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[Mik2121]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BlawG7B6ZHM

Is that how it really sounds?

I'll go and say no, probably.

I assume they lowered the sound of the marbles a bit, but that video is something like the Star Wars videos where they show how it really sounded and it's this super-awkward stuff, but way worse.

 

[Nappuccino]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BlawG7B6ZHM

Is that how it really sounds?

There are a number of clips of him testing out various parts of the machine. It doesn't sound like that, though some elements like the kick drum are created through very isolated mics, so to the human ear alone it would sound quite different.

 

[TSM]

I'll go and say no, probably.

I assume they lowered the sound of the marbles a bit, but that video is something like the Star Wars videos where they show how it really sounded and it's this super-awkward stuff, but way worse.

During the "Brakedown" you can hear how much louder the machine is when they don't screen most of the noises it makes out, and that's just the marbles dropping without everything else in motion. The machine clearly wouldn't sound anywhere near as fantastic as the video makes out in person without the headphones he's wearing on, but it's still damn impressive.

 

[jediyoshi]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BlawG7B6ZHM

Is that how it really sounds?

No, it's a take on a subset of parody videos that dubs in shitty audio on top

https://vimeo.com/114436357
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrCcsZKiNRU

 

[Mik2121]

During the "Brakedown" you can hear how much louder the machine is when they don't screen most of the noises it makes out, and that's just the marbles dropping without everything else in motion. The machine clearly wouldn't sound anywhere near as fantastic as the video makes out in person without the headphones he's wearing on, but it's still damn impressive.

Saw it, yeah. It's quite noisy but it didn't seem to get to the point where you couldn't really listen to the actual song.

 

[Phantast2k]

Today the guy has posted two more videos on how this thing works:

How It Works - Part 1

How It Works - Part 2

 

[Majine]

The song is up on Spotify and Apple Music btw.

 

[Zaptruder]

During the "Brakedown" you can hear how much louder the machine is when they don't screen most of the noises it makes out, and that's just the marbles dropping without everything else in motion. The machine clearly wouldn't sound anywhere near as fantastic as the video makes out in person without the headphones he's wearing on, but it's still damn impressive.

Despite it's overtly mechanical appearance, this is an electric instrument, like an electric guitar or drumset or electric piano.

Requires a speaker (or headphones) in order to play the sound as intended.

It's basically an artistic performance piece that combines many areas of creativity and talent to pull off. It's pretty grand.

 

[Vlad]

Despite it's overtly mechanical appearance, this is an electric instrument, like an electric guitar or drumset or electric piano.

Requires a speaker (or headphones) in order to play the sound as intended.

I didn't realize how "electric" it was until he was describing the drums in the making of videos. Using rice for the snare sound was an interesting touch.

 

[Majine]

They made a Piano version and it is seriously making me cry

 

[rj118]

They made a Piano version and it is seriously making me cry

This is amazing, thanks for sharing!

https://vimeo.com/114436357
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrCcsZKiNRU

Couldn't stop laughing at these though, hahaha

 

[Glix]

So cool. Reminds me of the crazy shit people do with Little Big Planet and Minecraft.