Wednesday on a Friday!
Added 2019-10-25 14:56:28 +0000 UTCHey Everyone, thanks for being here and welcome to all new Patrons!
Im having so much fun and pushing the progress on the MMX right now, today the metal parts came for the vibraphone drop solutions so i will race all i can to be able to show that next Wednesday. Today we also put out an extra video showing the finalizing of the welding and shifting the vibraphone bars. That was the project i started in the anti-procrastination live stream test we did together last week. I can publish these extra videos thanks to your support, having Hannes the Video editor full time makes it possible. In the livestream someone told me to stay away from non-silicone rubber bands to avoid things disintegrating over time. That was a brilliant suggestion and we have now ordered viton-orings instead. Thanks for making the Machine Better and for helping me making Wednesday on a Friday so we can watch people get confused in the comments. So far we will not schedule two videos for every week but when i do some extra projects that i feel are interesting enough, we will turn them into extra videos. Have a great day and good luck with everything you are doing! //Martin
*running back downstairs to continue the vibradrops assembly*
Comments
No. When you strike a magnet over and over it loses its power.
Paul David Graham
2020-05-01 04:59:56 +0000 UTCCan the vibraphone plates be made magnetic? Or can you add some very small neodymium magnets to them ? You could avoid the marble machine noises mixing with your vibraphone audio by using guitar pickups to "hear" the magnetic fields of the plates from a distance.
2020-04-16 14:41:07 +0000 UTCi didn't expect that the vibraphone assembly would be so hard ! Courage ;)
2019-10-26 08:19:49 +0000 UTCYou have no idea how much you brightened my entire day with this. And that bittersweet, beautiful opening improvisation... I've been listening to the first minute and eight seconds on a loop all evening. Your work is my "smultronställe", Martin. I can't thank you enough.
2019-10-26 03:31:42 +0000 UTCThis may be helpful in the future. The nodes (where string is run through) should be 0.224 * length of the bar. The arch cutout under the bar is there to raise the first harmonic to be 3x the fundamental. Without the arch the first harmonic would be 2.76x of the fundamental. Given this, the optimal striking point (in a perfect world) should be 0.363 * length. But your actual testing is better as you get the sound you want.
Drew
2019-10-26 01:16:01 +0000 UTCWhat a fun bonus episode. I particularly loved the music theory part on what makes something sound like a “pure” clean note and how that varies depending on the frequency (and thus the bar length),
Ewen McNeill
2019-10-25 21:51:34 +0000 UTCThis was an awesome surprise, thanks!
Janne Peltonen
2019-10-25 20:46:33 +0000 UTCoh yes pet wilsons !!
2019-10-25 19:50:04 +0000 UTCAfter all of this work and documentation on the first marble machine and now the MMX, are all the schools who rejected your applications into their programs offering you honorary degrees in music and engineering? If they aren’t they should. You are a global treasure! I can’t wait to experience the collective love for your work on the MMX and cheer for you in concert in Portland Oregon.
2019-10-25 19:37:20 +0000 UTCI would donate good money for my very own Wilson! Keep up the great work and keep on procrastinating — we love your music!
Josué Blanco
2019-10-25 19:14:10 +0000 UTCFinally able to contribute to this insane engineering project! You are one of the most inspiring figures I have had the chance to discover online, thank you for doing what you do!
2019-10-25 18:39:05 +0000 UTCGreat work. Keep on believing!
2019-10-25 18:36:35 +0000 UTC+1 more patreon, Thanks Martin!
Nicholas Sturm
2019-10-25 16:42:22 +0000 UTCGött mos!
Anders Gislemark
2019-10-25 16:42:17 +0000 UTC
