I Made An Electromechanical Shaker/Guiro out of a very modified bit of test equipment

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What would you have made out of this piece of test equipment? Audio from this instrument! :- www.patreon.com/posts/43298989 Eurorack power supply for breadboard :- store.lookmumnocomputer.com/collections/all/products/5010-breadboard-helper-bundle-pack

[@DewtehDew]

No idea, but I would probably electrocute myself doing it.

[@kaisersozeh7845]

It's finished, and brilliant, but if you ever go back to it, I have a couple of ideas on how to make it a bit more guiro-like and, hopefully, musically useful. Genuinely inspired - please don't feel I have a cheek. Reversing the order in which the relays fire might well have a difference in quality - in the same way playing a guiro 'back' sounds different from playing it 'forth' - so can i suggest, as well as a button to play the sequence one way, you have a two way toggle to play one way, then reverse, perhaps with a means to reset the postition without sounding - if you set the toggle to actuate front to back, not left to right, this is, kind of, how you actually play a guiro (lifting the stick on the beats you don't play) and might help it feel more intuitive . Can I also suggest two, mutually exclusive, 555 timers, maybe tuned an octave or a 5th apart (a 3 to 2 ratio, i think?), maybe each with a period tuner knob - i think if you crack how to integrate the muting with note selection you'll have something really playable. How about a BIG toggle and two buttons, toggle fires the sequence, in a direction, each button selects a different 555. Or buttons fire the 555's, the toggle just selects the sequence order. Again, what you've done is ace, just sharing some inspiration back. Thanks man! EDIT: WIth pitchpend on a footpedal? Absolute unit.

[@thomastruant8837]

Not sure but you'll do great with whatever you do, on an unrelated note I found a drum machine in an alley and only one drum's peizo worked so I replaced them all with momentary buttons and am working on making a drum glove with a wooden knuckle duster for the buttons any opinions?

[@christopherventer6391]

What if you did different treatments of each clicker to get different sounds out of them. For example, different length pieces of tube or muffling some with cotton or attaching resonant things like springs to them and then attaching a piezo to the other end.

[@alexeyi76]

Apply some sine waves on these counters. Electromagnets inside the counters will probably produce a more interesting sound. Quieter though.

[@L00PdeL00P]

7:51 mechanical keyboard users on voice chat

[@gavster89]

"Sort of like sending out Morse code" *proceeds to grab telegraph* love it!

[@ncot_tech]

And at 3:34 he starts beeping out something that nearly turned into the Pearl and Dean theme tune :)

[@vinylarchaeologist]

1:23 “FLAM'D OUT AND REASONABLY SAUCY” - perfect description for this channel :)

[@RepeatedFailure]

Who needs Autodesk Eagle when you have MS paint

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

hahaha you know it!!!

[@Raffael-Tausend]

Repeated Faliure Exactly yes

[@DrewskisBrews]

@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER so build a synth control voltage -> MS Paint interface. Sort of like the audio oscilloscope art, only more fun.

[@dcorbin5779]

This is what the noise in my head sounds like when I'm in machine rooms working. High voltage relays make some insane noises as well.

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Haha yeah big mumma relays rule

[@jimmygervaisnet]

6:17 sample this laugh XD

[@foorje]

Waiting for heinbach's response.

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

hahahaha we shall eagerly await

[@NVM_S]

I thought the same things 😂

[@uly1981]

HAINBACH is replicating the effect using radioactive material and a room full of geiger counters

[@d1oftwins]

@@uly1981 HAHAHA, it's funny because it absolutely is something that he could come up with! 😂

[@DrewskisBrews]

@@uly1981 I know you're joking, but a couple years ago in a KZbin comment to Hainbach, I suggested the idea of "geiger gating" (which I don't claim to be an original idea). He replied with something like, 'have you been spying on my Ebay searches?'

[@illnessofjeez]

Beautifully horrid machine you got there, love it. now throw on some big sky reverb and/or delays, bet that "useless poc" will sound nice-ish-er. either way its a neat treat but not to eat. thanks Sammich :D

[@mrfashionguy1]

This man really does live the coolest life ever.

[@elkesorcery]

Wow that really sound like somebody just mashing an old keyboard

[@G8GTJav]

"Yeah, it's pretty pointless but, at least it's done." 😂

[@Cesar-ey7wu]

*in the head of lmnc* "this thing makes a sound... i must control it !"

[@Black3ternity]

Nice. Somewhere, an engineer that designed that piece of kit for research is crying in a corner because of this.

[@jeffwackenthal7725]

like an old typewriter sound!! Congrats Sammy!

[@binface9]

"flammed out and sounding reasonably saucy" would make for a great t-shirt slogan

[@radekozinski1937]

Add some bistable breakers in series to MOSFETs input, to omit chosen bit. it would give you nice pattern editor!

[@genepozniak]

I'm in AWE of your work ethic and creativity. Great job! :-)

[@idj20]

Another interesting video, but speaking as a lifelong doodler my eyes kept getting drawn to that awesome doodle of you in the background.

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

hahaha you can thank my partner mel for that picture

[@Miesn]

Please send this thing to Trent Reznor... its going on the next NIN record for sure!!!

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

its pretty heavy pick up only hahaha

[@untrust2033]

It sounds like it's in pain... I LOVE IT

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

haha it is a pain how did you know!

[@hohohaha999]

POINTLESSSSSSS!!????!?? You need to jam out on the speed dial, 12xclick button and 1xclick button

[@MYGAS21]

Maybe not exactly a Guiro, but....who cares? ...It's WONDERFULL! ..In its own way. (Maybe if you introduced an acceleration of sorts it would come even closer)

[@JingleJoe]

this is my favourite thing you've made.

[@UkiMalefu]

an electronically controlled acoustic instrument... most cyberpunk thing ever... ok, maybe I exaggerate.. or not

[@sirkastic]

I like pickles

[@tomahzo]

6:37 : Useless, eh? Sounds fantastic! On the slowest setting you have an industrially terrific sequence right there :D :D

[@Lieutenatron]

Cool idea & you excel at creating musical/mechanical abominations... very gifted & wish I had 1/2 of your mad scientist skills - perhaps the envy of Victor Frankenstein so keep up the excellent work and look forward to your master creation one day!!! :)

[@sorryguys1090]

This instrument will perfectly fit some moderate-heavy sounding music of near-industrial kind, like Rammstien, Laibach or Nine Inch Nails (that's already mentioned) style. With thick as a brick distorted rythm-guitars it will sound exaclty in place I think.

[@GalileoAV]

Pointless? Dude that thing is awesome

[@robertsyrett1992]

3:00 What the, did he just whip out an antique telegraph clicker thingy? Amazing production value!

[@DavidJohansson]

You may call it pointless, but you still are a musical genius. I hope you realize that! New subscriber here, soon watched all your videos in one day :) Keep em coming, love your style!

[@lhtyeehaw1319]

There sure is alotta computer talk in a channel called "LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER"

[@pavadmin2436]

Always The Best Craziest stuff. Twice crazy fckin nice! :thumbsup:

[@vladsnape6408]

2:37 I don't want to sound pedantic or OCD, but what the heck... parallel is spelt with two 'l' s followed by a single 'l', not the other way around. Apart from that - keep up the awesome work! - you rock and are an inspiration to many, myself included. Your explanations are very entertaining and approachable, and make us think that we too can do something similar.

[@srouawai4424]

Rather useless and pointless? This build is defnitely one of my faves on your channel. It already sounds interesting just by itself, but the sound from the piezo is amazing! Awesome thingamajig!

[@Dcyde86]

4420? This sounds like a lot of Mary Jane happy times. I wouldn't be surprised if it had also LSD on a knob. I think that also Hainbach would appreciate this a lot as an instrument. By the way I would deffinitely use it to make a snappy snary thing as you did or something other arpegiated sound if I found any way to make it kind of chromatic

[@AvixkThePig]

Honestly making an instrument from electromechanical components is on my bucket-list. You could make the controls more precise, like with a... computer..... to get better and more controllable sounds. And if you choose small enough magnetic components, you could potentially get the possible pitch high enough to make a gnarly synth sound.

[@Sx107music]

I've made a similar thing out of aliexpress 8-relay module. It sounded like crickets

[@R---66---R]

Sam! I know you won't wanna read or hear this, but you 'are' an incredible man...really, Sam, you 'are' ;-}

[@wackenthaljef]

Typewriter sound!..a large space full of beauties doin typewrting.

[@McTroyd]

Maybe it's musically useless, but still a fascinating machine. I feel like it would fit right in as a garnishment on a Daft-Punk-esque tune.

[@FiveseveNp90]

Is that a cheeky X32 Rack I see? Awfully close to a COMPUTER 😄

[@tommywiwchar3269]

Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes in the flesh. that's what he looks like. just occurred to me.

[@conorridesbikes139]

Surely you’ve got an electronics degree

[@jeanbonnefoy1377]

Could also make a cool ballots registration/votes counting machine. Might be useful tomorrow night🤔

[@SteveFrenchWoodNStuff]

You come up with some of the coolest stuff. Wonderfully useless, yet alluring and needed.

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Haha useless is definitely the word!

[@jasonakagecko]

Sounds like a something out of a Nine Inch Nails song!!💪🏻😎👍🏻

[@grahamraddings7543]

Could you not sequence each switch to play a pattern, like a clicky drum machine? Just think it would have more values playing patterned sequences

[@ncot_tech]

I wouldn't say it was pointless, it's got some interesting rhythms to it. Nice and crunchy sounds, like a room of angry typists. Mind you, I'm typing on a mechanical keyboard that sounds similar so I might be biased towards clicky noises :)

[@jay_ham_VintageHiFi]

Oh my god.... you’re fucking insane. I love it!!!

[@kronklor]

I bet you could use it as a basis for an epic Command & Conquer Hell March remix...

[@flymario8046]

Oh man... you took old junk... and made new junk. :) It looks like it was really fun to create. That sound is one of those sounds you turn the music up so you cant hear... like your engine making a ticking sound.

[@jimisru]

I have zero comprehension of what he does, but it's really fun to watch.

[@Kev5565]

I wonder what you could do with Robbie the robot from the film Forbidden Planet, which was the first film to use entirely electronic music.

[@unexpectedbowtie]

I love this so much. It sounds dope. Reminds me of the sound of a Japanese Pachinko hall.

[@whatshisfacemcwhatnot9550]

That's a nice looking schematic you've got yourself there.

[@milomeyer2175]

Sick machine and video ,loads of cool sounds .I think I might have tried to make a wearable drummacince

[@tamashorvath8110]

OmG.. 🤭😉 Hello from Hungary! 😘😉💪🖖🖖🖖

[@Sun-ut9gr]

7:20 THE NUMBERS, MASON, WHAT DO THEY MEAN?!

[@gapster77]

I like it, it’s ridiculously unnecessary and crazy mad bonkers!

[@mcshafty1]

Wicked man! Utterly silly! I hope it gets much shaking at the museum - and a solo on your next song!

[@GamingWorkshop2021]

ПРИВЕТ!!!!!!!!!!!

[@K-Effect]

I'd love to have all those counters on the dashboard of my car for some pointless reason. It almost looks like something from back to the future

[@VelociraptorX]

It may be useless but it produces a sound I've never heard before. Thx.

[@rigobertoruiz6136]

Where do I get quality strip board like what he used. Its like an arm and a leg online now...

[@Enigma758]

Friggin' brilliant!

[@iancain6647]

How do you feel about me bringing my sampler along to the museum of everything else?

[@pahvalrehljkov]

i dont think i would get this excited for the worlds worst shaker if it werent coming from you...

[@DrewskisBrews]

This would make perfect music for a crisps advert

[@WolfmanDude]

Your MosFet circuit even has the freewheel diode, nice job!

[@jaymercy224]

Definitely the best sound was at 6:37! Nice job.

[@TheIN4CER]

Now I really really want to come play 😂 Keep going with these thing Sam.

[@dommoo2]

When is the look mum no computers and electroboom machine crossover video / song

[@ViviSectia]

There's an entire genre of music made entirely with stuff like this but I can't remember the name of it at the moment.

[@jokkemartens8065]

I love you Sam. This is awesome. Inspirational.

[@JONOVID]

well done

[@aurora3655]

I wonder what it sounds like slower down 1000x?

[@GlitchyfrogMusic]

I wondered how I can make a shaker sound without a shaker xD thanks :p

[@maxmatson1578]

At the 7:35 minute Mark. That rhythm is the shit!🎧💫😵👌😎👍

[@emmanuelleibniz7654]

Perfect to make Industrial music!

[@himselfe]

Thousand shaker megadrum! PogChamp

[@pflick13]

I can't even comment on your videos, you are a master of your craft!!!

[@vokonmusic]

I’m making an I/O that heavily disrupts the signal, can’t wait to show you the finished thing!

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

sounds funky!

[@xenostim]

Its... so.... beautiful!!! **crying**

[@cosmicrider5898]

You could make some great noise music with that!

[@PihkaIsMyName]

This is great! Gave me a good laugh, I needed it

[@Raffael-Tausend]

Cereal to parallel shift register. LMAO

[@chiefthomson]

nice machine mate, actually like the sounds and the delayed triggering is amazing. keep up

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Cool! 😀

[@charliebuscher4544]

....eating cereal in parallel with this video.

[@sergeisalopov1504]

Мля! братан! Лучше бы ты музыкой занимался

[@blackvx]

So cool! I love that clicking sound. 😅 👍

[@STAY-GOLD-VINYL]

DO YOU HAVE ANY GUITAR PEDAL BUILDS??

[@karlklee9418]

Love his videos and hate the unison midi chords pack!

[@merbertancriwalli8622]

Absolutely brilliant bit of kit! Kudos

[@a.p.2356]

It sounds like a fax machine gaining sentience.

[@berndeckenfels]

Does it have a broken counter in the middle?

[@andrewtomasello1177]

This rules and gave me a ton of ideas thank you!

[@Cat-vd7xc]

When it goes very fast it sounds like a mini gun

[@weapea]

Wow! These are just what makes Life interesting.. someday someone will imagine"why" and thats one point. Other point IS that If you can build IT , build IT ! Circuitbent recycling as its best!