looks real

[@grimnir27]

Obviously this is amazing! Now a challenge: can you alter this to be able to play Guitar Hero? And reach a perfect score on "Through the Fire and Flames" by DragonForce?? 😃

[@Dy3Dr0p]

The belt would have to be sooo long 😱

[@Anti-Smart]

It would be amazing to see that thing play that!

[@rapidemboar4625]

I was thinking the perfect thing to do would be to set this up to play drums on LEGO Rock Band.

[@joshrich507]

Please try this!!! Even if not the whole song, cause this would be absurdly awesome!!!

[@Anti-Smart]

@@dinhtuan752 200,000 tracks ready with a million more well on the way.

[@Jam3s2001]

I grabbed my bass and started jamming when you got My Hero going.

[@m4dclaw]

I’ve never seen anything stunning as this in my life

[@myrtlekenazjanairo9411]

3:05 man i love that transition from build sound to actual drum sounds! 3:43 Ahaha that "Take this Lars Ulrich!" really cracked me up! 🤣

[@insertnamehere1258]

3:43 was hillarious

[@datgamerboy123]

Made me literally laugh out loud 😂

[@-FileNotFound-]

Yeah

[@THUMCHENLAMMoe]

3:43 always made me laugh

[@holymonke2703]

lars is mad because legos can play cleaner than him

[@castin5244]

4:15 "THERE GOES MY HERO!"

[@Pelle_Dead_Ohlin]

"WATCH HIM AS HE GOES"

[@lyonschannel69420]

me: builds a lego truck in 3 hours him: builds a whole electric lego drum set in 20 minutes

[@TK-eg6vp]

As a drummer, I appreciate this! Love it!

[@Racc_Oon]

you’ve gotten more insane lately, that’s good.

[@mikebaker3632]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@CaptainBlackadder75]

For me, the quiz was solvable because of the drum sounds he chose, as much as him nailing the pattern. What a video. I’ve always found the term ‘drum machine’ a little weird for a box of electronics. This truly is one!

[@eskarinakatz7723]

I felt that the first one was off a Halo soundtrack. It just had that vibe.

[@bradleypaquet7262]

@@eskarinakatz7723 There goes my Hero by the Foo Fighters, but I totally hear something off of the Halo 2 soundtrack, I think on Delta Halo.

[@tipenemoss3379]

@@bradleypaquet7262 I believe you, but it's hard for me not to hear that first one as sugar we're going down by fallout boys

[@jonas_security_kolinski]

Is Song 2 "Blur - Song 2"?

[@CaptainBlackadder75]

@@jonas_security_kolinski That’s what I think it is. I bet he had a smirk on his face when he wrote the ‘Song 2’ caption 😂

[@Brumsey99989]

Love this, reminds me a little of the marble machine.

[@NeutralGravity]

This instantly became one of my all time fav KZbin videos

[@somesquidbillyhillbilly5207]

This is the COOLEST thing I’ve ever seen anybody do with any kind of legos😂😂 your an absolute madman and legend in your craft! Most incredible channel I’ve ever found on KZbin

[@neosmith80]

you're, not your you + are = you're #TheMoreYouKnow

[@JS-rv3et]

#themoreyouknow. this is a music box a device thats been around for well over 400 years

[@Ballerkack]

@@neosmith80 "you're craft" lol god he's dumb

[@TonyBullard]

I have two cats. When they get into things they shouldn't, I tend to snap at them to get their attention. At 5:47 I instinctively snapped at the screen. Looks like I've made my own Pavlovian response!

[@nobikelander]

Epic dude, made my day🎉

[@18436Melissa]

3:34 Me at 3AM:

[@DuckDuckDuckDuckDuckDuckDucks]

Me to

[@xcliber]

This would be easy to make into a player piano. Time for some Wintergatan Marble Machine.

[@MegaLolization]

Exactly what came to my mind haha. You could link those pads to any midi output, and scale the thing pretty wide to have a bigger range of notes... Lotta possibilities here

[@johnnyjohnson6643]

Just need to somehow turn it into a LEGO Great Ball Contraption, as well…

[@fadedc]

so... a music box? lol

[@themechbuilder6171]

pipe dream

[@Tsutomeru]

Outstanding 👏

[@zesty.bubbles]

Holy crap I am seriously impressed gonna have one of these in my studio instead of a drum machine or midi piano roll

[@Swiftwinter]

Everything I love about life in one video. Drums. Lego. Soldering. Animation. MIDI.

[@Reivax2007]

5:05 chop suey! Let’s go

[@tesseract389]

WAKE UP. GRAB A BRUSH AND PUT A LITTLE MAKEUP. HIDE THE SCARS TO FADE AWAY THE SHAKE-UP. WHYD'Y LEAVE THE KEYS UPON THE TABLE? HERE YOU GO CREATE ANOTHER FABLE.

[@chrisquarrie]

I think I heard Foo Fighters My Hero in there. I love how this video combines two of my favourite things… Drums and Lego!

[@Raydan116]

I was thinking about music boxes today and came across this, pretty neat

[@Boarder4892]

It’s essentially set up like A music box so to speak, but I enjoyed every song that played on it and I loved the rhythm and the quickness of how all the different drum pieces could play on that thing, and how well orchestratedly it was put together. Not only was it an impressive build to me, but the way you made it play the music in the way that it did, was awesome on top of that.

[@GoreHealer]

6:02 Even with no sound you can recognize My Hero song...simply amazing

[@RkRk-xi7wi]

From the rhythm of clicks alone and not even thinking, song 2 was already playing in my head.

[@mrman5066]

This gives me animosic vibes and I love it- nice dose of nostalgia and awe

[@szymongrabarczyk3561]

Everything about this video is on point: montage, execution, engineering and the idea itself. Very impressive.

[@solarhawk77]

Also song choices!

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

The system is anti-nature, anti-truth because it is based on destruction and delusions: The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🌳

[@mk.istruct-fing-e3741]

Also his Engineering…

[@szymongrabarczyk3561]

@@mk.istruct-fing-e3741 right...