The Layton Bit Stripper Demo ** Rock-afire Controller
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- The Layton Bitstripper can control any of the Rock-afire Explosion characters, lights, effects, and anything else that is normally controlled by the "Gray Box". Here is the first public demo of the Layton Bit Stripper with the designer himself, Layton helping Aaron to show its features and how it operates.
Contact aaron@starsof.com for more information. (Children under 18 please have your parents contact me. )
Making old technology work with new. I like it!
I love how very educational this is! Future Rock Afire owners or people who own a show should have this bit stripper!
I agree! More technical episodes! Take my money and show me things engineered creatively!!
We're already ripping off the tech from "Layton's" bit stripper to build an even better programmer that actually outputs the data with the audio into a file and allows you to then also add videos to the programming so it's actually more like Cyberstar than his programmer. People should never post pictures of things like this that expose how it works if they intend to make any money... We're going to sell ours for WAY less so anyone can buy it, rich OR poor.
@@Pizzacam3people shouldn’t have to worry about people trying to rip off their designs and resell it.. also can I buy this “better bitstripper” with 11 bucks? You say for rich or poor sooo
Fantastic work. Some labels yes. A way to update the wave stripper eeprom as well (usb, etc.). I would have used a different power connector (same as on power supply for pc) giving you more flexibility (powering through ups or from different power connector.
Wow that's amazing. Someday I hope to get a character and one of these amazing bit stripper. Keep up the good work.
dude's making these as if people just have animatronics laying around their house
Some people do
God I wish I did
...and seven hundred something dollars too! He got the info from me, for free, then turns around and charges THIS much...just to be a jerk. This is the REAL Aaron Fechter folks... How would you honestly feel if you helped someone out and gave them scans and they just took them, didn't say Thank you, and said let's make these, not give the guy who helped us jack SHIT and on top, charge people $700+ for them... You wouldn't be happy...let's just be completely honest... if Aaron did that to you. Would you still think the guy is a good guy?
I was so happy when they chose mitzy, she also needs a little touch up
How so?
@@fukabeetiwastrynabeatacase9820 Her eye movement seems to be a little stuck and her mask may be ripping a little (?) but its probably just the lighting or my computer screen. I honestly can't find any thing major wrong with her
The eyes need to be adjusted using the flow controls. Nothing major.
This is absolutely outstanding. Great work to both of you.
Well it’s not great work that Aaron is racist, bullies kids online and acts insane every day
@@astonishingpatch i totally forgot i even commented this lmao, my views on aaron have totally changed in those 3 years
@@maeday3926 My views on him have changed drastically in 5 years.
So happy they chose mitzi for the testing. I love her
Aaron you gotta dova video about shipping wars your NDA expired and we're all crazy interested
Yes please
Wow. What a stalker, keeping tabs on NDA contract dates. But yeah, I wanna see this too. LOL
Very useful fascinating video!
As a gentlemen in the electronics aspect, I am very pleased with this! Wish I were as good as he, XP
@Dexster Wolfster-アニメ狼男 nice to meet u too, srry eatin' a sandwich and its raininG lol
@Dexster Wolfster-アニメ狼男 Haha, you are so funny :D
Awesome work guys take a bow 😉👍👌
Aaron got lapped on tech. Please teach Aaron everything Layton. I can see Layton working in hollywood in a couple of years. Geeze this was awesome. Last video I was just complaining how Aaron hasn't seemed to advanced but here comes Layton.
I hope to see Creative Engineering be something instead of a shell in Orlando, let's see a full on come back!!
LOL Layton IS smart but only at using pre-existing tech... Anyone can do THAT!
I think we will need one of these. 🤗 awesome video
That looks awesome! I want one!
Very interesting, and cool stuff guys! Keep up with the good work
This is fantastic!! Did Creative provide Layton with the Marantz real-time protocol and the bit assignments for the characters or did he have to reverse engineer that himself? Does it use fixed timing to decode or is it purely based on the data pulses (async), so that it will still work with a tape playing too fast or slow? What did he use as a microcontroller?
Beach bear is a awesome character
Thanks for making my childhood great! I was wondering did you all make the animatronics for sister companies like st.singer pizza circus?? It was just like billy bobs but it was in Georgia.
I just googled that place and no CEI (Aarons company) didn't make those guys they were made by Sally Corp
amazing work! But what is a waveshaper?
Amazing !!
Honestly, If weed was legalized, I could see an animatronic renaissance in restaurants.
Wow this is amazing
But plz can you do a live question and answer plz.
Its not listed, but would the bitstripper also work with Klunk or not?
Probably not
How have you been lately Aaron
Hi
It would be awesome to have a Hatsune Miku robot with the bitstripper connected to AI / voice recognition software and you have an interactive Miku.
Very neat. 👌
Nice Video
Great Job Aaron. OH You have any more of the Shirts what Layton have on?
Take your pick! They are made to order. I got one too. 😀 www.cafepress.com/rockafireworld/13076830
Is Rolfe and earl still in the basement by the wizard of oz. If so what the price of him because I love Rolfe and earl and I want to have fun Sith him on my birthday (July 24) and even had him perform at a old restaurant for sale in ohio. And the price of 2nd gen Duke. Why I'm asking. Big fan of the rock afire explosion I knew them since I was 2
the input is litteraly the song audio that is been playing by the computer? how does it know te movements?
Yes and no. The input is recorded audio, but it is not song audio. Rock-afire shows are 4-track audio recordings. 2 tracks are stereo audio for the viewers to hear and the other 2 tracks are the animation data that would be decoded by the gray box, or in this case, bit stripper. Each of those two animation channels just plays a repeating signal that indicates the state (on or off) of 120 different bits many times every second. Each bit can be assigned to a robot movement, spotlight, curtain motor, etc. The bit stream is encoded as audio and just sounds like a screeching or buzzing to a human. The need for 4 tracks and a high fidelity signal is why showtapes were originally distributed on reel to reel tape and not cassettes.
Nice
Hi I was wondering if I could talk to you about animatronics where to find them how they work etc I’m trying to find and fix one but I can’t find anything I’m really interested but no one knows anything please help me start
Is it true you’re moving warehouse?
Cool
Nice.
Whats on the Showtape you have in the background?
Kenny Ryman Mitzi was singing from the Monkees tribute show
@@theannoyedmrfloyd3998 i was talking about Whats on the Reel & Reel tape Deck behine them...
@@KennyRyman I think that’s either old showtape before it was digital or shots or for the new rock afire in other words the smaller ones from looney birds
Mitzi looks like she got a tan
I can do that with Raspberry Pi 3 B+'s 1G memory. No Gray/Blue Box required! With cat5 networking No RS-422/485 data line.
Also... no Windows Computer, No WinAmp, No Show Server, No Show Player. Just Raspberry Pi's running Linux.
Yeah, it's no big deal to play some audio and flip GPIO pins in a sequence. But it's hard to get it right. I say go for it. Post your video link here when you have it working. :-)
Way, Way, Way past that.
Have running graphics on 3 stages running at 1920x1080 on multiple linux computers at one time representing 3 independent stages. Actually running in Ubuntu 18.04 (64bit) but compile to arm also. Just don't have good character pictures, most of the running shows are down, bad or gone, still working on a complete set of character pictures from the internet in all positions. Considering Cartoon pictures made with a animator package (the easiest way to get a characters in all positions).
The end result is a software player, no compressor or robots to break and a projector for any size stage I want (tested on 100"). 4 ME! Something fun to do.
I can replace ANY or ALL characters and Stage Pictures with ANYTHING. I am ready to animate characters for making new songs.
In and Out of the Grey/BLUE box was the EASY part just 7&8 bit stuff, a little twist on the 24v valves instead of 5v valves, most of the standard hardware is for 5v. Very dooable with a Pi into 16 i/o's (really just o's). A Pi will do 64 with cheep stuff....
I like to keep my programming skills going a little.
HAHAHA! Big Nerd Talker! No Performance!
@@donalddwaneross1584 Well, I had some questions/ideas for you, but after reading all of that, it doesn't sound like you have much of it working at all. I can't tell what's working and what's theoretical; it mostly sounds like you're bragging about vaporware. So where's your demonstration video? If you really have something here and need to work out details, I recommend you try to work with Aaron on the concept so both parties can benefit.
^LOL (as Homer Simpson) Boooooooooring!
Yeah that sounds fun 🙄... a virtual show... talk about a person who wasn't present as a child in those real showrooms cause if you were you would've caught that craze those of us with even a single bot, got that a virtual version is juuuust NOT going to satisfy!
I mean that's perfect for someone who is just never going to be ABLE to get ahold of one...or get one to FIT(which OMG must be the worst feeling...to actually get one and have to ultimately toss it for lack of space!) But HEY then that's where your method comes in! Haha
If you HAVE one and actually are INTO the hobby... you'd know that part of owning one, much like owning a classic CAR... you KNOW that sometimes they need to be repaired or else it won't be fun the watch IN PERSON anymore. The fact that they were built to BE repaired and still function in... 2020 is a point that's flying past your head man!
It's actually fun to take them apart and take off an old cylinder and either replace it, or rebuild it. IDK man but when I fire up my Cyberstar comp, see that copyright info, and knowing that when I pop that tape in... it's about to be circa 1991 again! I like to sit on my ass, pop open a Pabst blue ribbon, a can of Pringles and just watch my library for hours... Then turn the key thus changing the eprom from VHS to DVD and continue from 2005 through today. 🤙🏼
Is this CEC robot compatible because I would like to test it on CEC characters. To their 3 stage.
If it’s a 3 stage (former showbiz Pizza) I don’t see why it wouldn’t work
Depends what songs you want to play on it. CEC shows will not work because they use different signals
Well if you were go to a CEC stage and do this they would have to play an RAE song
@@CornerBallparkWb no, it's a little complicated
How much are these? I need one sooo bad!
They are on ebay I think they are 789 dollars
Hahaha aaaand SILENCE. Who can buy that... especially if they had to pay for the bot too!
How
Today It Was My Birthday!
Can I get one
funny javin For 750$ plus shipping on Ebay.
It is 2024 ❤😢😢❤❤❤
how do you get to the preneum subscrier chanle
It's on ebay, search for Behind The Scenes at Creative Engineering
First p.s l0v€ all ur vids
:D
Completely irrelevant I've heard billy bobs wonderland is making new masks for their characters
That's weird
I wonder if they are making them out of garbage bags or walkaround costumes since they've had both on their Beach Bear recently.
Toaster king that's funny