Can't remember this instrumental thing ...

[Opsimath]

Many moons ago I was in a local computer store (long defunct), likely late 90's to early 2000's and they had a VCR TV playing instrumental music while a ball or multiple balls bounced around onto conveyor belts, catapults, inclined tracks, in constant motion and synched with the misic. I thought it was fascinating but have never seen it since. An internet search didn't turn anything up because I didn't know what to call it.

Details are pretty muddy but I'm thinking the video was animated. I can't imagine anyone building those contraptions for real and synching them to music.

Does anyone know what I'm talking about?

 

[GGJaguar]

This?

 

[Opsimath]

This?

Thank you! That wasn't the exact one, but it was terrific, and it was over too soon!

Off to look for more ....

Edit: Well shoot, their site seems to be gone. YouTube next ....

 

[spoox]

My favorite:

 

[Cougar]

WOW! Still, I think I'll stick with my Motif XS7....


Demo by Burt Smorenburg

 

[Midnight Toker]

My favorite:

As amazing as that is, I think if I had to hear that one tune more than twice, I'd consider going full on Belushi on it! All that painstaking work for what sounds like 20 yr old racing simulator video game music? He should have done Mozart!

 

[GGJaguar]

This one is sorta kinda guitarish.

 

[spoox]

"He should have done Mozart!"
Funny...that's the way Mozart affects me! When I would work on my cars I would listen to a classical music station, and whenever I would lose concentration I realized something by Mozart was being played. Give me Bach or Scarlatti, Chopin or Liszt...

 

[Midnight Toker]

"He should have done Mozart!"
Funny...that's the way Mozart affects me! When I would work on my cars I would listen to a classical music station, and whenever I would lose concentration I realized something by Mozart was being played. Give me Bach or Scarlatti, Chopin or Liszt...

I'm fine with that. Anything but what he currently has that monstrous contraption playing.

 

[Bernie]

This?

Is this music that existed prior to this video (and then got illustrated by some kind of computer made images), or was there an actual physical machine playing this music 'live' being filmed, with actual balls bumping in every real instrument they are planned to come across ? 2nd hypothesis would seem too complicated to build Cynthia (I believe), then I guess it's illustration following the music...Still amazing... I had seen one of the plucked strings video some years ago ; it's fascinating too. Really great I think.

 

[SFIV1967]

Is this music that existed prior to this video (and then got illustrated by some kind of computer made images),

Yes, loads of work! See:




Ralf

 

[Bernie]

Thanks Ralf : very interesting (though complicated !)... Some of the instruments used in Cynthia/CGJaguar's Animusic video have been physically created since then (by Intel it seems) www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z5Z5zo1Rc4

 

[Bernie]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp1wHZfZz9s Had you seen this ? The Pikasso 42 strings guitar... Linda Manzer (maker) and Par Methenay (player guitarist) had their go at a plucked strings kind of iteration (don't know if there has been any inspiration or influence, and in which way if so) www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOBhOBsU10Y

 

[Midnight Toker]

My heavily right brained self still prefers stuff like this.....a homemade puppet, a drum kit out of soup cans, some miniaturized stage props, and a puppeteer/artist/musician that can mimic every single little nuance of Neil Peart's playing.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you.....Chopsy!!!