A MARBLE POWERED COMPUTER CAN WORK WITH A MODULAR SYNTH

[@WeapoKingNZ]

"some of em' fell out but that's just gonna happen because... it's bloody marbles" WINTERGARDEN SHOULD HAVE EMBRACED THAT PHILOSOPHY!!!!!

[@alanh2820]

So true

[@PaulDriverPlus]

Right!

[@nadiaplaysgames2550]

he wont it wish to push the stone forever views too good

[@AMPProf]

idk..poor marbles

[@The1stFishBone]

Look Mum is the exact opposite of Wintergatan. Sam is unbelievable in how he just gets shit done. He solves problems cheaply and fast; he learns what he needs to without getting sucked down rabbit holes, and knows when to say that's good enough. It's super inspiring to see how productive you can be when you don't give a fuck about making everything look or sound perfect. Wintergatan is a cautionary tale of scope creep, perfectionism, and fighting the inherent qualities of what you are working on. I don't think he actually wants to finish a marble machine. He is making more money from Patreon and KZbin than he would from performing with a finished machine. He was 90% of the way there and scraped the whole thing because the marble lift couldn't lift marbles as fast as he wanted. It didn't occur to him that he could just write music with fewer notes. Now he is constantly posting videos where he is trying to get marbles to hit with sub 10ms accuracy, which is far more accurate than any human musician. No normal person can tell the difference and it's debatable if that level of accuracy is even a good thing.

[@PaulEmmanuelXUEREF]

Look mum : a computer

[@irrkez]

😂👍

[@PaulDriverPlus]

ROFL!

[@dafoex]

Muuuum! Hes cheating again!

[@ARTala88]

😂

[@danniielle]

😁😁😁

[@Hainbach]

Bloody Scary Electro-Mechanical Drone at the end. Perfect for a Steampunk Terminator remake.

[@leannetaylor3840]

You've made a whole Radiophonic Workshop, out of plastic tubing, ball bearings, and wood! Amazing.

[@davidb9682]

You truely are the personification of the 'mad professor'. Awesome.

[@darrelldourte9455]

I wanted to hate it because it's not the Segamegamachine synth. It does have it charms tho.

[@ewanparsons9437]

So we have a Marble computer getting its input from a music keyboard. The digital output of the Mable computer is converted to analogue which is then used as input to a synthesiser. I want to know more but my head just exploded. Sam you are a genius.

[@randommcranderson5155]

they're still just getting everything working. They can replace the keyboard with anything that generates midi, and with tiny computers just about anything can be made to generate midi.

[@Palooka37]

I love that your approach is "fiddle around with a breadboard until it works". Magnificent.

[@snoballuk]

This is awesome, it looks and sounds like a 1970s episode of Doctor Who. I kept expecting Tom Baker to show up.

[@AMPProf]

who is what dr whoo is that some Old kung fu movie

[@jannepeltonen2036]

I knew I wasn't the only one to get that vibe :D

[@MirlitronOne]

This has made me laugh out loud with delight, thanks.

[@dozerblade]

sounds like you created a new universe.

[@nullbyt]

Like smashing two different universes together

[@Glitchesftw]

fantastic that you got Jem himself in

[@mytefor]

Absolutely brilliant, thank you very much for your creativity and musical skills, such a super all round talent.

[@beautifulsmall]

One in the world. Always a pleasure to see the joy of creatiion.

[@aftertheendtimes]

Sam you are amazing, love your cool projects

[@tobitweaks]

the noises this things makes…so cool! All the best, Tobi

[@ZackeryHurtz]

"Oh how did the demon get summoned?" "Marbles, too much time, synths, and circuit boards!"

[@jannepeltonen2036]

I'm starting to believe Sam is in reality the final incarnation of The Doctor.

[@kaitlyn__L]

Thank you for proving that MIDI programming is indeed “real” programming! And IMO in some ways is better for this kind of electro-mechanical sequencing than, say, Python code because of how you can adjust the BPM and the sequencer automatically adapts to whatever length sequence you put into it 😊 It kind of reminds me of machine code actually, the way you’ve got one key per function. “Turn on this output for x seconds, then turn off. Then on this other output for y seconds, then turn off.” rather than messing about with variables and functions and so on.

[@DetroitMicroSound]

Dangit!!!!! You're reminding me of my old Nord Mod G2. You can use logic to determine everything under the sun in it. . . . And outside of it! 😎 Love this beast!

[@113odyssey]

Thank you for being the mad genius that you are!

[@Baudelier42]

This bodes well for a team-up with Wintergaten.

[@alanh2820]

Lol don’t team up with him. Nothing will get finished.

[@reggiep75]

@alanh2820 To be fair, he's managed to get a few smaller projects finished because he's stopped faffing about. I do still think that he's still a long way from completing his project.

[@alanh2820]

@@reggiep75 I did see some recent progress, true. I believe it’s because he started to go back to his roots of not seeking perfection in his designs, like his first machine he was famous for.

[@AMPProf]

Hmm kosmos song converted to Machine platform

[@AMPProf]

So Analoging the Analog

[@geoffreypiltz271]

Reminds me of the Useless Machines where when you throw a switch a hand comes out and turns the switch off, only more complicated.

[@ncot_tech]

Last guy I saw trying to make music with marbles appeared to lose his 😆

[@_sPiTf1r3_]

any day with an upload from you is a good day in my book! love your content and hyped to see more!

[@graemedavidson499]

It’s going to compose Tubular Balls!

[@AMPProf]

In maths that clearly Is Abstracted unbelievable mutations Tubes squished into balls, ball stretched into tubes.. Need 3d renders now

[@Frogdog0007]

You are a genius

[@inbillsmind3048]

This is fantastic, I am really looking forward to the music this creates , I already like the snippets from this vid , something special about this project 👍👍

[@buidseach]

You've Created a Monster!

[@MattDenton]

This is insane :)

[@KeritechElectronics]

Looking at this series of tubes and hearing electrons falling out makes me lose my marbles... Wintergatan, eat your heart out!

[@kaitlyn__L]

lmao I love that speed ramp on the voiceover at around 4 mins

[@AMPProf]

So about 3:54-4:05

[@kaitlyn__L]

@@AMPProf it continues well after that

[@ParallaxVisuals]

that speed ramp is brilliant:)))

[@pepijngentenaar7089]

Absolutely Marbelous 🎉

[@NeilABliss]

Outstanding..... 😊

[@acumenicalmatter939]

I love it Balls!

[@raymitchell9736]

Wow! Reminds me a little of the Forbidden Planet music... Holy COW that's freaking awesome!!!

[@orchestratedpassage9468]

Marble machines...I've seen that madness. Beware lol. I really like the contact mic thru the fx..great to improv with.

[@kennethlewis87]

Man, you are mad, love from Oslo

[@worawatli8952]

The sounds it made at the end is insane, it's like as if DeathStar is singing.

[@alizaidanthamyeez740]

Wintergatan is about to break into the museum to steal that

[@cj-8800-i]

Ooo I was waiting for the second part

[@alienzardsketter.9076]

Barbarella the excessive machine one my favorite all time keyboard interments performance ,,, Barbarella needs to get inside this LMNC.

[@alainbarre7483]

Cet homme est fou et génial ❤

[@repeat_defender]

Absolutely mental mad scientist shenanegans!!

[@JLeonSarmiento]

This was really good 👍

[@bcoda]

look mum ball computer

[@moshly64]

One step closer to the ultimate Rube Goldberg synthesizer.

[@colin125gwr]

that's mad love it

[@dancingfeather2024]

I think you may have inadvertently made a scale model of Terry Gilliam's brain.

[@Noname7401]

You got balls man.

[@fredEVOIX]

this sounds suspiciously like you're trying to open a door to hell 😱

[@ThaRealChuckD]

Oh lord. Now he's tearing apart giant pachinko machines. 😂

[@dkimcg]

When's the DIY eurorack kit version coming out?

[@i_never_asked_for_an_alias]

I magine this system working as biomechanical monstrosity created by H.R. Giger. The sound would definitly fit.

[@atkelar]

Hmmm... BPM... Balls Per Minute? 😂 Interesting installation, but a smidge slow for typical music. Reminds me a bit of that century music art installation. Curious what comes out in the end!

[@babylonbroken]

you're insane. I love it.

[@asn413]

this reminds me of what charles and ray ames did with marbles and chimes

[@marcelzwiers]

AMAZING!

[@A3Kr0n]

What all this means is we could really be living in a marble computer simulation. Interesting...

[@minicirco]

Nice. It would be nice we can sync the what we hear to what we see - then it‘s done or onto the way

[@pault54]

your completely mad and i love it

[@lukasjetu9776]

really cool

[@Monty-in-gumboots]

In its own way the marble computer replicates infinite number of monkeys with typewriters. And now that you have connected it to a synth, I am listening out for the whole machine to start reciting Shakespeare.

[@reg2590]

crazy!

[@The1stFishBone]

Alternate title: The dumbest thing you've ever seen makes coolest sounds you've ever heard.

[@TheGaryHughes]

I have absolutely no idea what i just watched

[@asn413]

the Plinkovac... oddly enough thats a brand of wine.

[@davidcoates4852]

Reminds me of Pink Floyd's Money ❤ 🤑🔧👍

[@curtishoffmann6956]

When can we expect the smartphone app for calling in from anywhere and preprogramming the marble computer remotely?

[@AnalogDude_]

It would have been better with 4, to join 2 x 4 bit to combine to 8, some cd4000 logic. Maybe you wanna play around with optic diodes to create light barriers to detect things.

[@Stikkzz]

the designation is bearing ball. a ball bearing would be a bad marble

[@SeanBBeatsBelgium]

your well mad lad xD

[@chuckcrunch1]

that's awesome nutty

[@MrHouseparty6]

Woah.

[@phiend2248]

🤯

[@bushmaster369]

Look mum, a computer?!

[@real.luka_smith]

It's 3am in the morning, WTF am i even watching.

[@wince333]

the crazy guy

[@Nervejam]

Bonkers

[@D.3TH13R]

A system of cells interlinked within cells interlinked within cells interlinked within one stem

[@blas5i]

mad scientist 2.0

[@terrienhumain6723]

Amâzin'

[@PaulDriverPlus]

Marble MIDI Multiplexer?

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

I must have misunderstood at some point. You picked up some massive, unassembled contraption not knowing what it was? Your priorities are very strange. A man after my own heart. Lol.

[@hellstormllc1277]

Dude thats a cool shirt! How can I get one?

[@JSB2500]

All totally normal. It's just everyone else who's mad. 😄

[@thefrenchtopus]

Someone send this vid to Wintergatan !

[@kerryh8er04]

Marble Machine XxX

[@ohmtronseedling]

this doesn't seem very practical for gigging at the local pub.

[@IpfxTwin]

*Your Uber has arrived "Got room for this mate?"

[@bobskool]

Scale it up for pool balls and you're sorted

[@dongyschlontong-ck5xg]

Hans Zimmer's latest instrument.

[@jeremymtc]

Check out Lawrence Waterhouse Junior, Jr. here!

[@svetlovska]

Sam, you mad genius. Do you ever sleep?

[@illustriouschin]

Wintergarten wants to know your location.

[@GuyPerson-jt9tv]

Seems rather convoluted, innit?

[@charade993]

Hi there

[@hereux_official]

11:55 - 12:20 It sounds like a dead creature in hell, which is desperately trying to kill itself and anything else, just to escape the horror it's trapped in. Love it.

[@slothandturtle8036]

Is Wintergatan watching this ? Martin ?

[@HerwardHoyer]

Duh, just use Marbles from Mutable Instruments!😉

[@slava_allahu]

Can you run Doom on it?

[@richardallen1629]

Mental.