Wonderful as always! Loving the sound of the shakers, a fantastic mix of electro-mechanical and organic physical instruments. I remember doing something more basic with a small speaker with a rubber puck glued to the cone, driven by an amp and a square wave from my modular shaking a cup with some little stones in it. The wonderful thing is that its an ever shifting acoustic sound, not a static sample. When the world is more settled, let's renew the idea of having you here as our guest. Thank you!
Man, 3:45 got me jiving, so nice. Really love what you have made here, each instrument is simple but super effective. Great food for thought! Cheers from Australia
This is awesome. Really inspiring. If I were you I would put some sort of damping on the kick so you can increase the gain. You could probably figure out something better than anything I would suggest. Seriously though, one of the coolest synth/sequencer builds I have ever seen. I love acoustic sound.
Hahahaha now I really want to try doing something with your synth we should link up sometime. The percussion and drums haha genius. Just the bottle tops become too monotonous at a point
This guy looks like building a pinball machine wouldn't even be a challenge for him. He's already got most the mechanical components figured out. (I just wonder if the game logic will be driven by the step sequencer, some homebrew electronics like what's inside the synth, or by the chicken)
@@2222222aaa several ways. Sometimes I use a Midi to gate interface I made that translates midi notes into 12volts which can drive the solenoids. Other times I use the gate outputs of the beatstep controller and then send them to transistor which switch thr solenoids
thanks for the quick reply! Your videos are awesome! So, I’d be interested in the gate output and how you do that with transistors. Not really into midi. I’m just not quite sure of how to do it.
Love the homebuilt solenoids! Are they entirely electromagnetic or did you have to use permanent magnets in the shafts? Thanks for your awesome videos!
@@Afrorack That's so cool - one of the things I really like about your channel is how you put things together with very easy-to-get components. I also think that African influence is underrepresented in the modular synth community and I love that you're shaking it up - I'm super stoked to see what you do next!
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bro, what? this is amazing! I was blown away by the end fantastic work here. People like you inspire me to make my own music
Now that’s a proper electronic engineer. Fabulous mate very well done.
Those super efficient homemade solenoids are awesome, great work!!
Wonderful as always! Loving the sound of the shakers, a fantastic mix of electro-mechanical and organic physical instruments. I remember doing something more basic with a small speaker with a rubber puck glued to the cone, driven by an amp and a square wave from my modular shaking a cup with some little stones in it. The wonderful thing is that its an ever shifting acoustic sound, not a static sample. When the world is more settled, let's renew the idea of having you here as our guest. Thank you!
I really enjoy your resourcefulness, humor, and beats. Please share more of yourself, your projects, and your music.
This is great, I totally respect that you make your own solenoids! Bravo 👏👏👏
Very inspiring, both the machines & the music. Great stuff, love it!
Wow genius and resourceful. Im loving it :-)
Yes !🙌 LOVE IT! Cool beats and sounds, loving the ingenuity! This is proper! Also the kid brother interruption was hilarious! 😁👍👊😎
rice flying out of the cup simulates drummer fatigue. Brilliant feature.
Haha
Man, 3:45 got me jiving, so nice. Really love what you have made here, each instrument is simple but super effective. Great food for thought! Cheers from Australia
KING!You made my day!!!
Nice, good inspiration to make a music installation with students at school.
Fantastic blend of electric and mechanic instruments! A raw and unique sound!
This is genius! Sequencing the physical world for percussion is the ultimate synthesis.
So nice! That groove at 05:38 is great!
This whole rig is genius man
This is truly epic! Thanks for sharing and keep it up!
Absolutely brilliant
I love this so much. Props to the chicken at the end.
this is awesome, thanks for sharing, great work!
Wow! Handmade solenoids!
You’re a fn genius.
Awesome setup.
Those chickens gonna really shake it now! 🐔😅👍
Omg this is great, another level.
Stunning.
I love it!! Big hug form brasil!!!
This is awesome and so original man...
Wow great work👍
Totally unique!
This is so sick 🔥🔥🔥
This is so fucking COOL
Awesome work as always !
Fantastic!!
haha i just found this, so cool! a great analog sound because of true homemade instruments
Very cool. Would buy a sample pack if you release one!
Holy fuck this rules
This is awesome. Really inspiring. If I were you I would put some sort of damping on the kick so you can increase the gain. You could probably figure out something better than anything I would suggest. Seriously though, one of the coolest synth/sequencer builds I have ever seen. I love acoustic sound.
Thanks
I like your 256-bit Shaker, bits of rice. It's a granular synthesizer.
@3:30
Hahahaha now I really want to try doing something with your synth we should link up sometime. The percussion and drums haha genius. Just the bottle tops become too monotonous at a point
Amazing. :-)
genius
This guy looks like building a pinball machine wouldn't even be a challenge for him.
He's already got most the mechanical components figured out.
(I just wonder if the game logic will be driven by the step sequencer, some homebrew electronics like what's inside the synth, or by the chicken)
How do you control the solenoids with a keyboard? Could you show us how?
@@2222222aaa several ways. Sometimes I use a Midi to gate interface I made that translates midi notes into 12volts which can drive the solenoids. Other times I use the gate outputs of the beatstep controller and then send them to transistor which switch thr solenoids
thanks for the quick reply! Your videos are awesome! So, I’d be interested in the gate output and how you do that with transistors. Not really into midi. I’m just not quite sure of how to do it.
@@Afrorack I own a Keystep pro that has gate output
@@2222222aaa You use the transistors a switches. You would need to read up about this.
Ok. Thank you
Wow
How hard is it to get components like mosfets?
Some mosfets are available..some super specialised parts/Ic's i have to order online and wait a long time
Love the homebuilt solenoids! Are they entirely electromagnetic or did you have to use permanent magnets in the shafts? Thanks for your awesome videos!
No permanent magnets...just nails
@@Afrorack That's so cool - one of the things I really like about your channel is how you put things together with very easy-to-get components. I also think that African influence is underrepresented in the modular synth community and I love that you're shaking it up - I'm super stoked to see what you do next!
wow!!!
this rules
🤯
Wow!!!!