Imperial March on Lego motors

Lego motor DUO plays Star Wars: The Imperial March. Enjoy!
Bass: Lego Buggy motor (5292c01)
Baritone: Lego 9V Heavy Mini-Motor (71427c01)
The music is generated with PWM signals of varying frequencies. The same thing that causes the annoying whining noise you may have noticed with Lego Rechargeable Battery Box, SBrick and BuWizz. Guitar Pro tab, Raspberry Pi and Python code needed. Read more in my blog:
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[@Alphaghosty]

Imagine putting the grey one in a Lego r2d2 and have have it talk for him would be amazing 😊

[@weylinwest9505]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@Hopp5ann]

yes

[@red_benny123]

AGREED

[@danboy12342]

I would like but it's 420 soooooo

[@superchroma]

Ok, but, get this, what about using a little speaker instead.

[@tidmouthmilk12]

Never thought I'd see a LEGO version of hard drives playing music but here we are I guess. 👏

[@E-Box]

I've never seen an HDD version of FDDs playing music, but I live under a rock. I have seen dot matrix printers play music, though.

[@roanv]

@@E-Box The flopatron! It's mostly floppies, but a few scanners and hard drives as well kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXy2YWWnZaeIpLs

[@gustiwidyanta5492]

​@@E-Box Floppotron II uses HDDs for percussion.

[@davep5698]

Now to just eat the worlds supply of Lego motors and make the block-o-tron

[@Sha.ll0w]

Now we need to play the Interstellar main theme with lego motors, HDD's and electric arc drives combined!

[@3lyas]

Impressive.

[@Hopp5ann]

yes

[@doctortwilight]

Most impressive.

[@crusader2604]

Impressive, very nice. Let's see Paul Allen's Imperial March.

[@noaht6723]

​@@crusader2604 beat me to it

[@smoczywojownik5169]

Impressive...very nice...

[@SenatorJesus]

I've seen this before. In ten years we'll have the LEGOTRON 3.0 playing an entire symphony orchestra with LEGO parts

[@danboy12342]

Lego x floppy x hdd x toothbrush Mashup when?

[@orjis]

@@danboy12342 don't forget tesla coils!

[@JamesTDG]

I think a better name would be the brickotron

[@GioJonnhyK]

@@JamesTDG please no...😂 😥😥😥 leave the original floppotron alone!

[@SGRebooted]

The blockotron

[@danielwalker26]

This is exactly how Floppotron started. Please do more.

[@WarioNumberOne]

Device Orchestra as well!

[@thefrenchtechman]

That's exactly what I was thinking

[@BT25440]

YES

[@mephisto7549]

He actually calculated how long the string has to be so Vader stops there exactly at the end. Pure dedication.

[@mikkolukas]

... or just played the song once, cut the string and placed Vader there.

[@ponponpatapon9670]

@@mikkolukas can you elaborate? i don't see how that'd make lego Vader perfectly stop near the lego motor any easier.

[@dkbmaestrorules]

​@@ponponpatapon9670 attach string to motor, play song once. String winds up. With string wound up, tie Vader to string in the position you want him to finish. Then simply unwind the string and play the song again and he will finish in exactly the spot you wanted.

[@NFSHeld]

@@dkbmaestrorules I think it was almost done this way, but probably the string was cut off before Vader was tied to it. The knot shortened the string, and that's why Vader is lifted a bit in the end as if the string's half a centimeter too short.

[@Benjamin-mq6hu]

That's definitely not the most impressive thing about this

[@fonesrphunny7242]

Okay, hear me out: - Double or tripple the motors. Their response will be slightly different, creating an unison/chorus effect. - Keep everything on a piece of wood as resonance body. - Get hold of a "contact microphone" (probably not the right term for it) to pick up the piece of wood directly - Make multiple recordings, with the motors and mic being in different positions. Since you're sending "notes" from an external app, the timing should be 99% reproducible. Mixing the different tracks would give it some "volume" (not in the sense of loudness, but broadness ... if that makes any sense)

[@coolchannelyt]

FR

[@mbcommandnerd]

THAT’S SO COOL!!! You need to make more songs using LEGO motors, because somehow, they actually sound good!!!

[@builderbasti9773]

Theoretically you could even play something like Rush E if you just had enough motors :D

[@mbcommandnerd]

@@builderbasti9773 I’d pay good money to see someone make that happen! RUSH E is epic on piano as it is, but on LEGO motors!?!? That’s a whole NEW kind of awesome!!!

[@jandecreates8251]

this is absolutely halirious

[@theyeetus1428]

I have a feeling you'd like the Floppotron.

[@mikkolukas]

He need more motors - and more googley eyes!

[@highdriver100]

When i was in engineering school we had a water facility simulator, essentially just two tanks with a speed variable pump in between and some valves controlled by a logic controller. me and my friend were bored in between classes so we made a program that used the pumps pwm controller to play old macdonald. Ah the good old days when life was simple.

[@gmrgamingrm]

The sound the lego motors made INSTANTLY reminded me of the motors you hear in Floppy Drive music. Well done!

[@shaunosmorrison8385]

Going back quite a few years now the OG floppy drive Imperial March

[@gmrgamingrm]

@@shaunosmorrison8385 yes! Though I was watching yt at that time I sadly didn't come across that video at the time it was made.

[@gmrgamingrm]

@@TheFlyingEnginer Oh believe me I already know about it lol. Been keeping up with that channel since not long after the Floppotron 2.0 was made.

[@charlie_nolan]

Basically the same thing

[@gmrgamingrm]

@@charlie_nolan Pretty much yeah

[@LoonerFlight]

I LOVE the crazy things people use to make music. Amazing!

[@jblen]

*1st day of band practice* "So what do you play?" "Lego motors"

[@jmpattillo]

Do not underestimate the power of the motor controller

[@chribster]

I would just like to point out this is exactly how the Floppotron started... and I for one cannot wait...

[@bacon.cheesecake]

Oh my god, Darth Vader getting pulled is by one of the motors was brilliant! So funny

[@hurtthenotegaming6109]

NICE! I didn't think I would start my day by hear lego motors sing the Imperial March! good stuff!

[@ThatGuy-vr3wj]

Just coming up with this idea is amazing! Then actually showing the motors run at real time instead of just editing it! (The time of coding it took) And the Darth Vader was the cherry on top 🤣👍

[@dnoodspodu1159]

Yep, 01:17 what a plot twist!

[@mikkolukas]

"Just coming up with this idea is amazing!" --- the idea is not new at all. Encapsulation the motors with LEGO plastic is.

[@DaCouchWarrior]

We slowly going from Lego Engineering to Lego Music. Wow.

[@loganjsmith_]

This was far more impressive than I was expecting. Nice job!

[@Kadeo-ms6qw]

Having the motor pulling Darth Vader was a nice touch.

[@oscarguzman3017]

Hearing the simplified version of this song with basically midi notes gives me a higher appreciation for this song. Truly a banger.

[@Jenny_Digital]

Well done! I especially ❤’d the bit where Vader edges across on the thread. Thank you.

[@goldieryry2401]

Vibrato was a nice touch

[@nikospapageorgiou57]

Many things have been made with Legos, but I never thought I'd see and hear a symphonic orchestra... MOST IMPRESSIVE!

[@jaimegomezgarcia7599]

Absolutely fantastic. I have seen many interpretations of the StarWars symphony, but this one is unique. Plus, you bring together two passions: SW and Lego. Bravo! Greetings from Spain.

[@bababooey8111]

A wonderful performance by the LEGO Motor Duo

[@user-dw2zq9jo5z]

Dude made the new trending Lego device

[@TheMugbearer]

The Force Is Strong With This One! Now you can create your own subgenre of mechanical music, similar to floppy disc reader music!

[@TomResnick]

0:27 What a fantastic approximation of R2-D2 - Honestly, if you were to "simulate" all of R2's beeps and whistles with this motor, it could practically pass for an entirely new droid "speaking" in Binary. Very cool!

[@ariamelissourgaki6290]

Mom: He will be an actor. Dad:No, he will work on a lego company. Son:

[@pythoncr]

Haha, this is a fun way to play!👍

[@Bricks.Master.Builders]

Very impressive 🤩

[@hoodbaxter]

So cool I would want to see more of the Lego motor duo

[@alisonallen7545]

So funny! I love it!

[@adam.pedzikiewicz1999]

Very impressive, sounds like the GBA soundfont

[@antequeragames5554]

I wonder why two lego motors can play better music than I can

[@generalbacon7476]

Next we'll have the lego device orchestra and it will be glorious

[@paavorajamaki7429]

Both channels are finnish btw xD

[@milesmcallister8542]

If the empire kept the droid army

[@NobleCubes]

Dude how! Brilliant

[@hongkongshoey67]

Love this, reminds me of an old youtube video i revisit from time to time. The imperial march performed by floppy drives.

[@piotrnod6489]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXy2YWWnZaeIpLs

[@cocoeclipse32]

I can already tell this will be amazing! Edit: Just finished the video. I was right. 11/10 performance!

[@geraldinetarinayavila2442]

This is even better than the original

[@ELP1125]

That deserves a like

[@jones_da9005]

what a masterpiece

[@mullokakkarin]

I wondered if you'll do something flopotron style like that - i finally got my answer 😂

[@oskarsieka233]

Masterful. So much emotion.

[@DrummerBlade.]

WOW. I would have NEVER thought to do that! It sounds amazing...

[@Erix963]

It's a masterpiece

[@MegawackyMax]

Now do Doom E1M1!!

[@MicronOnline]

This is giving me flashbacks to the stepper motor music from years ago. I remember the one channel used to make a good few videos. Thank your making this video B.E.C 🙏🙏

[@dominark2730]

The best thing i have ever seen!🤩

[@KostianPk]

Всегда восхищался упорством некоторых людей в интернете! Браво!

[@rewindfpv9414]

May the bricks be with you

[@kirkistief]

My life is better for having watched this. Thank you.

[@yeqru]

"he's probably cheating on me !" meanwhile with the boys :

[@deep-spaghetti]

it must've been really annoying to calibrate the length of that string, great work!

[@_evildoer]

You mean playing it exactly 1 time and seeing how far it moved? Ya... real pain waiting less than 2 minutes...

[@STORMWINDKILLER]

@@_evildoer you must be fun at parties

[@mikkolukas]

actually no

[@doctortwilight]

The grey motor sounds like one of the synths used in the Portal 2 soundtrack

[@AirConBoi1902]

Omg, it does!

[@OscarOlim]

We need more. This is amazingly done.

[@K113-A]

your creations are impressive, you must be very proud

[@user-jr2yq1yl9q]

Контент которого мы не заслуживаем, но в котором нуждаемся

[@timurabdurasulov4498]

Oh myyyyyyy! This is so fantastic!!!

[@alacer8878]

The perfect start to my morning.

[@ArtdesTests]

Abosulte madlad! Sooo cool They also sound like coming straight out of Portal 2's soundtrack

[@darth_dan8886]

This might just be the best motor rendition of the Imperial March I've heard to date.

[@bbbenj]

So imaginative!

[@TikTikboom173]

Absolutely amazing

[@Jatch25]

Almost spit out my drink with the quick camera cuts.

[@superior3326]

nice next do the Japanese empire one

[@yukinakamoto30]

this video saved my day

[@mazack00]

MORE of this please! Hardware music his hilarious and awesome

[@khemek]

sounds kinda like a portal soundtrack now

[@wrench8677]

Perfect timing. This came up in my feed as I’m just finishing building the legs of my ucs atat

[@gagepurcell]

We need more of this!

[@mattimotion]

So unexpected, so awesome!

[@darthnihilius9055]

Worth the 30 second mandolorian ad

[@cloudedarctrooperdtq3532]

It took me a second to realize what that cacophony of plips from the grey one was. I'm honestly impressed you managed to make a motor sound like r2d2

[@prnvhs918]

Dude this is amazing!!!! I just realised I had missed the fourth wished a buddy on the sith and I then I saw this😭

[@l.j.turner185]

This is the most random idea ever and I absolutely love it ❤❤❤❤

[@lilboiUK]

Awesome

[@quantumblur_3145]

My good old friend Lego Motor 2. This one's going straight into the decade-old Floppy Drive Music playlist

[@machineryworking4589]

**I LOVE the crazy* things people use to make music ‍sound. Amazing Video! & great Video*

[@weef8975]

Great vid, right when I noticed the string and wondered what it was for I got the reveal.

[@leandrocamargo8777]

Wow, its awesome! Love it!

[@shaggy5911]

We will watch your career with great interest

[@maddadbricks]

Absolute perfection! 💜💙🖤💙💜

[@craigcooknf]

Loved this!

[@Delerane]

"How is that possible ?!" Amazing. Truly amazing.

[@LorenHelgeson]

Most impressive. Your skills are now complete.

[@maxeys6508]

You have impressed me for first time

[@user-sg7rg9oq1s]

A fine addition to my liked collection

[@warfaceswitch4654]

This is just amazing

[@xplodingmojo2087]

Waveforms are magic. Either if they’re powering a speaker, or a PWM controlled motor.

[@Conk110]

BEC is a lego masterbuilder that somehow got into reality

[@Aptol]

Underrated. Amazing

[@kymmoulds]

Well done and a BIG thumbs up.

[@LEGOMan64]

This gives LEGO Star Wars a new meaning

[@PiotrBarcz]

Pretty neat! I've also seen videos this one guy did years and years ago where he used a dot matrix printer to play midi files

[@anubysseven6988]

One of the best video I’ve ever seen

[@TechnicBrick]

Ooh that's a great idea! Love Star Wars💥💫

[@renegadezed]

this was epic, thanks