He plays The Blues, he plays Pop, he plays Rock, he plays Metal. And at the same time, builds the most amazing music machine mankind will ever see. An amazing blend of engineering and art. And to top it off, entertaining videos too boot. Well done Martin, you should be proud of yourself and your achievements. You are an inspiration to us all.
@@TerofiedBeats I don't think the language is so impressive compared to the effort that he puts into the gathering 'footage' and editing of these videos. Each one must take several hours setting up lights and cameras, editing together clips and overlays and all the little things he does, mixing the audio from multiple mics and pickups (like the lady with the classic English accent for example), the way he does all this is very impressive to me.
This is showing a lot of progress! The issue was well understood and fixed cleanly, instead of with arbitrary tweaks. I can't wait to see the MMX come to Amsterdam!
It's remarkable the amount of mathematics, engineering, art and craft that Martin has demonstrated in this project. I imagine he had had help here and there, but this is extraordinary.
Going into the last video I'd almost forgotten about the musical instrument part because I'd been so engrossed in the engineering and the kinetic sculpture aspect. It's a work of art all around.
Seeing the fail, stupid me: _Oh, looks like he needs to move the marble collector a little bit._ Smart Martin: _Let me show you the root of the problem, and that's what I'm going to fix._ I'm impressed.
I know I’m just a random guy on the Internet, but I have been following this project for several years. I just want to say that I am proud of how far you have come. Keep up the great work!
Wow. Cool. Neat. Haha, just kidding. Your words are my words. The only thing I do is pay a small amount of money per month through the youtube subscription, but it's a very small amount. I have no knowledge to help with the designs, to help making the parts, anything. But I follow this project since the first machine went viral and I'm so happy to see what it's becoming. It's awesome.
Martin, this whole project is just so amazing. I love everything about it. There's problem solving, designing, manufacturing and installing it on the machine. I love that you document everything you do, that makes this probably the best and biggest independent documented machine made on youtube and that's just awesome! I believe this machine has a real future and I can't wait to see it play live :)
You should check out the Giant Robot Project series. It's such a different style of build but I loved it. It's what got me hooked on TH-cam build videos years ago.
I do not say this to invite this hell upon you, nor am I jinxing you: I don't care if the machine takes another 5 years to build, I'm going to sit here, watching every single update, and I will be dropping everything to see this thing play on stage, even if I have to fly to another continent! I know you and the community will achieve this dream because too many people believe in it, and so just proceed knowing how beloved this journey has become to us viewers. Rock on, Martin!!
i remember my mom showing me the orignal marble machine video not even a few days after it came out thought it was the most mindblowing thing in the world i just rediscovered your channel, and im astounded at how far you've come, and how long it's been i look forward to seeing the new marble machine in full action, and i wish you the best luck 6 great years, many more to come :)
There is probably a way to turn the base of the original wheel into a large platen for a very large paper roll with holes or some alternative method of actuating the gates. Otherwise, outfitting the machine with solenoids or similar like suggested in the past might be more practical.
@Raicent Dela Cruz We already invented a method: punched cards. The idea came from controlling looms in the 1700s. With a feed such as this, one could 'program' more complex and extended 'programs' (musical sessions).
I only hope theres a washer between the rubber and the metal, because otherwise it would still cause friction. There's a reason trains don't use rubber wheels after all
I often still wonder why after being so close to having an amazing instrument, so beautifully crafted and so poetic, he still decided to drop the ball (not a pun) and stopped everything... This was so incredible, years in the making, and it was so close to being done. I'm really mad, like really mad, that it never got finished, I was so invested in this whole project and it really felt like a betrayal. To this day I still stumble across someone with a Marble Machine X "I believe" Tee like once a year, and we always have that same conversation. It's harsh.
8:41 just a little heads-up. I noticed one of your catchers was rocking because of vibration. That was in an unused channel, so no issue there. But as you start adding more channels, there is a possibility of them rocking because of resonant frequencies, which may cause the marbles to miss.
The current catcher is still a leftover from when the artist was building the machine, not the engineer. So the flair movement was stopped by the engineer to prevent fails during tests, and will revisit them when the rest of the machine works. One way to prevent the issue as you describe is to support or replace the PMMA tube that is holding them, they are too long and wobbling. The basket design itself is not best solution for the enginer either as the marbles bounce randomly inside them because of hitting the steel rods , thus the curtain extensions you see on them for now. They work for now, but they are definately not in their final form.
I had 2 weeks of no internet and I come back to TWO successful Marble Machine X tests with ZERO fails! I am so proud of Martin. It is super inspirational and motivates me for all the daunting tasks I have before me. keep up with the amazing work, Martin!
Dear Martin, I never ever in my life got such a big smile on my face every time you discover something new about your own creation. Your a wizard Martin
Very rarely with mechanical systems do you get to say, “here’s the problem, and I know exactly how to fix it.” What an amazing feeling that is. Great video!
I struggle with keeping my floors clean without having spent 3 years of engineering, building, programming and playing a genius musical machine.. now Martin did it, but I still have messy floors
I'm so happy to see this newest design performing to spec. (No angle grinder based demo). I wanted to be the ten thousandth patreon member but I'm joining anyway. Thank you, Martin & Crew, for all the extra time you put in to make the MMX not suck. :-) Cheers!
I came across the original marble machine years ago. I have been showing it to everyone I know and we all have loved it. I'm so excited to start actually following the project of MMX. It's amazing, and looks so beautiful!
I’m just gonna say the mini song that he made is amazing... it’s breathtaking even though it was a small song... I really want to hear that song by itself
Listening to the rattling of the marbles ratcheting up the elevator(?) at the start was so soothing I realized how amazing it would be to have like, an ASMR track or two of just the mechanical noises of the marbles rolling around the machine, similar to what Lego recently did, a whole ASMR album of just the noises of scraping/scooping/digging through bins of Lego. Amazing work as always, you're an inspiration!
The Marble Machine X: where Rube Goldberg's finally transcend the lines between art, utility, and absurdity, to ultimately culminate in unique creative masterpiece.
When I went to school for animation I remember watching the CG animated Marble Machines and everyone thought they were amazing. Everyone wondered if you could do it in real life. Well we are here. Congratulations amazing project
This comment will most likely get drowned in a sea of others, but I wanted to suggest: In the unlikely event the machine actually would catastrophically fail during a live performance, I think you should prepare a miniature, music-box-like, MMX model (MMX Jr?) you can bring out, plug in, and have it "play" as a backup. Obviously the miniature MMX is not mechanic but just a fancy shell for a playback device, but it'll allow the concert to continue, and the miniature being brought out can be made into a show in it of itself.
Can't believe how far that this project has come. It's been what, 5, 6 years since the first marble machine? Already operating at 15x amount of marbles, and at the time of this comment, soon to be 30x the marbles. The amount of engineering, time, and everything else put into this is astonishing. It's like how people back in the late medieval and Renaissance would dedicate several years to a single painting or sculpture.
I must just say, there are few things that put a smile on my face such as a new video from Martin! Been here from the start, and this process is nothing short of amazing. And every time he starts playing music, I'm blown away. There is no concert that I have been looking forward to so much as the coming world tour! An awesome day to you all 😁
Not a "stupid idea". You have literally the whole world invested in its planning, design and financing. That amount of talent investment means it will succeed. Eventually.
I keep picturing where you are on the Sisyphus graph. It feels like you're over the hump, the slope isn't so challenging anymore, and there's very little between you and the moon besides the completion of a known set of work. Listening forward to the cyber-bass, and wondering when the rock-star concert tour of North America starts.
This brought tears to my eyes, I was a little worried when the 2 marbles escaped but Martin you had it all under control, I am so happy this worked out well. Lots of love and energy to you martin
I think you should just make a fantastic song for the Marble Machine X to play with - and a little film clip. I think that this machine deserves this love. It was a great machine, it wasn't a failure!
This is by far the biggest one-manned project in TH-cam, and also the most amazing. My favorite part was when he finally assembled the first clock escapement gate and it worked first try. He couldn't even say anything and I think everyone felt his joy.
"I'd like to change the programming wheel." In the pursuit of perfection, you risk never finishing. Same thing with the focus on getting 10m marbles with zero landing off beat or outside the funnels...seems to me that you need to focus on failure modes. If a marble drops on the floor every 3-10 songs, that's not a failure, the machine still works. Making sure that machine breaking failures never happen is far more important.
You cant be sure that a wild jumping marble who dont follow here path going to land only straight on the floor. This innocent event could lead to a catastrophic failure.
@@fafane65 Yeah, I totally agree. Martin has said multiple times that his nightmare failure is a marble falling off somewhere in the machine instead of the floor and jamming and breaking a gear - destroying the machine. I totally get the people saying "better is the enemy of good", and I do think that Martin often falls into that trap, but as someone who has worked in the field of reliability engineering, in an interconnected system you are only as strong as your weakest link. I do think Martin is focusing on the right things nowadays though, whereas before he would often hyperfocus on redundant or superfluous features, now he is much more focused on the actual points of failure and the critical points of the machine.
This comment is not helpful. He is a musician first and an engineer second. If the song misses a beat or a note due to a timing issue or a programming wheel issue then he can't do what he wants to do - world tour. This isn't about the next marble machine TH-cam viral video, it's about making a machine capable of playing music on stage. It needs everything he's dumping into this, including making programming wheel version 2.
Relentless goose bumps and chills like thunderstrike at 1:08, more and stronger at 1:30 and final push at 1:50 and 2:03. What an adorable melosy that flows with ups and downs like a river waterstream at hills.
Here again after TH-cam told me to watch the 5y old video with the old machine. The difference and the journey leading you to this point Martin is just amazing!
There will be intense chess games, engineering montages, intrigue, betrayal, high speed bike chases along the coast, and don't forget the EXPLOSIONS!!!
i dont understand why you say you have given up on the project............. it is not needed to say that. it was already good enough like this. who cares that a few marbles fall out............ you already have made a machine that can play a song for an hour long... that is good enough i say it was finished with success.
Martin, it has been a great experience watching you build this machine, cannot thank you enough for this wonderful experience, have been watching faithfully since your first marble machine video, and will continue to do so. Great work man.
Gotta get some if this in upcoming test runs: *Doo Doo Ba Doo Doo Baa......Doo Doo Ba Doo Doo Ba-Ba.....Do-Do Ba Do-Do Ba Ba......Doo Ba-Ba Do-Do Ba Doo.....Do-Do-Do Baa Baa Doo Ba......Doo Doo Ba Doo Doo Baa.......*
I'm so impressed by you making progress even when most people would think whole machine is done. Your talent and perseverance is inspiring me. Subscribing.
@@Liqtor I was going for another one. Planning ahead for future pandemic, aka plandemic, which a conspiracy where the governments and the uber rich wanted to see this happen and potentially crash the world economy.
@@gorillaau Because that makes sense. Governments can't even agree on reducing carbon emissions, but they can somehow agree on releasing a deadly virus. And then only release the virus in one city, rather than distributing it across the world to ensure complete coverage. It's way too complicated, you will never get all governments of the world to agree on anything.
@@DaedalusYoung Also an artificial virus looks very odd when examined. Usually parts of two different viruses will be spliced together, imagine a great dane/pug, as a rough analogy . The conspiracy nuts expect us to believe that historical adversaries of a given country wouldn't make the accusation that they released it. Russia would love to give the USA a kick, or even France to point a finger.
Martin, it's really getting close! So fun to see you making music with it, and to see a successful 30K test. Don't beat yourself too much on the timing, non-mechanical music has more timing issues than the Marble Machine ever will! :)
I love how you always find small details to improve that in the end have a huge impact on the performance. It is always fun to watch you tinker on the MMX and seeing it get closer and closer to being finished. Make sure not to overwork yourself though
Martin, I'm so glad you never gave up! I committed to watching all your building videos and I've officially done it! Only took about a month haha. This is an INCREDIBLE engineering feat! Keep going and never give up! I for one 100% support any and all changes you make to make the mmx even better.
Not gonna lie I love having been apart of this. Watching this project start and seeing how far it has come is insertional. This is one of the few channel I have the bell on and I am always so excited to watch how far it has come from the original marble machine.
Wow. Thank you for going through all of the effort to make these videos! I know it'd be faster to just work on the machine with no interruptions, but taking the time out of your schedule to make these videos means a lot.
Hey Martin, you really need to fine tune your snare drum (PLEASE) , the snare wires are just too loose! It gives the drum a buzzing sound on every marble drop... Being a 🥁 drummer myself , it just drives me crazy🤪. A few turns clockwise on the throw off snare strainer suould resolve that buzzing sound ✌🏻😉
Dunno if he knows what he's talking about or not, as I'm not a drummer, but upvoting so Martin will notice and double check just in case. Edit: spelling
@@joelashton6328 It's not an issue. It's more of a personal preference. Some drummers prefer the short tight sound, others like the more loose, buzzy sound. But I agree that for Martin's music the tighter snare might be more suitable.
Next week: "Well I tried test the marble machine by letting it play one Googolplex of marbles. Sadly it failed because the steel marbles were worn down to dust halfway through the test"
I absolutely love seeing the mind of a brilliant musician and engineer at work! I get the feeling he's embracing the heart of what it means to be a craftsman. Take your idea, develop it to the utmost, then stress test and fine-tune with an obsession that would leave car manufacturers impressed! I know that if Martin ever designed a car, it would be a true masterwork of engineering!
I have highly enjoyed watching your creation over the years. I will admit that when you started the second channel and was putting over videos more often, I was unable to follow your work for life reasons. This is my first video of mmx I've watched in months. Glad to see the progress is still happening.
I worry that those drums are going to wear a hole in them. Changing the surface of the drum to a new one may change it's properties too... I worry. But this is awesome. Congrats!!
I really want to know what happened to the marble gates. The return of the pressure relief lanes and the escapement mechanism not touching the escapement wheel teeth is pretty weird. Those marble gates were tested with much more pressure and everything worked fine. I feel like those pressure relief lanes shouldn’t be back, but I’m glad at least it’s working.
Exactly. Martin is acting as if nothing happened. He doesn't even want to talk about his new plywood parts. He never explained why his new pressure independent gates suddenly got pressure dependent. He's ignoring the elephant in the middle of the room.
I believe on the discord theyve discovered that the POM piece is wrongly angled, and can and has been fixed so there is no pressure problem. Martin just has to order new POM pieces, though he has also said he likes the way the pressure path looks with the visible marbles, so he might keep them anyway.
@@guitarskill Cool! I don't use Discord, so I'm not aware of the progress mentioned there. If the problem is just a simple CAD error as you said, the solution should be easy. If Martin wants to keep the pressure relief lanes for the aesthetics, it's ok, but I think that having a fully functional marble gate is very important. In my opinion, the pressure relief lanes should be just an aid for the gates, not a need.
Man, I just realized today that even now, every one of these videos looks like a wizard furiously working in his magical workshop. The machine is fantastic, and the editing you do and the touches you put in the background of shots still make it feel all whimsical even after a few hundred episodes.
I get excited when you upload. This is awesome stuff! I remember coming across one of your original marble machine videos and just being blown away. My dad and I adored Rube Goldberg growing up and this is pretty much the culmination of that concept. Mechanical genius.
The machine is gorgeous, specially when you film it from the top. And that music at the beginning is beautiful. Thanks for letting us enjoy such amazing work.
Dude. This is fantastic. I know you probably like working by yourself and I respect that- but this is something I could really get into if you ever need help. I've been a musician making my own records for almost 20yrs (33 now), I'm also a senior EE and do embedded development and some mechanical work as well. Anyway, I can send you my CV or something if you're ever interested in help
Are we seeing the light in the tunnel? Or is it the train coming?
All I know is FIRST
YES
"He'd been wrong, there was a light at the end of the tunnel, and it was a flamethrower" - Terry Pratchett (GNU)
The light for sure
This is awesome! Looking forward to the world tour! :D
He plays The Blues, he plays Pop, he plays Rock, he plays Metal. And at the same time, builds the most amazing music machine mankind will ever see. An amazing blend of engineering and art. And to top it off, entertaining videos too boot. Well done Martin, you should be proud of yourself and your achievements. You are an inspiration to us all.
And the videos are not in his primary language
@@TerofiedBeats And aren't made in the primary language of the country he lives in, nor his country of birth.
@@TerofiedBeats I don't think the language is so impressive compared to the effort that he puts into the gathering 'footage' and editing of these videos. Each one must take several hours setting up lights and cameras, editing together clips and overlays and all the little things he does, mixing the audio from multiple mics and pickups (like the lady with the classic English accent for example), the way he does all this is very impressive to me.
And also, he goes to space!
The first song reminded me of "Empire of the Sun" style but with unique instruments to formulate the sounds.
This is showing a lot of progress! The issue was well understood and fixed cleanly, instead of with arbitrary tweaks. I can't wait to see the MMX come to Amsterdam!
Fancy seeing you here!
Wasn't expecting to see you! Glad your engineering interests extend beyond bikes. ;P
I'd like Utrecht better, more central and easier for me to reach
@@liampouncy7808 it's in the name isn't it? not just bikes
I will fly to Amsterdam from Midwest USA to see this man.
"This is slowly start to feel like music instrument"
Mate, this is Da Vinci levels of invention already as is.
It's remarkable the amount of mathematics, engineering, art and craft that Martin has demonstrated in this project. I imagine he had had help here and there, but this is extraordinary.
Going into the last video I'd almost forgotten about the musical instrument part because I'd been so engrossed in the engineering and the kinetic sculpture aspect. It's a work of art all around.
the stuff whites can do
Seeing the fail, stupid me: _Oh, looks like he needs to move the marble collector a little bit._
Smart Martin: _Let me show you the root of the problem, and that's what I'm going to fix._
I'm impressed.
I thought the same thing! But of course, I didn't have the ability to "enhance"
Swapping the color of “0 FAILS” from green to red faked me out good
Yeah ! Me too 👍.
(Ps: hi doodle :). thanks you for your channel ;) beatcraft is amazing )
not surprised to see you here doodle!
The virtual version of Wintergatan!
**Laughs in red-green colourblindness**
Great video again.
I know I’m just a random guy on the Internet, but I have been following this project for several years. I just want to say that I am proud of how far you have come. Keep up the great work!
Wow. Cool. Neat.
Haha, just kidding. Your words are my words. The only thing I do is pay a small amount of money per month through the youtube subscription, but it's a very small amount. I have no knowledge to help with the designs, to help making the parts, anything. But I follow this project since the first machine went viral and I'm so happy to see what it's becoming.
It's awesome.
Hello fellow random person on the internet who's been following this for a few years
Same here
Martin, this whole project is just so amazing. I love everything about it. There's problem solving, designing, manufacturing and installing it on the machine. I love that you document everything you do, that makes this probably the best and biggest independent documented machine made on youtube and that's just awesome! I believe this machine has a real future and I can't wait to see it play live :)
He has. The good, the bad, and the ugly of it.
Great design starts with a real painful problem. Martin was tortured by human band members who made mistakes and didn't keep time. So relatable!
You should check out the Giant Robot Project series. It's such a different style of build but I loved it. It's what got me hooked on TH-cam build videos years ago.
I do not say this to invite this hell upon you, nor am I jinxing you: I don't care if the machine takes another 5 years to build, I'm going to sit here, watching every single update, and I will be dropping everything to see this thing play on stage, even if I have to fly to another continent! I know you and the community will achieve this dream because too many people believe in it, and so just proceed knowing how beloved this journey has become to us viewers. Rock on, Martin!!
I would prefer for this machine to be completed before the Great Reset is over.
So true!
SAME
@@Veritas-invenitur great reset? What do you mean?
@@neonsilver1936 Look up the great reset if you want to know more and how it will effect you personally.
i remember my mom showing me the orignal marble machine video not even a few days after it came out
thought it was the most mindblowing thing in the world
i just rediscovered your channel, and im astounded at how far you've come, and how long it's been
i look forward to seeing the new marble machine in full action, and i wish you the best luck
6 great years, many more to come :)
"I kinda wanna make a new programming wheel..."
Me: "Oh God, here we go..."
Here we go another 1 thousand episodes but this time remaking the programming wheel
There is probably a way to turn the base of the original wheel into a large platen for a very large paper roll with holes or some alternative method of actuating the gates. Otherwise, outfitting the machine with solenoids or similar like suggested in the past might be more practical.
@Raicent Dela Cruz We already invented a method: punched cards. The idea came from controlling looms in the 1700s. With a feed such as this, one could 'program' more complex and extended 'programs' (musical sessions).
It was only a matter of time.
Sounds like the developers in my team... weeks behind deadline 'yes but if we changed only this and that it would be better in the long run'
Finally updated washer stacks to spacers. Impressed.
I only hope theres a washer between the rubber and the metal, because otherwise it would still cause friction. There's a reason trains don't use rubber wheels after all
He skipped over it as if he's trying to hide something from his grandma hahahahah....
It did not look like rubber but a plastic cylinder
SPAAAAACERS!
Ivan's follower checking out.
@@mickys8065 In Paris they do...
Martin: "I know exactly how to fix it."
Me: "Does it involve an angle grinder?"
🤣😂🤣 👍🇬🇧
I honestly was expecting him to go that route once he said it. You know, him being Martin and all xD
Jeremy Clarkson enters the building...
*_Hammertime!_*
sacrificial angle grinder**
"What instrument do you play?" "Engineering degree."
FR
I often still wonder why after being so close to having an amazing instrument, so beautifully crafted and so poetic, he still decided to drop the ball (not a pun) and stopped everything... This was so incredible, years in the making, and it was so close to being done. I'm really mad, like really mad, that it never got finished, I was so invested in this whole project and it really felt like a betrayal. To this day I still stumble across someone with a Marble Machine X "I believe" Tee like once a year, and we always have that same conversation.
It's harsh.
And this is why it's okay to lose your marbles. Because that could lead to a marvelous creation
When someone loses their marbles this is where they end up! 🤯
You missed the perfect opportunity to say, "Because that could lead to a marbleous creation!"
*marbleous creation, you mean.
@@derektedrick9042 dang it, got there first
I think you mean a "marble-ous creation"
8:41 just a little heads-up. I noticed one of your catchers was rocking because of vibration. That was in an unused channel, so no issue there. But as you start adding more channels, there is a possibility of them rocking because of resonant frequencies, which may cause the marbles to miss.
O yea it really does 🤔🤔🤔
The current catcher is still a leftover from when the artist was building the machine, not the engineer. So the flair movement was stopped by the engineer to prevent fails during tests, and will revisit them when the rest of the machine works.
One way to prevent the issue as you describe is to support or replace the PMMA tube that is holding them, they are too long and wobbling. The basket design itself is not best solution for the enginer either as the marbles bounce randomly inside them because of hitting the steel rods , thus the curtain extensions you see on them for now.
They work for now, but they are definately not in their final form.
@@89lutzy cool!
Marble Machine X: Look daddy, I can handle 30K marbles!
Martin: That's my boy
*(sheds tear) they grow up so fast...*
You can also say 30k beads
If you ask Martin, i'm 99% sure "so fast" is a he wouldn't use at all 😂
yeeeeeeeeee
I had 2 weeks of no internet and I come back to TWO successful Marble Machine X tests with ZERO fails! I am so proud of Martin. It is super inspirational and motivates me for all the daunting tasks I have before me. keep up with the amazing work, Martin!
Dear Martin, I never ever in my life got such a big smile on my face every time you discover something new about your own creation. Your a wizard Martin
I was literally watching this right now and my brother goes "Is that real?". Goes to show what an amazing piece of engineering this is.
You were literally watching it right now?!?! OMG
Can't wait for that 1 million marble test with the entire machine going full throttle.
Gonna be a sight to behold!
I bet he'll make the machine play Sommarfagel for the 1-2 million marble test.
10:15 The one funnel just jamming along with the music :)
Very rarely with mechanical systems do you get to say, “here’s the problem, and I know exactly how to fix it.” What an amazing feeling that is. Great video!
For the first time in a long time, Martins looks absolutely happy jammin in harmony.
This is a milestone.
At this rate we're gonna need some "clean floor" merch.
Or some marble bouncing out of the machine saying *"yippee!"*
I struggle with keeping my floors clean without having spent 3 years of engineering, building, programming and playing a genius musical machine.. now Martin did it, but I still have messy floors
@@handlemonium "Or some marble bouncing out of the machine..." shouting "Freedom!" 😊
LOL - a t-shirt with nothing on it! Should be easy to make 😊
I got 99 problems and a marble ain’t one ⬜️
I'm so happy to see this newest design performing to spec. (No angle grinder based demo).
I wanted to be the ten thousandth patreon member but I'm joining anyway.
Thank you, Martin & Crew, for all the extra time you put in to make the MMX not suck. :-) Cheers!
I came across the original marble machine years ago. I have been showing it to everyone I know and we all have loved it. I'm so excited to start actually following the project of MMX. It's amazing, and looks so beautiful!
I’m just gonna say the mini song that he made is amazing... it’s breathtaking even though it was a small song... I really want to hear that song by itself
Listening to the rattling of the marbles ratcheting up the elevator(?) at the start was so soothing I realized how amazing it would be to have like, an ASMR track or two of just the mechanical noises of the marbles rolling around the machine, similar to what Lego recently did, a whole ASMR album of just the noises of scraping/scooping/digging through bins of Lego. Amazing work as always, you're an inspiration!
The Marble Machine X: where Rube Goldberg's finally transcend the lines between art, utility, and absurdity, to ultimately culminate in unique creative masterpiece.
original marble machine already did this, this will be even better
Animusic fully realized
When I went to school for animation I remember watching the CG animated Marble Machines and everyone thought they were amazing. Everyone wondered if you could do it in real life. Well we are here. Congratulations amazing project
This comment will most likely get drowned in a sea of others, but I wanted to suggest:
In the unlikely event the machine actually would catastrophically fail during a live performance, I think you should prepare a miniature, music-box-like, MMX model (MMX Jr?) you can bring out, plug in, and have it "play" as a backup. Obviously the miniature MMX is not mechanic but just a fancy shell for a playback device, but it'll allow the concert to continue, and the miniature being brought out can be made into a show in it of itself.
Yes, that is *redundancy.*
Martin does have training in Music Box design ... so this may not entirely be out of the question.
Can't believe how far that this project has come. It's been what, 5, 6 years since the first marble machine? Already operating at 15x amount of marbles, and at the time of this comment, soon to be 30x the marbles. The amount of engineering, time, and everything else put into this is astonishing. It's like how people back in the late medieval and Renaissance would dedicate several years to a single painting or sculpture.
I must just say, there are few things that put a smile on my face such as a new video from Martin!
Been here from the start, and this process is nothing short of amazing.
And every time he starts playing music, I'm blown away.
There is no concert that I have been looking forward to so much as the coming world tour!
An awesome day to you all 😁
Not a "stupid idea". You have literally the whole world invested in its planning, design and financing. That amount of talent investment means it will succeed. Eventually.
Can’t wait for mass production ✌️-wo
I keep picturing where you are on the Sisyphus graph. It feels like you're over the hump, the slope isn't so challenging anymore, and there's very little between you and the moon besides the completion of a known set of work. Listening forward to the cyber-bass, and wondering when the rock-star concert tour of North America starts.
And that is when Martin starts talking about the programming wheel
Martin: "I kinda want to make another programming wheel"
Me: Dammit Wilson!!!
He needs to save some ideas for MMY and MMZ.
Martin should be able to go forward and backwards on tempo. Groove is built on millisecond displacements of the beat. I'm with him. Let's think how.
This brought tears to my eyes, I was a little worried when the 2 marbles escaped but Martin you had it all under control, I am so happy this worked out well. Lots of love and energy to you martin
I think this guy is one of the most talented people I've ever seen
Amazing, those clock gates are so nice. I'm really digging the steampunk accent they bring.
it's really coming together! I know I thought that a year ago, but really all the new designs are turning out so great.
I think you should just make a fantastic song for the Marble Machine X to play with - and a little film clip. I think that this machine deserves this love. It was a great machine, it wasn't a failure!
Just knowing that people like you still exist in this world makes me happy.
This is by far the biggest one-manned project in TH-cam, and also the most amazing. My favorite part was when he finally assembled the first clock escapement gate and it worked first try. He couldn't even say anything and I think everyone felt his joy.
I wouldn't call it a one-man project, but viewing it as a community effort is beautiful in its own way
@@ZweiSpeedruns Yes, if one considers all the patrons and members it kind of becomes a community effort. It's still incredible.
Alright welcome back to the only channel that makes you lose or not lose All the Marbles
it's wintergatan 😁😅
You are just amazing 👏 beautiful video again ❤
"I'd like to change the programming wheel."
In the pursuit of perfection, you risk never finishing. Same thing with the focus on getting 10m marbles with zero landing off beat or outside the funnels...seems to me that you need to focus on failure modes. If a marble drops on the floor every 3-10 songs, that's not a failure, the machine still works. Making sure that machine breaking failures never happen is far more important.
Often, Better is the enemy of Good
You cant be sure that a wild jumping marble who dont follow here path going to land only straight on the floor.
This innocent event could lead to a catastrophic failure.
@@fafane65 Yeah, I totally agree. Martin has said multiple times that his nightmare failure is a marble falling off somewhere in the machine instead of the floor and jamming and breaking a gear - destroying the machine.
I totally get the people saying "better is the enemy of good", and I do think that Martin often falls into that trap, but as someone who has worked in the field of reliability engineering, in an interconnected system you are only as strong as your weakest link. I do think Martin is focusing on the right things nowadays though, whereas before he would often hyperfocus on redundant or superfluous features, now he is much more focused on the actual points of failure and the critical points of the machine.
This comment is not helpful. He is a musician first and an engineer second. If the song misses a beat or a note due to a timing issue or a programming wheel issue then he can't do what he wants to do - world tour. This isn't about the next marble machine TH-cam viral video, it's about making a machine capable of playing music on stage. It needs everything he's dumping into this, including making programming wheel version 2.
Relentless goose bumps and chills like thunderstrike at 1:08, more and stronger at 1:30 and final push at 1:50 and 2:03. What an adorable melosy that flows with ups and downs like a river waterstream at hills.
Here again after TH-cam told me to watch the 5y old video with the old machine. The difference and the journey leading you to this point Martin is just amazing!
4:43 Long before SpaceX, there was Buckminster Fuller: "There is no such thing as a failed experiment, only experiments with unexpected outcomes."
and now I'm imagining an impossibly miniaturized version of this piece of mechanical mastery using carbon buckyballs instead of marbles.
10:00 I love the double tempo groove. Sounds almost like an amen break :D
Yep. Some jungle beats coming up 😄
It's definitely very fun to bop along to!
Hearing the mechanical sounds of the machine slowly come together has got to be one of the coolest things
I don't know that you could get a better education in mechanical Physics than building this machine. really cool.
1:33 I love this "gear up" moment of the marble machine
There will be a movie about Martin one day about his long journey to how he made an iconic machine,
I hope so
There will be intense chess games, engineering montages, intrigue, betrayal, high speed bike chases along the coast, and don't forget the EXPLOSIONS!!!
This is the movie. There will be a cut down version, maybe
There better be! This is documentary material!
@@etceteraleatherworks1103 Don't forget the dragons. And the angle grinder.
So many hours of work went into this and Wintergatan seems so happy to be finally making music with it!!!
i dont understand why you say you have given up on the project............. it is not needed to say that. it was already good enough like this. who cares that a few marbles fall out............ you already have made a machine that can play a song for an hour long... that is good enough i say it was finished with success.
Martin, it has been a great experience watching you build this machine, cannot thank you enough for this wonderful experience, have been watching faithfully since your first marble machine video, and will continue to do so. Great work man.
Martin you have already completed a heroic amount of work progressing the MMX. Thank you for taking us along with you on this journey.
Gotta get that cyberbass up and running, then we can see a true glimpse of the musical range this artistic creation holds!! Look forward to it!
Gotta get some if this in upcoming test runs:
*Doo Doo Ba Doo Doo Baa......Doo Doo Ba Doo Doo Ba-Ba.....Do-Do Ba Do-Do Ba Ba......Doo Ba-Ba Do-Do Ba Doo.....Do-Do-Do Baa Baa Doo Ba......Doo Doo Ba Doo Doo Baa.......*
The real achievement is You going: Yess instead of OH NOOO when the marbles reach the floor.
Happy little failures
This guy is the perfect example of 'Audio Engineer'.
That's exactly what I'm trying to be!!! It's great to have examples of this sort of thing 😍
I'm so impressed by you making progress even when most people would think whole machine is done. Your talent and perseverance is inspiring me. Subscribing.
When he says that he is going to rerun the 30000 marbles again, an uncontrolable smile appear on my face 😁
You make my day!
-So. why did you build this strange machine?
-To have a jamming partner during the pandemic.
But he started before the pandemic? Like he was planning ahead?
@@gorillaau
It's a joke...
@@Liqtor I was going for another one. Planning ahead for future pandemic, aka plandemic, which a conspiracy where the governments and the uber rich wanted to see this happen and potentially crash the world economy.
@@gorillaau Because that makes sense. Governments can't even agree on reducing carbon emissions, but they can somehow agree on releasing a deadly virus. And then only release the virus in one city, rather than distributing it across the world to ensure complete coverage. It's way too complicated, you will never get all governments of the world to agree on anything.
@@DaedalusYoung Also an artificial virus looks very odd when examined. Usually parts of two different viruses will be spliced together, imagine a great dane/pug, as a rough analogy . The conspiracy nuts expect us to believe that historical adversaries of a given country wouldn't make the accusation that they released it. Russia would love to give the USA a kick, or even France to point a finger.
This is such a success! So happy!
Next project: Marble-powered mech suit.
I want it and i want it now!
Martin's Marble Suit X
Martin, it's really getting close! So fun to see you making music with it, and to see a successful 30K test. Don't beat yourself too much on the timing, non-mechanical music has more timing issues than the Marble Machine ever will! :)
I love how you always find small details to improve that in the end have a huge impact on the performance. It is always fun to watch you tinker on the MMX and seeing it get closer and closer to being finished.
Make sure not to overwork yourself though
9:09 lol that funnel is straight up vibing
8:05 gotem B)
dude this just made my day
Martin: "I know exactly how to fix the problem"
Me: "Oh no, not the angle grinder!"
Martin, I'm so glad you never gave up! I committed to watching all your building videos and I've officially done it! Only took about a month haha. This is an INCREDIBLE engineering feat! Keep going and never give up! I for one 100% support any and all changes you make to make the mmx even better.
Not gonna lie I love having been apart of this. Watching this project start and seeing how far it has come is insertional. This is one of the few channel I have the bell on and I am always so excited to watch how far it has come from the original marble machine.
save this man and keep his brain in the museum
I'm always take my hat off to martin's pure talent of playing music instruments!
I love how the "failed marbles" counter has 5 digits
In my opinion the best part of the machine is how the sounds of the machine running, flywheel, cranks etc., become part of the music.
Wow. Thank you for going through all of the effort to make these videos! I know it'd be faster to just work on the machine with no interruptions, but taking the time out of your schedule to make these videos means a lot.
Hey Martin, you really need to fine tune your snare drum (PLEASE) , the snare wires are just too loose! It gives the drum a buzzing sound on every marble drop... Being a 🥁 drummer myself , it just drives me crazy🤪. A few turns clockwise on the throw off snare strainer suould resolve that buzzing sound ✌🏻😉
Dunno if he knows what he's talking about or not, as I'm not a drummer, but upvoting so Martin will notice and double check just in case.
Edit: spelling
Perhaps that was a plan to sniff out some drummers. Not sure to what end but could be worth watching.
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@@joelashton6328 It's not an issue. It's more of a personal preference. Some drummers prefer the short tight sound, others like the more loose, buzzy sound.
But I agree that for Martin's music the tighter snare might be more suitable.
... i like the buzz...
Next week: "Well I tried test the marble machine by letting it play one Googolplex of marbles. Sadly it failed because the steel marbles were worn down to dust halfway through the test"
"Also Martin passed away due to old age and civilization ended"
That will absolutely succeed in making no marbles on the floor, although it may be covered by marble dust :)
@@VWrijder77 Swap these events places, and you'll be right
The hell this is going so dark, come on!
When this guy goes live in America imma be at every one of his concerts
I absolutely love seeing the mind of a brilliant musician and engineer at work! I get the feeling he's embracing the heart of what it means to be a craftsman. Take your idea, develop it to the utmost, then stress test and fine-tune with an obsession that would leave car manufacturers impressed!
I know that if Martin ever designed a car, it would be a true masterwork of engineering!
I have highly enjoyed watching your creation over the years. I will admit that when you started the second channel and was putting over videos more often, I was unable to follow your work for life reasons. This is my first video of mmx I've watched in months. Glad to see the progress is still happening.
I worry that those drums are going to wear a hole in them. Changing the surface of the drum to a new one may change it's properties too... I worry. But this is awesome. Congrats!!
"I kinda want to make another programming wheel..."
Martin, you okay? Was the first dragon not enough?
I really want to know what happened to the marble gates. The return of the pressure relief lanes and the escapement mechanism not touching the escapement wheel teeth is pretty weird. Those marble gates were tested with much more pressure and everything worked fine. I feel like those pressure relief lanes shouldn’t be back, but I’m glad at least it’s working.
Exactly. Martin is acting as if nothing happened. He doesn't even want to talk about his new plywood parts. He never explained why his new pressure independent gates suddenly got pressure dependent. He's ignoring the elephant in the middle of the room.
I believe on the discord theyve discovered that the POM piece is wrongly angled, and can and has been fixed so there is no pressure problem. Martin just has to order new POM pieces, though he has also said he likes the way the pressure path looks with the visible marbles, so he might keep them anyway.
@@guitarskill Cool! I don't use Discord, so I'm not aware of the progress mentioned there. If the problem is just a simple CAD error as you said, the solution should be easy. If Martin wants to keep the pressure relief lanes for the aesthetics, it's ok, but I think that having a fully functional marble gate is very important. In my opinion, the pressure relief lanes should be just an aid for the gates, not a need.
I think there's more to it. Why does Martin need to order these POM pieces? They are pretty easy to make on his CNC.
@@kriswillems5661 yes but he needs a precision manufacturing he can't achieve
Man, I just realized today that even now, every one of these videos looks like a wizard furiously working in his magical workshop. The machine is fantastic, and the editing you do and the touches you put in the background of shots still make it feel all whimsical even after a few hundred episodes.
I get excited when you upload. This is awesome stuff! I remember coming across one of your original marble machine videos and just being blown away. My dad and I adored Rube Goldberg growing up and this is pretty much the culmination of that concept. Mechanical genius.
Road to a million! Let's go!
Hey John, I think it might be time to bring back Black Dragon, Red Devil and Green Goblin. I think you're right John.
AND has the Green Goblin's complaint been settled.
"I don't think I've ever seen a floor so clean"
Half expect to see him down there with a toothbrush next ;)
"Clean floor" as I stared as some black clump of something that was there.
I've been following this thread for a while now and it is great to see it all coming together now.
The machine is gorgeous, specially when you film it from the top. And that music at the beginning is beautiful. Thanks for letting us enjoy such amazing work.
One month later: "Playing 15 million marbles - zero failures!"
And we'd all watch the entire video!
Dude. This is fantastic. I know you probably like working by yourself and I respect that- but this is something I could really get into if you ever need help. I've been a musician making my own records for almost 20yrs (33 now), I'm also a senior EE and do embedded development and some mechanical work as well. Anyway, I can send you my CV or something if you're ever interested in help
I've tried to find the song from 1:30 in the videos from the description, but I can't find it at all. ;-;
I love watching this evolve! So happy to be a part of this journey.
PLEASE CONTINUE THIS PROJECT! Everything I have seen in this test has me eager to see more. I can't say I know what worries you have. YOU GOT THIS!