What does this MECHANICAL MIDI MUSIC BOX sound like? - Muro Box N40

[@xellence]

This could be the most literal “digital to analog converter” ever😂

[@Sys-Edit0r-1995]

Also LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER's pipe organ

[@GGprods-o2x]

Didnt realize I was gonna be spending 2500 dollars tonight, thanks.

[@infn8loopmusic]

🤣 this is such a great instrument idea though.

[@GGprods-o2x]

@@infn8loopmusic it is absolutely one of the most amazing instrument ideas. Was late and took a nap so I could actually read everything before placing an order and damn the finished version is even better than the prototype you show in this video. I think imma get one. Too many cool applications I can think of for this.

[@SproutyPottedPlant]

HOW MUCH!?!?!?!?!? I don’t need it nope not this one 😅

[@Shinemoments]

it is between 340 and 600. There are different options for make special boxes. This are more but also beautiful ❤

[@GGprods-o2x]

@@Shinemoments no it costs $2,500 for the good version.

[@TheHeadHunters]

I remember listening to your album Pajama Pop from the Audio Dregs days back in 2006, and randomly found this video and recognized the username. Glad I found this 18 years later!

[@alanturingandthetapes5575]

First documented fan of the op-1's tombola

[@lemonrain2741]

Tombola has always had its uses

[@ArmyK9]

Oh wow, the Suzuki Omni Chord with the Muro Box is like strumming a music box! It's beautiful!

[@DanChippendaleMusic]

I started falling asleep at 14:25. Not because I was bored, because I think I was instantly transported back to age 2 by that sound/melody 😆

[@videog4me]

It's surprisingly cost prohibitive, but I guess it makes sense given the specificity of the device and the effort that went in to design it... and given that it's so niche, the demand might be too limited to warrant a larger supply. I feel personally that music boxes are nostalgia-adjacent for me--in that I didn't really have them when I was growing up, but I knew of them and liked them. I didn't really have a fisher price toy piano or xylophone or whatever but those harsh resonant noises were present from some other things, like toy phones or mock kitchen ovens timers.

[@staticvloid]

What a nice demonstration through and through. My favorite use case was with the Omnichord. That seems really well matched for the Muro Box and the song you played with it as well. Keep it up Lullatone, I'm glad that our dreams finally came true with this instrument!

[@jackpijjin4088]

I like the idea. The price feels excessive to me, by about $1500. And even then I'm being a bit generous... Seconding the comment about a kalimba model. At the moment it seems to be just an EXCEPTIONALLY boutique 'toy' that *can* make music rather than a proper instrument in itself.

[@wolfgartom]

A beautiful instrument and a very nice demonstration!

[@mostfunnestchannel]

Thank you! I learned so much from this video, I had no idea about mechanical midi!

[@Hamzo-Does-Nothing23]

9:54 I DONT WANT A LOT-

[@MrMargaretScratcher]

Oh my god - she's defrosting as we speak, isn't she?

[@PossumMedic]

Omg if I win the lottery this is first on the list! 😍 I have a little fur Elise music box insert that I love to "play"/listen to! So calming! 🥰

[@imranino]

This is so cool! Great demonstration

[@creaturesonore3781]

It would be amazing to combine it with chroma console or microcosm

[@ma-alberto]

I've had the N20 for a while now, was hoping it'd stay my little secret. Beautiful little machine.

[@robin4970]

Do you have any idea, how the mechanic inside works?

[@ma-alberto]

@robin4970 Partially. Much if it is visible, but I haven’t tried to figure out how the digital part works. It's beautifully engineered. Do you have any specific question?

[@davidowle3772]

I love it. Great video demo too! Thank you!

[@anabellaaiyanna4253]

awww dude, she's so beautiful!!! I wish to have one of my own.

[@tottomori]

Great video, thank you for this inspiring demo !

[@true2dagame]

love that part at 9:00, reminds me of iasos :)

[@majwilsonlion]

Where is more information about the instrument shown at 0:30? I looked at your past videos, but didn't find it. And I didn't catch the word you used to name it. "Globalmobile"? (Which generates a lot of poor search results.) Thanks!

[@videog4me]

it sounds like 'globalmobile,' but he's saying "gloggomobile," as in the Gloggomobile designed by Herbert Bahli for Naef toys in 1983. Searching with some of those keywords added will give you better results. I think it's funny that there are so many similar sounding results for vastly different things-- If you type in "glogomobil" like the captions say, it leads to some kind of niche coupe car from the mid-20th century called a "Goggomobil."

[@Knitting_n_Trucking]

No clue if anyone has commented this, but Yoshi’s Island theme would sound amazing on this!

[@TheMovieCreator]

Well, there were music boxes back in the day that broke 2 minutes for one tune. That being said, one thing this box could adapt from the old models is dampers. These actuate right before the tone sounds, to reduce the "squeak" if the same note is repeated in quick succession. For quicker repetition rate, there can even be several copies of the same tone on the comb.

[@strayferal]

Damn 😁 This is real cool. I would never use such a device, but it's cool someone made it.

[@ScamLikely9327]

It’s like a midi kalimba. You gotta run this thing through some ambient pedals.

[@StephenMcLeod]

whoah what a cool thing.

[@fahim_arif]

The chord mode edit gave me life

[@SONWU]

No way 🤯 I need this!

[@shilze1]

Here because this is basically a developed and manufactured version of Mitxela's midi music box project from a while back, put at a pretty hefty premium.

[@bricology]

That is the most Lullatone instrument EVER!

[@doordedeur]

It begs to be put through external effects, to make dreamy sounds.

[@MoustiluigiRandom]

It really surprised me when you mentionned Yoshimura @ around 3:45 cause i thought about this album (and 4 postcards) by clicking on the video.

[@Dolle_Man]

Such a nice invention, well done! imagine Billy Elish using on their album, the prices will be even more extreme! I want to get one, but a rather wait for a markII version

[@postRMO]

Naughty combination right here

[@skyhybrid]

Wow, that looks and sounds beautiful. Thanks for the video!

[@KairuHakubi]

don't stop there! hook keyboards up to EVERY instrument! Keyboarded drums! Keyboarded saxophone! keyboarded mbira!

[@limbicbits]

Nice idea!

[@lordgothington]

Now wind some very tiny pickups and turn it into a tiny rhodes. I'd love to hear what that sounds like.

[@zacharykosove9048]

My god this thing would be so fun to mess around with

[@DirtyGingy]

I'm surprised this wasn't sent to Martin of Wintergaten

[@RikMaxSpeed]

What’s the octave range? Sounds like a great instrument to sample once…

[@SMAAAASHTV]

This is cool, but would be awesome if it had much quieter motors.

[@youjuhwan9697]

this is SICKKMMMKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!

[@johnniecameron8829]

Thats cool stuff

[@AlbySilly]

This instrument really reminds me of a video by mitxela from ca 6 years ago

[@Numocron]

Wow this is just so fascinating to me I love it❤️😍🥰🎶🎵

[@TheTimN8er]

I like this and would buy and use this often… for like $150 max. Price is insanely way too high for what you get. Could think of numerous ways to achieve essentially the same sound. That being said, the Omnichord part was really cool

[@EdwinDekker71]

Make a Kalimba version, it'd probably sell better.

[@zak87]

Are there other concepts similar to this, where an analog instrument can be connected to a midi controller? I've never seen or heard of anything like this.

[@mechatronrasky]

@wintergatan might love this...

[@g3cd]

1124€ for that? And it doesn't even have a built-in contact microphone and audio out? 😱

[@blijj3450]

And transmit all that motor whirring? 😂

[@polkiipo]

I pretty curious on how the mechanic select the right note inside

[@adamoneale4396]

Now play flight of the bumblebee on it!

[@jg-ce1yg]

hey, question for you! Is your N40 very noisy? the motors on mine are quite loud, and necessitate heavy use noise removal plug ins

[@immersive_______9925]

Latency?

[@fleshtonegolem]

This is super duper cool. I bought a music box and paper for writing my own songs for performance and recording, but it's so out of tune! 1 big question is, what is the max notes per second on a single note? ie, if I am using 16th notes at 120bpm, is this possible? I am guessing there is a lag as the wheel with the knobs does a quarter turn.

[@dxtxzbunchanumbers]

Wait, is there a little Laraaji inside of that?

[@conbeaute]

What tabletop are you working on: material and color? It looks great on camera.

[@HannekeDebie]

I have a question. I also have 3 muro's (N20, N40, N40 sublime, you can see my works on my channel). I'd like to do a few things which may require midi interfaces. For example - when I compose in musescore, it would be nice if I could hit play and stream that output directly to the musicbox. Or something that allows me to hit play on 2 music boxes at the same time so I can have them play a duet. Could we maybe get in touch?

[@MichaelStoneham]

On Sunday 27th Oct The M40 isn't listed on their website. Only the M20?

[@RAGINxxXxxCAJUN]

Cool, but cost WAY TO MUCH

[@porkupineexe6862]

I know I'm supposed to be learning about the music box but uh,,,,, what mic is that there. It's very pretty lmao

[@richnimby]

I think you accidentally played American Analog Set at 2:20

[@robst247]

The MIDI equivalent of regression hypnotherapy.

[@kasimasi6747]

Lack of sense but VERY COOL!

[@sourcens]

5:28 When it plays the harry potter theme ???

[@zealousie]

it's got one hell of a rattle.

[@sassymonkey]

Wait, so this music box doesn't actually come with a cute little trolly car and hand puppets?

[@entropybentwhistle]

You have to live in that ‘hood…and change your shoes when you enter.

[@sassymonkey]

@@entropybentwhistle and don your favorite cozy house cardigan!

[@summerWTFE]

What’s the delay like?

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing 😊

[@RicordiDellaRAI]

What for a nice thing

[@kaksikymmenta3]

Cereal box?

[@BobbieBees]

Can this be used to summon demon spirits?

[@JOELwindows7]

call Wintergatan & Andrew Huang now!!!😁😁😁😁

[@OniSamaGin]

Yea, the paid for part is contradicted in the end.

[@aibonewt]

At last!

[@ajplays-gamesandmusic4568]

Sounds like Aphex Twin - Nanou

[@magickmarck]

Im sure they'll sell tens of these. Well, probably...

[@magickmarck]

(not bagging on it, not really. Glad you like it!)

[@zoevioletlebeau2681]

It really seems to struggle with fast note timing

[@areusmartinez8343]

👏👏🙌🏼

[@fredbass177]

so basically the arturia does all the stuff for you that you cant do on those tiny keys...

[@deastman2]

I have a lot of esoteric experimental instruments, so I’m in the target audience for this product. But more than $1200 for a music box? Hard pass.

[@christopherventer6391]

Is it just me or is the rhythm very off sometimes? Would make it kind of hard to use in a composition, imo.

[@UltimatePerfection]

What cheap (under $50) MIDI keyboards would you recommend? Need it to have at least two octaves. Doesn't need actual synthesis capabilities and doesn't need "real" MIDI interface either (MIDI over USB would be fine). //edit: Also need pitch/modulation wheels.

[@larskarge6883]

My A els are Rumbling HahaHa a Lot THX :)

[@thesupersoundoftrieste]

Shittang

[@1-eye-willy]

your really getting your moneys worth from that omni chord huh? 😂

[@aerophylix4790]

Okay but its not in time though. How is this not a too comment

[@InnerVisions68]

*hexagon

[@BlueMesaCable]

It's cool but this is a borderline meme instrument

[@nikbivation]

WOW

[@jazzius]

Or build your own. I think I have seen people build this exact device before for cheap. Electronic music artists waste their money in weird ways (especially if they buy any of the trash from teenage engineering)

[@hum6le]

people will buy anything to avoid just actually sitting down and writing music

[@ashtonsgotsauce]

productivity isn’t everything

[@teemteem]

what is THAT supposed to mean

[@OVXX666]

hater

[@melody3741]

You do realize that writing music is just one of the infinite things that make up the unimaginable world of what we have labelled music. This is such a bitchy comment

[@imothy]

someone should make a box like this but a mellotron instead.

[@scaredmusic.]

why does your voice sound like disperser

[@peterpeper4837]

Are people so loaded with money, so bored and so dry of inspiration? Really?

[@kh485]

Just buy a child’s xylophone 😂

[@2wdr5]

The motors on it are way to loud imo

[@RikMaxSpeed]

I think didn’t hear the motors, only the normal whirring of a music box - they always whir because of the clockwork mechanism.

[@2wdr5]

@@RikMaxSpeed well considering the clockwork mechanism is run by motors... And yeah they really are audible. Also if you can hear the clockwork mechanism that's just as bad. Means it hasn't been oiled properly

[@SynthOSphere]

Ridiculous. Way too much money.

[@frankenjstein9371]

Lame.