The Floppotron 3.0 - Computer Hardware Orchestra

[@Battleforge]

So that's where all the worlds floppy drives went...

[@mfaizsyahmi]

From the disk drive's perspective, they went from a boring desk job to superstardom!

[@pavel9652]

From a quick search, I found a floppy disk drive can consume up to 34 W, under 1 W when on standby, so this is a pretty insane setup: 34 W * 512 = 17.4 kW ;)

[@David_Ladd]

@@pavel9652 , Thankfully you don't to run the floppy drive ALL the time :) or at least under normal operating conditions! LOL

[@pavel9652]

​@@David_Ladd Haha, Floppotron isn't normal operating conditions ;)

[@startedtech]

@@pavel9652 I don't know where you're getting that from but it's entirely incorrect. 3.5" floppy drives only use a few watts at most. I just found a datasheet for a Panasonic 3.5" Floppy drive and it's rated for 1.5W while reading.

[@CadetKosmov]

You know you're doing good in life when your musical instrument has a dedicated emergency stop button

[@djgummikuh8895]

Two even!

[@SheeplessNW6]

And consumes 1.2kW at peak!

[@Lectrikfro]

That second Estop isn't very dedicated and often daydreams while on the clock and never gets back on time from lunch

[@djgummikuh8895]

@@Lectrikfro so it is redundant in all definitions of the word is what you're saying? :)

[@g8kpr3000]

@@djgummikuh8895 Sure we had one emergency stop button, but what about the second emergency stop button?

[@Alias_Anybody]

There should be a Floppotron soundfont to replicate that using a random midi file. It's beautiful.

[@aidenklass9767]

Agreed, I'd buy it.

[@thegrate1521]

@@aidenklass9767 hell, i would pay just for a sample pack

[@chinesepopsongs00]

Brilliant idea

[@krunkle5136]

It wouldn't be the same.

[@lims]

Honestly, I'd definitely buy that!

[@rhydlew]

I just love the fact that Pavel calls it "Beta". Like he's ironing out some final bugs before mass production, and then we'll soon have a floppotron in every home and office 😂

[@imnotgivingmyname2389]

This may actually make it into a museum one day. Here's hoping.

[@bennylloyd-willner9667]

Nope, never a museum. It should be handed down to next generation forever and ever and never stop playing 😁

[@ZomB1986]

Nope, bring it to Look Mum No Computer's Museum Of Everything Else

[@CursedSouthwest]

Look mum no computers museums

[@vinno97]

I agree. Having this (or the previous floppotron) in a technology museum would be a great asset to get people excited for technology

[@nesyboi9421]

@@bennylloyd-willner9667 Well there is that mechanical music museum the marble machine made it into, that way it'd still get played and be in a museum where everyone can see it.

[@rijaja]

He had us in the first half, not gonna lie (please don't ever pretend to end the floppotron again)

[@MadnerKami]

I know right? I am so glad Pawel keeps it going

[@djgummikuh8895]

Hell yeah! I felt really sad when he retired the old Floppotron!

[@taylorhancock5834]

I was sad to hear the 2.0 was going, but oh my god this is a hell of an upgrade. I feel like this belongs in some either music or tech museum once you’re finally done with it

[@brasskail5036]

It should be the music system in the museum. An active display.

[@daftpunkking909]

@@brasskail5036 probably would start smoking at some point heh

[@WhenDoesTheVideoActuallyStart]

nice pfp

[@scienceexclamationmark]

Give it to LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER for THIS MUSEUM IS (NOT) OBSOLETE

[@justawatchin2]

@@scienceexclamationmark seconded!

[@PrvBen]

I mean this in the kindest possible way, you look like exactly the kind of person to build an instrument containing 512 floppy disk drives, 16 hard disks and 4 scanners.

[@randalldraco3822]

AND PLAYS METAL ON IT!!

[@Tentin.Quarantino]

I thought exactly the same. I also suspect those were deliberately chosen in powers of two

[@MrLondonGo]

@@Tentin.Quarantino wow good point lol!

[@srenkoch6127]

@@Tentin.Quarantino Makes sense. You have to be able to address each one individually, so unless you want to accept waste of address space, make them powers of 2.. :-)

[@NikolausUndRupprecht]

I am relieved to see and hear this marvel of engineering. The news that the Flopotron 2.0 would be decommissioned troubled me greatly yesterday evening. Mourning is over: The Floppotron is dead. Long live the Floppotron!

[@danielmilanovic5908]

Long live the Floppotron!

[@scottyanke655]

I too was worried after seeing the video yesterday about the end of Floppotron 2.0. Glad to see v3.0, and the quality is excellent.

[@HabichuelaConDulce]

Speaking of Marvel I think X-men The animated series Theme song would sound great on this thing

[@IllIl]

Long live the Floppotron!

[@crimsonstang]

I was worried that the last video was the end! Glad to see Floppotron remains.

[@daskampffredchen]

It got rebooted

[@Urko2005]

Yeah i thought when 2 was retired that was it , im so glad it wasnt the end.

[@JeffGeerling]

I feel like at some point a collaboration between you and Device Orchestra is inevitable.

[@bsvenss2]

Hi Jeff. You're a little late for the celebration. ;-)

[@ShayBlez]

Holy shit, yes, please, please make this happen.

[@birdpump]

Hello raspberry pi man

[@2bithacker]

Those drives are going to need so many googly eyes.

[@moffat5914]

Don't forget Sam from look mum no computer

[@BobBeverage]

Mr. Fucik (the composer) could never have imagined this, 120+ years ago. Great stuff.

[@devilaverage6718]

- On what instrument you want this to be played? - It's complicated...

[@ARandomInternetUser08]

@@devilaverage6718 "It's too hard. The project might flop."

[@brians1793]

Mr. Fucik really puts the I in fuck.

[@arrowghost]

This is the reason why he won't be happy, "SEND IN THE CLOWNS!"

[@christianbrecht4680]

​@@ARandomInternetUser08 What a floppy answer 🎉🎉🎉😂

[@alopexau]

I let out an audible "holy crap" when he pulled the cover off that monolithic stack of floppy drives. Absolute mad lad.

[@lapepitadeorooficial]

ditto

[@laulover]

Me too! Only, in Italian :D

[@jimbo1531]

My phone resolution wasn't high enough to work out what it was at first 😂

[@yavanius]

That's no stack of floppy drives... it's a space station.

[@JarrodsTech]

This is what KZbin is all about

[@emmata98]

Agreed, even if I didn't expect you here

[@stopUkrainewar666]

Hu ?? It was maybe ... But well Jarrod ... nope .... the truth this is what KZbin is and must be about and internet anonymous

[@Quettesh]

was

[@FudgeYeahLinusLAN]

This and gay frogs

[@julianocamargo6674]

Or it was... Good they did not accuse him of copyright infringement

[@rowdyretromoose]

I was expecting fanfare, not clownfare. I admit I laughed WAY too hard at being caught off guard. Top quality as always, looking forward to what other songs 3.0 brings.

[@S3b4P]

clownware

[@SavageGreywolf]

Well the song is named "Entrance of the Gladiators", and it absolutely is a fanfare. It's only because of circuses using it as copyright-free music that it's associated with clowns.

[@patsh1]

To quote Wikipedia on „Entry of the Gladiators“: „The march demonstrates the state of the art in playing technology and the construction of brass instruments, which allowed fast and even chromatic gears in all instruments and positions.“ So I think this is absolutely the right song.

[@rowdyretromoose]

@@SavageGreywolf Oh I know, but that stigma will never go away and it's part why that startup will almost consistently fool me and throw me for a loop each and every time. Good bit of info, that said!

[@Wingedshadowwolf]

@@SavageGreywolf I learned something new today. Also, this is the first time I've heard the whole song!

[@LuficariusRatspeed]

Y'know what the best thing about the Floppotron is? It's an acoustic instrument.

[@kenfreeman8888]

Oh my goodness! That's hilarious. Brilliant observation.

[@AnomalousVixel]

It's basically an enormous electromechanical synthesizer, which is badass

[@giacomoneri1782]

​@@AnomalousVixel More like an electric organ, like an Hammond.

[@RolandHutchinson]

@@giacomoneri1782 Not really like a Hammond. The Hammond generates an electronic signal by electromechanical means, and then plays it through and amplifier and speaker system. Although the floppotron is also electromechanical, it directly excites vibrations in the air. Big difference!

[@mrradio2187]

Sir, you've just made a 71 year old man cry with happiness. What a marvelous machine! Bravo!

[@raven4k998]

makes you wonder what 4.0 will have added over 3.0🤔

[@XY_Dude]

I'm 73 and laughed till hiccups occured!

[@The80sGuy]

Need to hear some Master Boot Record or Keygen Church on this

[@NightrideFM]

Spread the code!

[@xorowl1584]

Master Boot Record feels almost obligatory. I hope they do.

[@staryoshi06]

or The Algorithm

[@fureversalty]

Yes PLEASE! It is meant to be

[@ZetaPyro]

Heavy metal never died. It was just never evenly synthesized.

[@Mati_Panzer]

I love that it needs two emergency stop buttons, like it will suddenly start improvising and someone goes "it's going off script! shut it down!" and it starts going faster until they press the second button

[@philreinie8976]

There are also the circuit breakers. I read some assembly language code where several subroutines had two STOP commands at the end. The second STOP had a comment "to prevent skidding". (What was nice, is we could actually modify the code in RAM to replace a few lines before and the first STOP with code that could jump to another subroutine.)

[@emmata98]

I am most impressed with the difference in cablerequirements for the floppies. They were the standard once connected to many boards, but now they are way slimmer and only do the neccesary stuff.

[@divergentclouds]

@@philreinie8976 what architecture was this 👀

[@gavindavies793]

This deserves to be bought by a modern art gallery for big money. It is wonderful, it literally fills people with wonder! So much better than most of the stuff that usually wins all the big money. Bravo!

[@starry_lis]

I'm thinking maybe that Dutch mechanical instruments museum where the Marble Machine was displayed

[@timoterror788]

@@starry_lis Oh yes - and an HMI Panel like a juke Box where visitors can choose their favourite song

[@StormCrusher94]

Sadly nowadays the things considered art and museum worthy are bananas taped on the wall.

[@starry_lis]

@@StormCrusher94 that banana piece was making the point your trying to make. It was great.

[@bencze465]

@@starry_lis As far as I know it's regularly displayed in museums and was sold for actual money (more than a banana should be), so apparently it was taken seriously enough, so he's not wrong

[@MrGamecube14]

Father: our son will be a musician Mother: no, he'll be a computer tech Their son:

[@GioJonnhyK]

AHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHH

[@Nichodo]

he became both in a way XD

[@DavidChipman]

@@Nichodo Just guessing here, but I suspect "that's the joke" applies.

[@Purely_Andy]

@@Nichodo yeah, that's the punchline

[@Painless360]

Fantastic, simply fantastic!

[@FuzzyCollieDoggo]

Simply FLOPtastic!

[@TheGameBench]

Imagine what building this monument would have cost back in the 80's.

[@redcrafterlppa303]

Some parts would have actually been cheaper because of oversupply and the fact that some parts aren't built anymore and are quite expensive due to rarity today

[@Urko2005]

@@redcrafterlppa303 Yeah floppys were cheap at one time , not now.

[@bmw328igearhead]

One man's trash is another man's treasure.

[@TheGameBench]

@@redcrafterlppa303 I've been trying to find what 3.5" floppy drives solf for back in the early 80s, but couldn't find anything... to be fair I didn't look TOO hard, but I would have expected it to be higher than buying second hand drives today.

[@lapepitadeorooficial]

@@redcrafterlppa303 not quite, while thats true the circuits associated to the current arduinos would have ramp up the build...

[@Rondo2ooo]

Having been submerged in IT a good portion of my life, I never had a thought like this. It's absolutely nerdy brilliance.

[@PikaPetey]

Holy moly this sounds so much better!! I love it!

[@benji-menji]

I think there is some improvement needed before it finished. It is still in beta and I think he will probably work on fixing up some stuff concerning audio as some sounds were pretty loud. I think the floppy disk drives were going on full blast for most of it so the hard disk drives didn't get as much volume. If you think that it is good already, it's gonna get even better.

[@anonymousidea9119]

Pikapetey watches floppatron 😳

[@bibasik7]

I'd like to think that the emergency stop buttons are there in case if Floppotron becomes self-aware.

[@joshuamontgomery0]

You just have to know there was a giant fire at some point haha

[@renegadeoflife87]

@@joshuamontgomery0 Floppotron 2 experienced technical difficulties at one point, smoked components mid-performance. And there were probably similar incidents that went unrecorded in the earlier days.

[@alexs5814]

I believe you'd need something more physical like a SPAS-12 or something.

[@CannonFodder873]

...There is no MUSIC other than what we make for ourselves... ---John Connor---

[@darrencullen8015]

@@CannonFodder873 lol

[@biffy117]

My heart is filled with joy; No longer do I mourn the passing of Flopptron 2.0

[@blasterdude18]

Did it actually die or something?

[@awesomestuff9715]

@@blasterdude18 parts of it was repurposed into the 3.0 it seems

[@m2pt5]

It hasn't passed, it has simply evolved.

[@biblicallyaccuratecockroach]

The King is dead, long live the King! 🎶🎶

[@XX-121]

@@blasterdude18 yeah, the video was from sometime last week "Time to Say Goodbye, Floppotron 2.0."

[@Lord_Vinheteiro]

I would buy the Flappotron from you for my instrument collection.

[@Bimar1986]

How mut mony?

[@harfamastouffe559]

The lord have spoken !

[@TrainmakerPL]

But Sir! How to perform duet if both instruments are in Your kindly hands?!

[@TymexComputing]

Hahaha :) - maybe better suggest him doing a dedicated piano for your great videos and make a movie about the making :)

[@giacomoneri1782]

​@@TymexComputing If it's midi compatible, you can use a keyboard to play it. It's kinda of an electric organ, like an Hammond, stepper motors playing notes.

[@finngardiner5358]

This really does feel like a fairground organ at this point

[@daniel_007]

Yeah, like that music played on Rollercoaster Tycoon 's Merry Go Round

[@David.C.Velasquez]

I got that same feeling, then with the juxtaposition of what it's made from, just wow. Imagine if one of the old time calliope builders, could see what is simultaneously a parody and a tribute to their work. So meta... does that mean anything anymore?

[@marcstanescu2238]

There is a organ museum in my town. Would love to see this in an exposition there!

[@tyrgoossens]

It really reminds me of a geek version of the old Decap organs.

[@trapjohnson]

Please see "Bohemian Rhapsody" on a Calliope kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIXReHxsgNOqa7M

[@Boslandschap1]

The Floppotron is dead, long live the Floppotron! Looking forward to all the future song adaptations!

[@Supermunch2000]

I am in awe. Here I was expecting a a long break and this beautiful monstrosity drops! I can't wait for the complete Lord of the Rings soundtrack to be played!

[@Urbaaniapina]

Me too!! MAN!! You really dropped a bomb on me!!

[@DaffyDuckTheWizzard]

Man you're an old time KZbin legend, so glad to see you still putting out awesome music videos!

[@JohnJones-oy3md]

Original engineers: "We need to design these mechanical movements to be as quiet as possible". Pawel: "Hold my beer".

[@sphygo]

You failed, but I made your failure beautiful

[@butspan7618]

i don't think they cared about that back then. making things quiet was only started in pretty much the 2000 floppy drives are much older than that.

[@CheezeCracker]

I'm surprised he's not using Amiga 500 drives. Dem things made a racket, but probably since they were not n a sealed drive enclosure and sitting in a hollow plastic PC shell

[@lapepitadeorooficial]

hahahhahahahaha!!!!!!!!

[@peterwhitey4992]

The noise was not a consideration at all back then.

[@Nordern]

Such a majestic machine

[@kizzmequik70four]

The power-on sequence is something straight out of some science fiction giant robot anime and I'm here for it.

[@fred-cn9dl]

i practically cried when floppytron 2.0 was decommissioned there are no words to describe my nerdy joy at the revival of this thing!

[@Basuko_Smoker]

Now it's two of us Who cried...

[@xxFxDx]

Honestly, if you can read in any MIDI file, you might actually consider doing a twitch stream where subscribers can upload their own MIDI files and hear the floppotron play it on-stream.

[@AmorDeae]

This could probably speak with the right files and can definitely be broken with others, so I doubt that will happen

[@Ben-li9zb]

@panda "whats the worst they could do?"

[@robegatt]

@@Ben-li9zb they can send files that stress the thing without any real musical content

[@Ben-li9zb]

@@robegatt I know, the quotes were there to add to the joke, we don't want someone bricking 300 floppy disks because of their funny program

[@ekmett]

@@Ben-li9zb black midi

[@99MarcC]

The computer programmer in me LOVES the complexities of this hardware, and the musician in me LOVES the amazing attention to detail in the music itself. Unreal.

[@bellissimo4520]

Someone please build a physical monument for this man... this is one of the most amazing things I have ever witnessed in my whole life!!

[@Imrooot]

Ha, I knew "kiss goodbye" to Floppotron 2 wasn't the end of story! Great work, keep rockin!

[@fallbranch]

This is unironically my favorite rendition of Entry of the Gladiators.

[@lavendy]

This is truly a warm-hearted new thing. If you're familiar with old hardware, you can indulge in nostalgia, and if you're unfamiliar, you can be impressed by the novelty. More than anything, it is wonderful that it is well established as music. The visuals are perfect :)

[@InservioLetum]

* blink * ...sorry, *_NEW_* thing? You don't know why ending a phonecall is called "hanging up", do you.... This _was_ normal. Everyone in my generation knows and loves the sounds of a fax machine, a modem, and an answering machine. To some of us, the norm of dilligence never went away. It's not "well established" as music, it was COMPOSED as music, unlike the empty repetition of pointless nonsense that is shite like tiktok. This is the love of an era given form through sheer force of will, dedication to discipline, and hard work. To quote a hilarious phrase from the interrim : "you didn't build that." We did. We're not dead YET.

[@JimBobJoeB0b]

@@InservioLetum ……

[@dracofirex]

@@InservioLetum Imagine being so mad over nothing that you have a cow over someone who has made a very kind, heartfelt comment about a machine we have all been excited to see the new iteration of, fitting and fussing over the phrasing of a sentence that may have been written by someone who has English as their second language. Sure, let us get nostalgic about floppy drives and fax machines (though not dot matrix printers, those were horrid), but maybe chill?

[@greggrubin3475]

In the last chorus, dare I say the harmonics floating around are just gorgeous. Such a musical rendition with instruments not designed to make music. Bravo!

[@thierrydecker8110]

I have three things to say, excluding this first sentence. Firstly, this is incredible. Secondly, two emergency stop buttons, mildly terrifying. Not sure if it is for the potential of it overheating and catching fire, or the fear of this beautiful but powerful machine turning against its creator. Thirdly, those floppy disk drives are arranged to look like piano keys arent they? Thats a really nice detail.

[@KunoKnoedel]

Failing is a Beta-Feature?

[@SandroSmith]

Concerning third statement. You mean two left columns? Coz obviously not the rest due to color inversion. But there are too many white keys between D# and F#

[@gashnal]

if i was reading it right the PSU's was rated above 1000 watts given the age of the tech involved i think having an emergency off is a smart idea ive seen old parts just burst into flames and electrical fires are no joke.

[@Jabbadoor2]

This is so *speechless*... impressive. I remember when "floppy music" was some youtube nerd thingy.... but you've completely blown it out of the water! Noone can keep up with you! And it's just awesome to watch :D

[@RyouConcord]

I hope this ends up in a museum one day. This is a work of art.

[@randominternetbro6562]

It already has, my friend. The wonderful museum of the information superhighway!!!

[@veri8tor]

@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER 👆🏻

[@CptFoupoudav]

Of all the things this man could have made, he decided to do that. respect

[@The_Legend47]

And that, my friend, is quality content!

[@leokimvideo]

So amazing it's on KZbin Trending again, congrats your famous

[@Jamal_Tyrone]

you're*

[@j0barr]

Trending again since 2 days ago?

[@Eject_Eject_Eject]

Wasn't sure if you were going to push on with 3.0 after seeing the 2.0's goodbye. Happy to see you are pushing on with pride.

[@ToneKneeParaSocial]

As someone who works in manufacturing, seeing these custom controllers is a thing of beauty😍. They aren't big and aren't controlling extremely complicated devices, but still very very impressive none the less. I can tell a lot of work was put into this, it turned out very professional looking. That is like engineering Art!👍

[@klaushackethal3762]

Einfach nur Wahnsinn. Gut gemacht. Und die ganze Technik die dahinter steckt. Super.

[@poageboy]

Put a huge smile on my face this morning. Long live The Floppotron!

[@Trygon]

WOW DUDE I'm glad someone remembers how a full version upgrade is SUPPOSED to feel! This is so much more musical than 2.0, which was already quite good. This feels like a full step out of novelty and into genre.

[@ryanashford3672]

You've managed to outdo yourself AGAIN this is incredible!

[@michaltekoras768]

zaczął, rozwinął się, pokonał sam siebie i jeszcze jakie dzieło posiada i będzie co wspominać na długie lata. BIG MAN

[@Crazy___Ginger]

God, I can't wait to hear the masterpieces this orchestra will play. Hoping to eventually hear Attack of the Killer Queen from this. The floppotron was the first thing I thought of when I heard that song.

[@heyhellyco]

Oh heck yeah, that song would be awesome on the floppotron! [BIG SHOT] would also be really cool too

[@spearmaster_]

@@heyhellyco How do you think they might do the voice samples?

[@heyhellyco]

@@spearmaster_ Ah man, hadn’t thought of that one, can’t really think of an instrument that would best be used for that 😅

[@Crazy___Ginger]

@@spearmaster_ With precise enough timing and pitching, i bet the bank of floppy drives could probably replicate a very robotic human voice, similar to how you can sometimes hear voices in songs that are directly converted to midi from waveforms

[@seankkg]

It's amazing how the floppy drives sound like old DOS music noises. That it circled around that way is such serendipity.

[@fat_pigeon]

It's because old DOS synthesizers had a limited range of timbres because they produced only a few simple waveforms (sine, square, sawtooth, etc.). The repurposed computer parts mostly produce tones by modulating their motors, which naturally produce a simple waveform; the modulation occurs at long timescales (probably about a hundred ms) compared to the period of the sound waves (roughly 2 ms). Thus the Floppotron has a similar timbre to DOS synthesizers.

[@mafin_official]

i would like this comment but i want it to stay at 69 likes. should i like this anyways?

[@watsonwrote]

This sounds absolutely incredible. The hard drives clicking like castanets and the almost electric guitar sound make such an intriguing combination. I can't wait to hear more music on this

[@magpieblue]

An incredible creation! Loved the previous incarnations and this is a wonderful evolution. Keep making music with machines!

[@wackychimp]

I have been following this for years and love this so much! It's frivolous brilliance at it's best. This didn't need to exist but you made it and the world is a better place because of it. Also a great way to recycle old parts.

[@satan.is.my.copilot]

That's a great description of art in general; Something that nobody really needed, but makes the world a better place to live. The Floppotron family definitely accomplished that.

[@SimonSideburns]

That's a marked difference in quality over Floppytron V2. Great leaps and bounds in technological advancement too. I'm loving it. Can't wait to hear more. Just a shame it takes so much of your time and effort to make the midi files sound great, but I just want to let you know your hard work and technical ability are greatly appreciated by my wife and I.

[@maybeonastick]

Playing this song, which is perceived by many to be the circus theme, play as the first song of the Floppotron 3.0 is just genius

[@Anonopsmo]

Epic, thank you for giving old hardware a new life. best greets from Germany, Jan

[@UsefulClips]

Excellent. I can only imagine how incredible that sounds standing right there. I assume there's almost no way the recorded sound we're hearing on KZbin can fully capture the experience.

[@stoopidapples1596]

it's beautiful... this is perhaps the greatest achievement in floppy drive music in history...

[@NPDGX]

3:12 That little percussive riff right there is crisp as hell, hot damn. This machine can do some mighty fine work!

[@covodex516]

This is so amazing. I absolutely love every Floppotron version you made so far, what a genius idea.

[@nup5]

HOLY FLOPPY DISKS. And hard disks. And etc. ...and are those floppy drives arranged to look like a piano...? That's genius, dude. You have my utmost respect. This is incredible!!!

[@nup5]

Thank you for providing tech specs, as well. This is super, super satisfying...

[@mikeunum]

Hloy scanner...

[@JonathanKayne]

No, each of the columns represent a channel (the equivalent of a finger on a piano if you will) the number of playing drives on each column represents the volume. Source: the documentation in the video description If you are talking about the coloring of the drives then yes it represents a piano

[@nup5]

@@JonathanKayne yeah, I meant the coloring of the drives. Thank you for clarifying my thoughts! I did notice the volume/db level thing he's got going, and each drive's LED shows that. Also genius imo

[@elcy6631]

I love how colors of floppy drives are arranged to look like a piano keyboard. In two different directions!

[@sa3270]

Imagine an unsuspecting burglar walks in and doesn't know what any of that stuff is and all of a sudden the lights turn on and it starts playing

[@ZGryphon]

@Parrie Jenkins Maybe because of this video's song, the first thing I thought of was that circus orchestras have a long tradition of playing Sousa's "The Stars and Stripes Forever" to signal to the rest of the circus that there's an emergency without alarming the civilians.

[@ZGryphon]

@Parrie Jenkins My personal favorite hospital PA code, which I learned when I was hospitalized in Boston 10 years back, was when they would page Dr. Brown. According to a chart posted at the nurses' station that patients were probably not supposed to be able to see, it meant there was an urgent need for the biohazmat cleanup team in the lobby.

[@presentalinkwalterbak2426]

There is a threshold of crazy beyond which a genius begins. AWESOME!

[@jessicaborchert2487]

I'd really love to hear the imperial march again on the V3.0. The difference to the beginning must be staggering. What an orchestra! 🤘

[@Innuya]

You've done a great job capturing the audio but I can't help but imagine how awesome this would sound in person, well done! :)

[@jamesray9009]

exactly .. I would love to see how the audio is even done .. what would it be like in a sound studio .. and how many mics would it take to be over kill lol

[@WizardClipAudio]

Right. I’d pay to sit in there to listen to it live.

[@Capitalism_Skeleton]

This is somewhere between a work of technological art, and pure madness. Fantastic work! I think we all knew the Floppotron wouldn't just die like that ;)

[@fredashay]

6EQUJ5!!! All your Floppotrons sounded amazing, but 3.0 sounds so incredibly musical even more-so than its predecessors! Congrats!!!

[@EMT_Artesania]

AWWW YEEEAAAHHH!!! I thought you were tired of the project so you retired it... but holy molly! You, sir, have beautifully surprised me (and many more, judging by the comments). Hats off 🤯

[@_icey]

Never in my life would I have known that floppy drives playing music could be so fascinating.

[@mopemaster]

I love the details like e.g. the arrangement of the b/w floppys so that they appear like a keyboard. Great work, Pawel! Keep on rocking... :)

[@sage5296]

Wow I didn't even notice that

[@Carstuff111]

It has to be epic to actually be there to hear these in person!

[@leotide1990]

Holy smokes, that’s a monstrous setup! So excited for the future! You do amazing work!

[@cujoedaman]

Well OBVIOUSLY we need to hear "Popcorn" and "Daisy, Daisy" at some point! Also, I just realized the floppy drives look like piano keys!

[@frostech3149]

Absolutely, both are monumental songs in technology history!

[@tiberiusclaudiusnerogermanicis]

More like harpsichord keys but yea lol

[@michaelandersen7535]

And bad apple!

[@Monty_BeGoodToEachOther]

I too was about to suggest "Popcorn"... But must say that "Daisy - bicycle built for two" is brilliant, especially is slows down to halt. I also thought "Weird Science" might be appropriate.

[@Jugger_Coach]

Make it speak! Just kidding ... until someone comes up with "he did that already". Monumental work indeed!

[@skull_is_dull]

The Floppotron is a huge inspiration for a project I'm working on for school: music with four stepper motors and two hard drives. I would do more but I'm limited on time and money. Really exited to see the music 3.0 can play.

[@hanbo123]

Human imagination and creativity is amazing. If it can be done, there's a person somewhere in the world who is figuring it out. Bravo.

[@Wissle]

Absolutely amazing 😁

[@mirage809]

This is glorious! The glorious arrival of the greatest piece of obsolete computer hardware repurposing that has ever graced the internet! I think Chariots of Fire would sound marvelous coming out of this system.

[@jaredpalmer1276]

The ending of 2.0.had me worried, but this one looks soo cool. So much work went into that. Great job!

[@thedave0004]

I am very glad that the "floppotron" folder is a subfolder form "work". This is indeed important work.

[@musketmerve1436]

I just just imagine someone who worked on inventing the floppy drive, watching this, face palming. And then enjoying the amazing musical fidelity! Lol.

[@bartolomeothesatyr]

I'd love to hear "Siegfried's Death and Funeral March" from Wagner's "Götterdämmerung" played on the Floppotron. Also, "O Fortuna" from Orff's "Carmina Burana."

[@mgk3176]

Great pieces :) Also a little bit 9th Symphony of Dvorak would be fitting

[@bartolomeothesatyr]

@@mgk3176 I love it!

[@triton199]

how about Saint-Saëns symphony no.3 finale

[@re4796]

🤓

[@jamesthepuerilis]

OMG i just yelled "YES" when i saw this, really glad you didnt scrap the Floppotron, well done sir.

[@Larsgman]

Honestly dude, this is a technical marvel even bigger than that guy with the marble machine. It just blows my mind that you were able to figure out how to wire all these things together, never mind the fact that you are making MUSIC with it all.

[@TheyCallMeScifi]

It's got a whole power-on sequence now! Love the piano key color arraignment of the floppy drives and the light bars on the scanners.

[@mrblond750]

This immediately brought tears of joy to my eyes. I was astonished at the scale, thought and effort put into this. It’s the best thing I’ve seen on you tube in a long while. I’m so excited for future content!

[@IngwiePhoenix_nb]

A MIDI based firmware upgrade mechanism. Custom controllers left, right, center, top and bottom. And probably capable of shaking a house. I LOVE THIS!!! But seriously, flashing firmware through MIDI feels very weird, but pretty smart. Saves ports, can transfer all that is needed and feels generally like a super useful hack.

[@hoseja]

Until you try to play Bach and suddenly the machine gains sentience.

[@Angrymuscles]

Uploaded on June 13th, my birthday no less. This isn't just wonderful music oddness, this is hardware art. Keep the good and old times reading those discs.

[@PeTTs0n88]

Mother of... this is such a masterclass in absurd engineering I can't help but just be in awe.

[@TehCatzMeow]

This actually probably sounds amazing inside that room, I'd probably pay to go hear this in a concert hall lmao

[@GalileoAV]

Absolutely stunning, you've really outdone yourself this time. Love the little details like the custom PDU covers and having the LEDs in each column of floppies drop like an equalizer .

[@Woititti2005]

Jak się chłop rozwinął! Z dwóch floppy do 512! Szacun dla Ciebie, oglądam twoje filmiki odkąd pamiętam, a cały czas zaskakują. Tak trzymaj! Pozdrawiam :)

[@the_kombinator]

Ladnie, na allegro juz nie ma stacji dyskow :P

[@CheezeCracker]

@@the_kombinator Hehe. Teraz rozumie czemu narzekałeś że nie jesteś za bardzo zadowolony o tym projektem. Sorry for slightly broken Polish. Been a while

[@sebo0855]

@@CheezeCracker I'm still impressed, polish is quite hard, and you only by "being a while" still managed to build an understandable phrase, bravo 👏

[@CheezeCracker]

@@sebo0855 Thx Sebo. Speaking is one thing, writing, without some help from Google keyboard, is another. I was born in Poland but family and I moved before I was 10.

[@the_kombinator]

@@CheezeCracker Projekt jest fajny, tylko po co katowac az 500 stacji dyskow?

[@Scherrah1010]

This is just freakin‘ awesome! When there was the announcement of the Floppotron 2.0 retirement I felt the loss of an awesome star on KZbin. Seeing the Floppotron 3.0, the Floppotron 2.0 lives up again in a new „body“ with even more capabilities! Can‘t wait to see what‘s ahead of us plus the Control GUI of the Floppotron 3.0 looks great as well! Keep up the amazing work!

[@JorgetePanete]

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