The Final Countdown on FLOPPOTRON 3.0

[@Trashloot]

You can't even see this as a silly funny project anymore. This is now a serious music production device / instrument.

[@panconkisu]

you're right!

[@TheFuzzywhumpus]

That level of skill . Machine timing n control. Big brother from 1984 might have a job for you lol. Definitely turned this hobby into a proper 11:) Very impressive

[@MisterDutch93]

It's basically a digital organ. So many moving parts to this. It's quite amazing.

[@christ8076]

and it is still a beta 😁

[@Omnishredder]

It just goes to show, having fun really turns a passion project into something perfect, that over time grows and becomes greater

[@Eidolon1andOnly]

I love how the different colored disk drives are arranged to resemble piano keys.

[@bmartin427]

I'm embarrassed to say how long it took me to realize that's what was going on with the coloring 😆

[@not-on-pizza]

@@bmartin427 Don't worry, it took some other people a while, too. Source: I only realised about 2 videos ago.

[@jase_allen]

@@not-on-pizza I can confirm that. It took me a while as well.

[@powerdude_dk]

Ohhh, of cause! I was thinking about what pattern it was.

[@Wehiremonkeys]

Sure with the ones on the left that may be the case, but with those on the right it more closely resembles a harpsichord IMO where the couloured are more typically inverted.

[@LockeRobsta]

i just thought of you recently and realised I haven't seen a notification in months. It's been 8 months, I hope you're doing okay, mate.

[@arw2008]

Yeah been 11 months now

[@BeastOfSoda]

Same. Hope he's alright.

[@robertdeese1831]

Just hope this video really isnt his final countdown.

[@LarixusSnydes]

I hope that life happened in a really positive way. I wish Pawel all the best no matter what he is doing right now.

[@jenniffermiller6205]

It's been like a year now

[@irreverend_]

Photonic induction, printer of doom, floppotron. So many lost, but not necessarily dead. I hope Pavel is still among us.

[@drozzy_]

Keep checking back in on the channel every now and again, hope you're still working on projects like this

[@estelyen]

It's been 7 months, so Pawel is either working on a VERY complicated song or preparing to unveil a Floppotron 4.0 or something. I hope he's okay... Wishing everyone the best for 2024!

[@Toothily]

He’s gone totally silent since this video, looks like on Patreon and FB too. I hope it’s just other life priorities taken over and he’s still alive & well.

[@Stingray58Reece]

Low key miss when his videos would pop up with something new

[@endurofurry]

I don't wanna start rumors so Please keep in mind this is just speculation. He did talk about having some health issues 4 years ago hoping that didn't catch up to him.

[@alosreal]

Yea ​@@estelyen

[@mypal1990]

Man this never gets old. Long live Floppotron!

[@ionymous6733]

it's getting old to me. not unsubbing just yet though

[@tripwire3992]

@@ionymous6733 you're just boring then

[@ionymous6733]

@@tripwire3992 *bored

[@jakubjandourek2822]

@@ionymous6733 No. :-)

[@xbrun3356]

@@ionymous6733 while your to board I realize that I’m a moron for not noticing this, time to die I guess.

[@shinyagumon7015]

I'm super impressed by the accurate instrumentation, the "guitar riffs" and the "vocals" are my highlights.

[@andrzejnadgirl2029]

Vocals are so goodamn well detailed that it's insane, you could really feel the echo of the voice Joey Tempest in it. Neat as hell.

[@Polpkorn]

@@andrzejnadgirl2029 Leaving Ground "leaving ground"

[@befosocial]

I am still not sure that the guitar solo was just that

[@turtletater2463]

Imagine through the fire and the flames 🤤

[@Doabarrelrole]

The emulation of vibrato was the kicker for me.

[@Alex_whatever]

Amazing arrangement as usual! I loved the BSOD after the countdown LoL!

[@noelj62]

noticed

[@mumblbeebee6546]

Yeah, that was the icing on the spindles!

[@theblog1188]

bro after hearing the song for the third time i finally saw the BSOD XD

[@bobblebardsley]

Unexpected nostalgia for the Energy Star logo 😍

[@johndododoe1411]

Just like Apollo 11 having a green reboot of death (error 120x) multiple times during the landing!

[@Askryllix]

HOW AM I ONLY DISCOVERING THE FLOPPOTRON NOW???? This is a masterpiece.

[@colinltube]

Do the reverse journey and watch the evolution of this beast from a couple drives to this, it's impressive (this one has previously been done with the Floppotron 2.0, you'll see the difference)

[@MiddleMalcolm]

👍 Same. Only just now. 😂

[@narmale]

unlucky... :(

[@mehere3013]

because you didn't use youtube to its full potential ,

[@feuerling]

​@@mehere3013 do not blame the user for the weakness of the algorithm!

[@midestinoelmundo]

Where are you? Are fine?

[@arw2008]

Really was the final countdown after all.

[@Mr.Pidgeon]

​@@arw2008 oof

[@gavinclark50]

We love you floppotron

[@sebastiansilva4152]

Final indeed

[@Accessdeniedzuck]

I just found this guy today and he’s not doing these anymore nooooo. He is brilliant!

[@arbington]

Ironically, I’ve never once heard any song on the Floppotron that I thought flopped. Excellent work, impressive as always.

[@metallurgico]

It's always floppying but it never flops and never has flopped.

[@HiddenWindshield]

@@metallurgico It's a quantum superposition of both flopped and not flopped.

[@Autobowlo]

Well, the years start floppin' and they don't stop floppin' Flop to the rules and I hit the ground floppin'

[@arbington]

Didn’t make sense not to flop for fun, Your brain gets flopped but your head gets flopped

[@metallurgico]

@@HiddenWindshield but don't look to closely

[@daniellalloyd1082]

SO sick. This is like, a fully functional electric organ now, practically. Also, why does it make me... weirdly emotional to see all those little floppy disk drives all working in tandem like that? I'm just so proud of them. :')

[@alexeypopov314]

These are survivors.

[@davogladwin]

Totally felt the same way, reminded me of upgrading my Amiga 1000 to 512kb of Ram with a big metal plate.

[@CycloneKwadz]

me too

[@icemarkom]

I lost it at the boot sequence... :-)

[@smugsona]

they've found new purpose after years of collecting dust as a result of technological advancement it's heartwarming

[@krizalllid]

I find the IBM pc blue screening in the middle of the song more funny than it should be.

[@fielddoktor4179]

Does anyone know if he's alright? The long time gap has me worried about his health and safety..

[@Nyxiality]

I don't think theres anything out there

[@Майнкрафт-ж8ю]

I hope this person is just preparing a huge project so that when we go to his channel we will immediately see a new video and be surprised at how big this project turned out and it looks great I hope he hasn’t abandoned his channel

[@Майнкрафт-ж8ю]

Англичане не поправлять это переводчик так переводит если тут конечно будут ошибки

[@Майнкрафт-ж8ю]

Послание автору последнего видео...

[@koldphuzhun]

Listening to a song written for synthesizers being redone by a master artist of synthesized sounds just sends shivers everywhere. So wish I had extra hardware to donate to 4.0!

[@erubianwarlord8208]

somebody needs to commission a factory to begin restoring/producing more units for the next version i want future generations to see the floppotron from dammed space

[@LandyVlad_Rides]

How about some Vangelis or Jean Michel Jarre (synth music)

[@Morphior]

I'd love to hear the entirety of Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd on the Floppotron. That guitar solo at the end would be so sick!

[@t3hr00tb33r]

Freebird is eternal.

[@FL0D0S]

oh my god YES! Freebird would be amazing, and super relevant right now!

[@d3fault1420]

so... freebird if it was a video game soundtrack

[@yncsNt]

OH MY GOD YES

[@jk844100]

At the end? Bro it’s literally half the song.

[@Ali107]

The third version of floppotron is incredibly detailed compared to its predecessor. Can you make "Bad to the Bones"?

[@SuperConanBarbarian]

Considering this all started with 2 drives.

[@Sciguy95]

I can't even imagine what the 4.0 will be like

[@ZT_1234]

​@@Sciguy95if it even happens

[@Gruegirl]

I just hope this isn't the *FINAL* countdown, I love the floppotron.

[@kraeuterbart]

We miss you!

[@okamiboi]

It feels like 8-bit, but it's technically full mechanical. Love to revisit this and its revisions once in a while. Long live Floppotron!

[@computer_toucher]

That solo tone is so amazing, that it's possible to emulate an overdriven guitar so perfectly - with flatbed scanners.

[@MeriaDuck]

Guess an overdriven guitar comes relatively close to a square wave. What makes it perfect is the arrangement with all subtleties, quite amazing.

[@ikmor]

Now, let's try to read a floppy disc with a guitar

[@creepy_3031]

Oh my god I was already wondering when there was another awesome tune again! Edit: wow this tracks composition is just brilliant, especially the different lines overlaying each other. Outstanding job as always! Thanks a lot for your efforts to please our ears

[@tiagoferreira086]

As an electronics an programing guy, i must say this is absolutely incredible feat of engineering, most people can't imagine how much work and time is invested in just a "funny" project. Hats of to your work, well done!👏👏👌

[@semo-s1m]

I can, and I bow before this artist!

[@lenorevanalstine1219]

the time testing each new part to see what sound it makes alone has to be staggering

[@lordicedewd4375]

As a system engineer I do know ... humbled

[@jordanmynes2638]

I remember being emotional when this was first uploaded, having followed since nearly the beginning For whatever reason, this registered with me like a send-off, and now it's been almost 1.5 years since it was uploaded I hope my intuition was wrong

[@ErikHuizinga]

The bridge starting shortly after 3:15 is just brilliant. Introduced by those drums into heavy synths, and afterwards a breakdown and build up to the chorus again. Floppotron captures and reproduces the epicness of it. I'd pay to hear this in a museum.

[@jonasmarucha]

It's nice seeing old tech like floppy drives still in operation. I also still have computers with floppy drives.

[@DragCadRacing]

What an improvement for this song on Floppotron 3.0 vs the 2.0! This sounds amazing with so many layers!

[@Berchol]

Massive improvement 😀😀😀

[@NombreOriginal3]

u know whats made for this beast? the Portal 2 soundtrack

[@rolandschweiger8678]

this is sooooo fantastic, and i also like how the percussion is done, with the head-bang of the hard disks. My first computer was a C64 with the VC1541 disk-drive, this drive had no sensing of its first track so when the controller lost where the head was positioned, it would pull the head outwards more tracks than there actually were to make sure the arm is repositioned; this made a typical loud ratterratterratter sound and i thought in the mid 1980s as a youth ..... one could actually make music with that! And here you are now! And the timings are all so acurate! thanks!

[@Woz-bq9le]

Dude, this is amazing, you should add an old dot matrix printer to the mix. Those things can make the flopotron even better

[@jameswyatt1304]

Daisy Wheel printer for real percussion!!!

[@TheCustomFHD]

*FlopPOtron

[@lightdark00]

@@jameswyatt1304 Did any computer printers actually use daisy wheels?

[@vijfsnippervijf]

@@lightdark00 Yes. And also (mostly) typewriters.

[@migueldelmazo5244]

IBM had a particularly glorious line of daisy wheel printers.

[@deegeeooh]

Love it! The floppotron's sound signature is very well suited for electrical guitar sounds :D

[@JACK-bp6xz]

Awesome cover, the "drums" sound so great May I suggest a cover of "holding out for a hero"

[@jasongaunt]

Yes! And if there isn't a picture of Johnny Five on the screen at least once then instant fail!

[@darwiniandude]

Yes! Also thinking of this, after the excellent covers of that track in the Tetris movie.

[@thewiirocks]

I don't know about you, but... I'm holding out for a floppy I'm holding out for floppy till the end of the night and it's gotta be fast and it's gotta be strong and it's gotta to be fresh from the disk

[@cutterburkhalter9928]

hey it's been 16 months dude where are you we want to see more music why has everything stopped

[@MobButcher]

It took me listening back to the older versions of this song on older versions of The Floppotron to understand how far ahead this one has gotten. Only after listening to those do I fully appreciate the richness and the expressiveness of Floppotron 3.0. Bravo, my dear friend. I take my hat off.

[@thatguybrody4819]

I'll miss the old floppotron 2.0 though. The scanners had a slightly distinct sound that tended to stand out on some songs unlike the 4 now that are basically just the same model and have the same sound. And this might be me but the hard drive drums and floppy drives are more faded into the background and harder to hear.

[@win2kpioneer]

That blue screen of death was epic, what was even more epic is that the Floppotron kept playing! 😂

[@Life-tastic]

It was the final countdown

[@dasho-tech-official]

yes it was I like how the pc blue screened at the end of the countdown

[@1pawelgo]

And that energy star logo, lol.

[@kitty.x3]

what bluescreen, i didnt see one

[@win2kpioneer]

@@kitty.x3at the 2:10 mark

[@TheUnsungVil]

The fact that the ‚notes‘ to all those brilliant Floopotron performances are stored on Floppy disk themselves just puts the cherry on the top! Congratulations!

[@keit99]

I'm not sure that is actually the case. Because I'm pretty sure, that (with floppotron2.0 at least) the drivers couldn't actually read data and the Floppy drives needed to be inserted for the Floppy drives to actually work.

[@engineprojects]

​@@keit99but he did insert it in the pc instead of the floppotron drives so it could be possible

[@keit99]

@@engineprojects ah OK, so yeah that might be possible then

[@kricriweb]

​@@engineprojects I think it's just for the video, there's nothing on the floppy disk

[@arthurwilliams7958]

👍COOL MAN ❤. TIME WILL NEVER BE OUTDATED..

[@pierre-mariecaulliez6285]

When I hear this level of quality, I really think the Halo theme would sound well with the Floppotron treatment !

[@nesyboi9421]

Floppotron man I hope you are doing well

[@sebastianthegamer124]

We need through the fire and flames on this version of the floppotron

[@SarahMaywalt]

I'd like to hear True Survivor by David Hasselhoff (The Kung Fury song).

[@MrPete81]

Hahahaha, that ending! XD Also, love the blue screen/reboot sequence on the monitor, lovely touch! Musically, so accurate to the original, you're an absolute legend! Thank you for all you do!

[@sometimesidreamaboutcheese]

It is just mindblowing and astonishing when you imagine the whole path from first steps of Floppotron to its 3.0 reborn version! This amount of sound design, all the small details, arrangements, whole music producing level ... I have no words for this. All these percussive sounds and vibrations for reverb emulation are EXTREMELY hard work for precise tuning step by step. This man is THE legend, genius, maestro !!!

[@TheSuitBloodMushMouth]

Goodbye, Paweł. It was nice hearing your dulcet tonez.

[@hollander133]

8 months ago, let's hope this wasn not his final count down.

[@sski]

This is the equivalent of the late 1800, early 1900's 'Calliope', but with late 1980's to 90's tech. There were some amazing musical machines back then, as this one is now. Absolutely amazing to listen to in how each part or bank of parts produces its elements of the song. And watching them all move in concert, producing sounds in ways never intended, brings me great joy. I used to work with all this kind of tech, both hardware and software, back in the early days of the PC Revolution and the dawn of the Internet. Seeing these old drives and printers being put to good use instead of rotting away somewhere makes me happy. Thank You!

[@stordarth]

Having gone back to listen to the awesome Floppotron 2.0 version, I can't believe just how much you've improved in 6 years with the 3.0 version.

[@The_Legend47]

Absolutely, 3.0 sounds much more "complete" than 2.0 does

[@totoonthemoon3593]

The most impressive must undoubtedly be in the room to listen to it live.

[@sonofpsyops]

Rise and shine, Mister Pawel. Rise and... shine. Not that I... wish to imply you have been sleeping on the job. No one is more deserving of a rest... and all the effort in the world would have gone to waste until... well, let's just say your hour has... come again. The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world. So, wake up, Mister pawel. Wake up and... smell the ashes

[@jackgaming0592]

What’s more impressive to me is that The Floppotron 3.0 is able to continue playing, even if it has blue screened… 😅

[@ascgazz]

Oh wow, I’d never realised how intricate the intro chords were until now. Been a guitarist for 25 years lol This is awesome.

[@InventorZahran]

When mom wanted you to become a programmer, but dad wanted you to become a musician:

[@Dmitrij1]

Pavel, gdzie zniknąłeś? Bardzo tęsknimy za Twoją fantastyczną muzyką. Mam nadzieję, że masz się dobrze. Przesyłam ci promienie życzliwości i wsparcia.

[@nihildegrasse1700]

Thank you for your dedication on this project, i might forget this thing ever happened sooner or later, but let these videos be the time capsule for future generations to come. o7

[@derhauser]

The song is perfect for the floppotron. I feel like the song was made for that.

[@cascadehopsful]

I think that Heart of Glass by Blondie would sound great on the floppytron

[@panconkisu]

I don't know how to explain that I love everything about this video the "electronic" way in which the scanners sound to simulate voices. The click of the hard disks to simulate percussions, the growl of the floppy disks simulating what would be the guitars and basses. I love the detail at minute 2:09 of the pc crashing and restarting. I honestly love everything about this video, I really do Keep it up, man you rock.

[@ActualDavis]

What a sendoff, god speed man. This shit ROCKS!

[@dasho-tech-official]

I absolutely love how the computer actually blue screens at the end of the countdown

[@Kasaaz]

There’s something about when it really gets going that almost has a Knights of Cydonia vibe. I wonder if there is mashup potential there.

[@dashfire3185]

This really was his final countdown.

[@jellef4704]

I came here to find more videos and i hope you're not right, it's been a year. The final floppy

[@dashfire3185]

@@jellef4704 *sad doots*

[@Kumimono]

That little "solo" at 3:20 brought a smile to my face. I also feel, few dot matrix printers could add a bit of, je ne sais quoi. Jazzy. Yes. Also, nice touch with the piano key floppy drives.

[@ZekeRaiden]

I absolutely love that you are still making new content and expanding the Floppotron's capacity as a music-making device. Thank you for all the work you do--it adds to our lives.

[@KevinCrouch0]

I had left a KZbin tab up playing a "Chill music to work to" and when it finished THIS came up, and I was going "WTF IS THIS KLAXON SOUNDING STUFF!" till I found the tab, lol!

[@MRPS-yt]

The last video...

[@rileyclayton-sanders2379]

It is amazing how those who grew up around these now-old machines can feel nostalgia from any song played on the Floppotron.

[@FujiSkunk]

3... 2... 1... BLUE SCREEN!

[@heptacross-main]

Where are you man? We miss you!! Come back!!!

[@rangefromtblt4047]

Fr.

[@maunz5791]

It looks like something produced by aperture science! Absolutely amazing! xD

[@blawruk]

All instruments, tones... everything is exact to the song! LOVE IT! 👍😎

[@hellfire66683]

Already know this will be a banger.

[@VoiceAndLight]

I remember a time where this song was actual magic... If you could play the opening riff on a piano you were transformed into an instant rock star, at least for a few minutes! 🤘

[@afilina]

My 9-year-old daughter loved it She was humming along throughout. She also spotted the piano design in 0.5 seconds.

[@snowballil3133]

Waiting for more

[@MNGoldenEagle]

How am I JUST noticing that the floppy drives on the left side are arranged to look like a piano????

[@Eidolon1andOnly]

Even the ones on the right are arranged like a piano, but with the colors reversed, and horizontally instead of vertically.

[@GarrettHoward22]

This, in my opinion, is one of the best covers by the floppotron. The sounds produced are just so fitting for the final countdown. I think next, that a few different songs would sound really good on it. Free Bird i think would be interesting, don't bring me down i feel that the guitar in it would sound amazing like the final countdown, and we didnt start the fire.

[@Angelfox51]

Amazing. As next song, the force theme from Star Wars would be great for the 40 years of Return of the Jedi. Or Back to the future

[@thebiggerbyte5991]

The musical attention to detail is superb. Excellent stuff!

[@ShwaneJohnson]

Just discovered this and gotta say this is a marvel of engineering and I love it, I'm really curious what BFG Division from Doom 2016 sounds like on this beauty

[@JustPyroYT]

Amazing as always! 👍

[@johnrickard8512]

Is this...the final video?

[@TalkingHeadProductions]

so i've listened to this song normally about a hundred times and never payed attention to the lyrics, i didn't realize it was a lament from space travelers leaving earth forever to explore the universe. damn.

[@Koboldwarcrimes]

Ive always been fascinated in the sounds floppy drives make despite not having lived around them and i was hooked when i came across the OG floppotron way back, i hope you make a return in the future maybe with the 4.0! ❤

[@titaniusangelsmith8544]

What happened to Pawel? been looking forward for updates for months, but no signs of life from him for the past 8 months. Nothing on the web, his patreon, or anywhere else

[@techgeeknzl]

Sadly, I think this really was Paweł's Final Countdown. The labelled floppy. The (simulated) BSOD and reboot. The floppy disk cascade at the end. It's all starting to add up.

[@voodoominerman]

An amazing rendition by an amazing machine. As usual, I'm putting in my recommendation for Just Can't Get Enough by Depeche Mode.

[@Lampe2020]

Wow, the guitar riffs sound exactly like in the original, good job! Sounds amazing!

[@fernandosena9432]

Amazing, from Brazil 🎉🎉

[@3gsFreak]

Please Return! This cannot me the Final Countdown!

[@WillowEpp]

Wowowow, what a glow up this song got! Super full sound! I think the synth-heavy '80s that tends to not reach _too_ deep into the percussion range has some hot tunes that could work really well with this machine. I think the thing I *most* want to see is *ELO's **_Twilight_** (with the **_Prologue!)_* Though that whole album is straight fire and I'd love to hear _From The End Of The World_ and _Yours Truly, 2095_ on this instrument too! Asia's _Time Again_ or _Sole Survivor_ are honourable mentions, I think.

[@DeTrOiTXX12]

The BSOD racked me up! lol

[@TUSIP]

A masterpiece

[@Mareman11]

Просто неймовірно! Наблюдав давно. Все починалось з флопіка, який "навчився" грати музику. Павло зібрав цілий оркестр! Удачі і надхнення тобі, друже!

[@onemoreguyonline7878]

I didn't know what I was expecting when I clicked into this rabbit hole...but I'm not even remotely disappointed and now I need more.

[@theorphanobliterator]

i love that windows bue screened around mid way lmfao

[@brickbrigade]

This have me chills. I can't get enough of your covers! The intricate and elaborate setups of retro machines is just so awe-inspiring. Is there even a little bit of sampling in this masterpiece or is it ALL analog?

[@Krendor123]

He is sending commands to the stepper motors of those floppy, hdd, etc. Devices. The movement then generates the tone. A modern example is the coil feeping in high power graphic cards in high fps situations. The higher the fps, the higher the tone. Like writing a program that produces a constant black Screen with different fps for every tone. Only it is much more complicated to access those devices in floppotron. You need to put commands and data in byte form to specific ports and initialize PCI on your own. I expect he does not use an operating system, as it would block access to those ports. Only device drivers are allowed to access in modern os.

[@mattstone8878]

Can you mount all this onto the exterior of a DeLorean? That would be cool.

[@ararabarara]

Myślałem, że już mnie niczym nie zaskoczysz ale... wywołałeś u mnie więcej radości niż w latach '80 kiedy to pierwszy raz usłyszałem ten utwór w radio 👏

[@OrihalconDE]

The Floppotron is growing and growing. Where the hell did he found so many more floppy disc drives? And it's still amusing to have this flashbacks of old devices, which did make weird sounds for no reasons. And here now we have the floppotron who, however, managed to get all the codings so the devices make sound into recognizable music.

[@Smartzenegger]

Oh man, in private this must sound like a private concert or something!!!!!

[@lpg12338]

😎👍

[@laukinath194]

Yay another song from Floppotron! Sounds amazing as usual! =^_^=