Meet the Engineer Preserving The Last Analog Motion Graphics Machine
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- Engineer Dave Sieg has spent the last 20 years preserving the only working Scanimate, an analog motion graphics machine that was the staple of film/tv animation in the 70's and 80's. Dave discusses the technical and cultural impact of the Scanimate and what the future holds for this iconic machine.
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I hope I find something in life that makes me even half as happy as this man. Godspeed Scanimate Man
Find a hobby, one that is pointless. Where the time and money you put in, you’ll never get back. One that is not productive, that will never earn you any money, fame or friends. There you’ll find happiness. Maybe you’ll get more out of it in the end, but that shouldn’t matter at that point.
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electronics or software.
@@vrieskip have a nice life :)
amen!
Vice. Go tell this man about Vaporwave. He has so many music videos to make and he doesn't even know.
this comment has so much yes. ^^^^
Useless Duck Company you should make an episode where you try to build your own Scanimate
This so much this. Vaporwave is just taking off on TH-cam and this man has the music video potentiality at the tip of his fingers.
Vaporwave is so 2015. I'm into cyberhula now.
I was about too write this before I saw your comment
Operating Scanimate was my first Job in 1981! thanks Dave for preserving these amazing animation systems.
that is so cool!!!
Woah please tell us more
th-cam.com/video/90olwwLdEYg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=P8Rob9p7ceNa8JXv
People like this are genuine, I can feel the purity of his soul...
wow, you really wanted to get noticed here didnt you with that doozy.
@@jamskofOkay buster 😂
This guy is like the wise old grandmaster of Vaporwave graphics and he doesn't even know it!
I have forgotten the name of that OLD 1990s device Old 1990s device where you connect your vcr, tv, dvd, etc and just press the bottom if you want to watch tv or vcr or dvd or whatever while all of them are running at the same time. Anybody out there knows the name of that device? My American friend wants to know the name of that device because he remember using it as a kid when in the 1990s he has a TV, a VCR, a DVD, a Radio-Cassette, a Hi Fi Stereo FM and AM set with vinyl record phonograph. And is there anybody out there who knows the name of that OLD 1990s TECHNOLOGY DEVICE? He said it more convenient than those all digital system when with his old 1990s technologies (some of which he is still looking in his garage) are all analog controls using press bottoms, level bottoms, knobs, dials, slide controls, slide switches, lever switches, etc ALL ANALOG as he describes it.
@@darthvader5300They are still made today. They are called AV switches. You can plug in several devices at once, then connect your TV to the output. Pushing a particular input's button will switch to that input.
This guy could literally work 24/7 the rest of his life making graphics for TH-camrs.
What a shitty existence that would be
@@andrewnagy9174 really would it?
Maybe to you
@@nettieharris Nobody should have to work 24/7
@@Flackon @Andrew Nagy Hey uh... Guys, I don't mean to break the news to you late, but I think the 24/7 bit was what we call an exaggeration.
@@goldenblood9316 We are living an a literal world.
Literally.
this needs to be 30 minutes longer ;_;
scanimate.com ...
Exactly! 5 minutes is bullshit!
JLsoft neat
YES!
This thing is basically a monster analog video synth. You can still buy analog video synths, small companies make them from time to time, but they tend to be small and fit into rack systems and can't do nearly what a beast like that old machine can do. God bless this guy's heart for taking care of it.
Yah the modular music heads are buying them for their racks. I’ve seen a few floating around.
"some people might think I'm crazy" - literally one of the most sain and intelligent humans I've seen in the last months
sane*
When you surround yourself by stupid people its hard to not point the finger at yourself.
Biggest, oldest, most addictive toy ever. There’s so many buttons, switches, levers and ports, so many variations of ways to change what you see I bet it really doesn’t lose it’s appeal, plus knowing it is so rare helps it’s desirability
It reminds me of deadmau5's setup for making sounds. It does a lot of the same stuff the same way.
I would love to have him make graphics for me. This kind of timeless design needs to live on!
It's not really timeless, it's totally 80's but that doesn't take anything away from it at all, its very cool!
@@LUZ-zv6pq it’s timeless because it’s unique that’s the point. It stands out long after it was relevant due to the memories it can bring or just the unique visual aspects or what the physics and mechanical engineering behind all of it. That is what I see as being timeless.
@@l-l good analogy 👍
@@IMAGE_NT_HEADERS someone’s looking for attention, huh?
@HonJazzz, me too 😎
"...that's really where the term plug-in came from." Man, that hit hard for some reason.
Never occurred to me tbh...
@@dogfreak3000 same. I know about jack-in but that's because of megaman.
Yeah, plugins....never thought about it either honestly. Plug and play...instantly designed to work soon as you physically plug it in.
Super wild.
Etymology do be like that sometimes.
Same
Why does obsolete technology have to be so beautiful?
“This stuff was made to be fixed” - Dave Sieg
It's not obsolete, nothing can replace it. Apple, however...
@@DarkAngelEU ah yes because you can clearly use a 40 year old computer and still have it do everything computers nowadays
@@vyrva5690 "tools" last forever, "computers" become obsolete. This is basically a large tool, not much computer stuff, just buttons and dials.
@@xc8487 It still makes calculations, so technically speaking it still is a computer? The difference is that this computer is entirely analog, and modular, Apple computers aren't analog nor are they designed to be modular and that is the problem with modern technology: the producers don't want it to last. They treat it like a consumption product instead of a tool.
@@DarkAngelEU even tools today are made to become obsolete or break apart quickly enough.
It's a shame, CEOs have no respect for anyone apart from their money
When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground"
💔
Well said, all that knowledge accumulated over a lifetime just vanishing - unless it has been passed on to someone younger who will continue to carry the flag.
old men are just boomers
@@emperorkimjong-un9922 well, atleast this boomer made people's childhoods
@@emperorkimjong-un9922 what do you mean?
I can't be the only one who really wants a full documentary about this, can i?
Also, the last comment: Some people say i wont amount to anything, but its been worth it to me.
That is pretty much the wisest and most comforting words ive heard ever regarding life choices
I'd watch it.
I agree this would make a great documentary. It has everything and so many possible tangents. The history of this, the technology, how it influenced graphic design and tv, the overtaking of analog technology by digital and our quick changing society that is willing to throw out something this cool for something new. Most importantly however, is his story and how he has kept his machine working, his love for what he does, and the obsession and passion for something in life that not everyone can see or appreciate. Utterly fascinating.
LinkedIn Learning
already made one
Scanimate: The Origins of Computer Motion Graphics
th-cam.com/video/i1aT_CqhyQs/w-d-xo.html
"Its been worth it to me!"
Damn that got to me
MrKittke I cried
Same here 😢
Well he's not wrong. Especially since everything now days is disposable.
Yep.. this was amazing.
All that matters. This man is complete.
As someone who's been been working in motion graphics for over 10 years, i'm only now realizing how much i owe this kind man and people like him. By the end there i really got misty eyed. Well done.
I got a bit misty too. My connection is through old analogue synths and the endless forms you could produce, all that lovely warmth that comes from drifting oscillators etc. I love this guy and hope he's still doing his thing. Cheers - Dave
Agreed
Same ... This man's hard work is very appreciated
“It’s been worth it to me.” Bravo. “We live in a throw away society.” Yep.
yeah this was nice :)
It doesn't help that devices are planned to become obsolete and the right to repair does not exist in many places [in the US]
the most honest words ever spoken.
No - we live in a destroy-the-planet society.
obviously, once something has no purpose and it is a mashine, you can throw it away. overly emotions about mashines is useless and stupid
As an 84 baby, this guy is my hero. The last of his tribe of a bygone era, passionately carrying on the torch of the analogue world that is slowly eroding away. A living legend. I hope he knows there has been a renaissance of sorts with synth wave music and music videos from this era.
I graduated high school 1984.
From 74 to 84 the analog I saw
Analogs are coming back
I have forgotten the name of that OLD 1990s device Old 1990s device where you connect your vcr, tv, dvd, etc and just press the bottom if you want to watch tv or vcr or dvd or whatever while all of them are running at the same time. Anybody out there knows the name of that device? My American friend wants to know the name of that device because he remember using it as a kid when in the 1990s he has a TV, a VCR, a DVD, a Radio-Cassette, a Hi Fi Stereo FM and AM set with vinyl record phonograph. And is there anybody out there who knows the name of that OLD 1990s TECHNOLOGY DEVICE? He said it more convenient than those all digital system when with his old 1990s technologies (some of which he is still looking in his garage) are all analog controls using press bottoms, level bottoms, knobs, dials, slide controls, slide switches, lever switches, etc ALL ANALOG as he describes it.
What a great guy and a fascinating machine.
As a synthesist myself, I immediately began thinking about how this Scanimate is essentially exactly like the Moog modular synthesizers, with oscillators and filters. It's an analog video synthesizer! Fascinating stuff!
I was wondering if the Scanimate could be patched into a Moog modular... You could make some wild visualizations in real time!
Visual Moog. Exactly.
it's art
Are you referring to Synthesizers in music like Some Westcoast Rap and R and B kind of electronic instruments?
@@jonathanjonnylightning718 Bro just go to sleep
I hope this man lives forever cause if we lose him we lose a lifetime of knowledge and experience of a technology that most people don't understand.
The thing is, it's absolutely obsolete... :D
That keeps happening, over and over. That's a good reason to cure aging. See SENS.org
Michal Valta and KI will make you obsolete
this is cool and all, but mankind has an unhealthy obsession with preserving everything it ever did. i mean, come on! okay we'll lose this, then what? nothing changes. we didn't have this 50 years ago, we'd go back to not having this. it really isn't important that this is remembered in the long run. sure, it's a neat piece of tech history, but still...
GraveUypo looks very different tho. Much more appealing than digital to me.
This is pure gold for anyone who wants to make authentic 80's TV. Nothing is the same
The visual graphic version of a Moog is a great analogy.
People making retro/synthwave style music should beating this guy's door down to do graphics for them.
This guy is literally keeping decades of history alive with his machine, a tremendously important work in any society.
Fact is I never even heard of the scanimate but he is sitting on a working example, but what about 50 years from now on? What then? Scanimate will only be real in the history book, but thanks to people like him, its here and its working.
Is this a joke or have they put the commies in an echo chamber?
Last sorcerer of analog alchemy without an apprentice.
I'm wondering what will happen to the machine if he passes away or has to go in a home. I'm not sure his age but he's not 20 anymore. Not hoping something bad will happen but in case.
I was just thinking the same thing when I saw this video, Mr. SIeg should really have a younger fellow under his wing to learn the ways of the Scanimate, to keep it running and existing for the future. God bless Dave for acquiring and maintaining such a unique system (or systems in his case) as the Scanimate is.
Analog video synthesis has has something of a renaissance recently:) check out lzx industries
😭😭😭
@@fastertrackcreative He's probably in his 60s, and I would imagine his kids will just roll in a dumpster and haul it off along with their crazy dad's collection of post it notes. Well, at least thats what my parents did with my grandfather's 10,000 casette tape collection of 1980s through the 90s obscure video recordings.
Once he said moog Synthesizer, I knew I would like this guy.
808 i second that!
And pronounced it properly.
Well he is just down the road from them so it makes sense.
Analogue synths have come back in a big way, maybe it's time for the analogue video revolution!
I kinda don't see that happening. Analog signals can't be compressed the way digital signals can. Remember, you need ~3GBit/s in order to drive just a 1080p screen at 60 fps (uncompressed, constant bitrate). Now quadruple that for 4k screens. That amounts to roughly 1.5 gigabyte of data per second. Can an analog signal come even close to that?
He is a ham radio operator too. It makes my heart happy to see the included shot of his HF setup, and knowing he has a TNC2 for HF packet.
73’s to him.
Nerds rule the world.
I immediately recognized that transceiver because it was my first HF rig
no they dont
@@huleyn135 Uh, yes we do. Without the "nerds" of the world, the world would come crashing down right quick.
i also noticed that :)
This guy could make an absolute killing because 80s graphics are massively coming back. They are so iconic and people love the vibe. Put your name out there! People will a pay lot for this to have as a intro screen for their channels. Especially gaming channels.
3:39 "Your iPhone quits working you go get another one and throw the old one away but this stuff was made to be fixed"
that's so fucking savage
Underrated comment
We're being deprived of the right to repair
be responsible and maintain your technology and you will never need to replace most things again
My 40 year old motorcycle engine runs just as good as a new one because it was maintained.. and like he said it was made to be fixed. Nothing is like that anymore.
@@threadschanged4252 you don’t understand what is being discussed here
He's got the 20th century memories and technologies in his fingertips and work skills ...analog was magical.
Vice, I think the people here would love a little more depth behind the man and his machine. Maybe dive into the history of the machine itself and tie him in elsewhere with questions like how he got involved, the impact it saw, etc.
maximus5415 Or just explain how the machine works and what it can do.
maximus5415 yeah this was waaaaaaaay too short
Oh absolutely!!!!
yeah! i started watching and then noticed it was only 5 min! figured it at least be 15-20.
Just search TH-cam for his name "Dave Sieg", and you'll find his channel which is full of videos going into a lot more detail
this guy needs an apprentice to take up the torch for him. someone who can reinvigorate that look into pop culture.
This methodology will never make a comeback because it is not cost effective. The effects produced on this machine can be simulated seamlessly digitally by someone on a decent laptop.
@@Kevin-xd2yv of course, but the point here is to be able to design an effet and render it on an analog machine like this one
I'd love to hear an extended cut of that interview. Pretty inspiring.
Dear Vice... As a long time watcher I am begging you please do not stop doing segments like this... If you don't do it no one else is going to and this is such a wonderful documentary. this one and the one about the old Pentecostal preacher still doing tent revivals are my two favorite episodes. You showed respect and integrity to both. Bravo Vice ..bravo.
I'd kill for an afternoon in this lab
IISIVEII please kill me, but I can't promise you time in that room
yeah lets go and kill something, gnaaa
Weenie Hut Jr's you're first
Buddy boy if this is your attempt at being funny, it didn't work. If you're being serious, you need to be admitted yourself.
Is someone going to kill me or not God damn it
As a motion designer, this equipment is history! Preserve it! I love the old-school look and it makes me happy that this equipment is still around.
This stuff is going to be like the steam engines in museums in the futre, it really does need preserving.
The amount of passion this man has is way undersold by the interviewer . ive talked with him in the past and hopefull have the pleasure to do so again . sending mail to ya out there in the waves of skip. 269 - 269 in this black gold sitting back reading the mail.
This is the kind of stuff that I love about old school tech. It's always so interesting how it all works and where it all started from. And this man here is keeping a legacy alive, at most respect he's like a hero.
This was me using Amiga for everything (between 1993 and 2003: music composing, design, art & paint, desktop publishing, printing, video editing...) It was amazing time and I know exactly how this man feels :) Thank you for the video :)
Being that I love analog synths, this is amazing! It really is the visual equivalent of a synthesizer. Bless this man for what he's doing. So cool
so inspiring
It is in a way but not on closer inspection. Analog synthesis has endured so well that digital tries to emulate what was and is so great about analog. You can blow someone away who hasn't stood in front of a classic or modern analog synth. Analog graphics on a little 21" crt just doesn't move you. Its interesting, fascinating even but there is a reason this all got dropped when computers came along and no one ever really went back to revive it.
Have you checked out modular video synthesis? There's a modern market sprawling with brand new stuff. Check out LZX Video to get started!
I bet this guy could make money by making openings for certain TH-cam channels. Especially retro channels that review old electronics.
Most TH-camrs use After Effects vintage templates, cheaper and some are even free.
@techmoan are you listening?
Hardcore Panda that's not the point tho. This is unique. Something you couldn't really do anymore.
Lorenzo Aguinaga but would anybody really notice or care? I mean if a youtuber makes a video using the old technology and another uses something new like after effects there would no difference and a waste of time and money, meanwhile, someone can use after effects and say they used old technology and no one would know
Carlos Sanchez you go to a nice restaurant and sit in their chairs, do you care or notice that they were made unique for that restaurant? The viewers may not care or notice, but they still get to enjoy the visual while the consumer gets to enjoy the novelty while supporting another persons business.
When he dies generations worth of art dies. He is art he is the key.
This is what I have wondered about the most during this pandemic. How many people like Dave have we lost? I hope he’s still in good health!
It's hardly generations. Literally one, maybe 2.
Just note: there are still few people using similar analog video hardware for various visual effects mostly glitches. Although mostly used to create visual art stuff rather than these practical motion graphics.
My thoughts exactly
@@jeremybyington that’s what you wondered about most? With everything going on that’s what you wondered about most? Really? Seriously really?
That wireframe of a camera is beyond amazing.
The controls look like the death star controls in a new hope.
“You may fire when ready!”
It was a Grass Valley switcher, filmed at KCET in Los Angeles. He just has a newer model, the GVG 200. www.kcet.org/tv-talk/how-kcet-helped-destroy-alderaan
I wonder if the Death Star plans for the briefing sequence were made on the machine
He should be teaching people how to use and maintain this great machine, so that future generations can use it.
obsolete..
Kyle Phelps Why? Because you say so? Because there's newer technology? It's a fascinating piece of history that many people would love to get their hands on. If you're not interested fine, but don't knock the interests of others.
Kyle Phelps so? Going by that logic most fun activities are obsolete, does that mean we should stop having fun. Not everything needs to be done in the pursuit of progress
What a sorry comment. Of course it's obsolete but even so other great old inventions. Cars, planes etc. So, what ? Trow history away ??
Marc Renee, Well the gas used in those things is whats obsolete
Schematic tips n tricks book on point... Glad someone has preserved this awesome equipment. This stuff was made to be fixed and last a lifetime.
Beyond a lifetime!
SOUND IN THE CITY Now you can fit 3 racks of the same equipment in a single tower PC, or a smaller one, even a laptop PC.
I
I hope this man has found an apprentice. We cannot let this die.
I would do it if I could move there and survive
I love the way old animated intros and animation in general looked it's so very nostalgic. I'd love to see this used again I also hope the remaining Scanimate machine doesn't get destroyed.
LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER is one among so many others who can take over ...
This is almost a lost art form. I'm glad to see the retro stuff come back, especially the liquid light shows. This is my childhood.
I really hope he manages to pass this knowledge down somehow. There really is nothing like the feel of those images, it's a special and timeless piece of technology.
+sandequation2653 Didn't he past it down to his adult children, grandchildren or great-grandchildren?
He should do youtube intros :P
TH-cam is gay
@@whocares8735 no u
@@SeekTn no u
Uno
I'd honestly use a scanimate youtube intro I love the analogue character it has. It has so much old charm.
"things were made to be fixed". Sounds about right.
Please tell this to apple....
And Microsoft on their Xbox controllers
@@justethical280 apple is utter trash, the fact that this company is as healthy as it is saddens me
@@CrazyKraut20 I hope they go bankrupt, they've created lots of nasty practices. Give us our jacks and chargers back, Tim! Even Samsung followed you and joined the dark side! If you're still not discouraged to buy some Apple sh!t, just watch Louis Rossmann's channel.
Seeing these kinds of animations on TV when I was a kid inspired me to go into production. That was 40 years ago. It’s taken me around the world. All the terrific people I’ve met continues to drive me until this day.
How the absolute hell have I never seen this video? Other than woodworking, I spent half the time in my electronics lab repairing industrial test equipment and doing component level pcb repair. I spend 12 hours a day on TH-cam watching electronics videos.... so that I don’t get so lonely in the lab… And Iv never seen this video nor has it ever been recommended. And I search for new electronics videos constantly.
Not sure if the gentleman in the video will see this… But this is very impressive. Would love to see more about your work.
Also Reminds me of a guy on TH-cam (Dexters tech lab) who has been restoring a “quantel paint box” graphics workstation. I hope you see this comment I think you would find it interesting.
Thanks for what you do! I think there will be a huge explosion and rediscovery/protecting any of the old equipment that exists.
"Some People Say Im Crazy and I will never amount to anything: It's been worth it to me!". Spoken like every pioneer in their field from astronauts to scanimate man.
Im like this guy. I hate seeing old tech being thrown out. Stuff that back in the 70s 80s and 90s that people used without a second thought. Laserdiscs, reel to reel, betamax, ced, record players etc. All that stuff had character. Different curves and edges that made those appliances unique. Gave them thier own identity. You could take 1 look at machines back then and know who made it and how much care and inovation went into developing it. Whenever i go to goodwill or flea markets and i see old stuff ill walk up to it and in my head I ask that vintage record player, "whats youre story? Where have you been? What have you seen? What was it like back in the day?" I guess I look at things like they have a heart and soul. Old tech may be boring to the current generation but this stuff needs to be preserved. It is the embodiment of human creativeness, and the drive humans have to push the boundaries of what technology can offer.
Jared Smith : Just as the form and function of a flower was shaped by biological processes, the form and function of our technology was shaped by our thoughts. Old tech indeed has a story -- our story.
But the new iphone is the only thing that matters to most people in the modern world. Old tech is awesome and vintage gear will always be awesome. Although, new technologies are constantly being developed and improved so a piece of electronics is outdated quickly. Most of the time for better.
I find myself going back and collecting a lot of the older stuff now, too. Cassettes, 8-Tracks, vinyl, etc. You can get it for almost nothing most times, and it's just fun to collect.
Jared Smith I only hope the modern electronics I use some day have that level of character, and last like the old things did.
They just don't make things like they used to.
I listen to old video game music - stuff that they had to contort their sound chips and use parts of console and cartridge memory that weren't even meant for music - and even if the big, sweeping soundtracks of practically-limitless storage space we have nowadays can be amazing, there's something special about having to be creative to even start getting the sounds you want out of a machine. So I get you.
I have been fixing my 80s sound equipment I got from an old bar and know exactly what he means. Every feature has a knob, a switch, a dial - everything can be used in real time and fixed. Just based on what you have you can see exactly how it was made if you take it apart and you know precisely what the person setting it all up wanted.
I hope someone learns from him and keeps the legacy going. I bet some big artist would love a video with these graphics anno 2021. It's so cool
I'm absolutely sure that there are some new generation people who would love to. However, fairly few of us have a large room we can dedicate to such hardware...
@@mfbfreak thing is, we need people like him to learn from. If we don’t we lose knowledge.
"Its been worth it to me"
thats when my eyes teared up.
Because I can relate. I rebuild old crashed Mustangs and give them a second chance of life and people ask why.
Because its worth it to me.
This was a great video. How could someone dislike it?
I watched old animations that looked like cgi and wondered "how did they do THAT back THEN?" Now I know.
This literally answered a question I have had since I was 10 years old.
What was the question?
I always was amazed by and wondered about the splash of the opening graphics for Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color. We had the first color tv on our block (we were poor but my dad loved radio and tv) and people came to our house every week to watch this show. The reaction was always "wow!".
Omg i love this. You're not crazy
Well, quite simply the best video ive ever seen on vice. Respect to David Sieg & the OG who was setting up the media centre back in the day
this is beautiful, analog organic beauty and infinite waves to create art, i hope this never disappears and that this animation technique never dies, its beautiful, like a retro acid trip in time, please keep it alive!
This man is precious and must be preserved at all costs
vice we need more of this not fuckin "oh yeah weed dude"
right?
right. Pass that doob tho yeah?
DUDEWEEDLMAO
Byron Smith Roll up though!!
Byron Smith Just because you dont like weed, shutyoooo bitchhasss up....
Does he have a TH-cam channel where he demonstrates and teaches the “cheat sheet” recipes?
He does! Type “Dave sieg” into the search bar.
@@MasonJarGaming this is a click hole I’ll enjoy
The confused guy with the blueprints could have said “just building something for the school”
But instead he encouraged a young mind and created something that he isn’t even ever aware of.
And I bet he wasn’t his teacher.
Imagine if all people in the school system treated students like this.
Props to the confused guy with blueprints who asked for help, which he probably didn’t even need.
Unfortunately they're too busy pushing weird sociopolitical ideology on kids for that.
@@dickJohnsonpeter wtf you on about? My buddies were all taught an extremely whitewashed civil war and civil rights movement. They call the civil war the "War of Northern Aggression."
@@JimJamTheAdmin Our society is manipulated to the demands of big companies, one result being how disposable everything is, true. If we didn't have "da ess jay dubya" agenda we'd just have a racist society manipulated to the demands of big companies with disposable everything.
This man has a very rare set of skills with an even rarer piece of equiment. I can imagine media companies and even TH-cam channels will be interested in working with him.
When he passes the equipment will go to the dump. No one left to operate it or to even care.
I personally hate to see that happen to operating equipment. Each machine represents huge quantities of creative development time. So much time and skill went into making solutions, only to throw away that hard-fought knowledge.
@@yestfmfsomeone pure of heart needs to go be his apprentice ASAP
It’s 3:40am where I am now in the U.K. and I honestly found this really interesting. All the best scanimate man
"It's been worth it to me!"
And thats all that matters
The irony was when HD came about, only the old, mothballed tape to tape linear editing machines could handle it as it was too much for the fancy capture boards on the SD non-linear editing machines. Some made a killing on that. I wish it was still all analogue pot switches close to the touch, rather than options buried in software drop menus on some computer. Makes it all less impressive somehow. Hope the boards last a long time for him to enjoy his equipment.
Yeah I think that novo-techno-philia (love/fetish-for new technology) has made people blind to the fact that technology whether it's old or new it has a use case. And with the Scanimate machine it seems to me the best aspect of it is that the operators can experiment with relatively simple analog circuitry to produce a wide array of visual effects often in real time. That part is often lost in modern digital effects. It's funny too because that's the holy grail of modern 3d effects is the ability to see within real time the results of your work rather than sending a model with some shaders to a render farm to chew on it for a night or two only to get a hint of whether or not you got the intended result. I think old analog technology is more informed by human needs (is this intuitive to the user?) than technical ones (is X faster on paper?).
"The Father of the motion Graphics'
Let's give it a tribute.
The joy in this man. Its a spark of pure energy. Bless him!
I love this look too...it truly takes you back to a more comforting homey time...remembering all the intros for late night TV movies!
Imagine trying to figure this thing out after he dies. That's the real tragedy of stuff like this. It's going to be gone to forever.
I worked closely with a Scanimate guru for a few years, and still only had 3/4 of an idea how he did what he did !
On the flipside, at least it's easier to figure out than modern miniaturized locked down crap. Try to dissect and put back together a modern board and have it working.
@@rockytom5889 The electronics wasn’t all that complicated, just a lot of it.
The trick was patching all the modifiers together to get the desired XY modulation.
The other issue was ensuring repeatable thermal stability over lengthy sequences.
@Ryading Panaakalantayan hehe, you must have seen a different machine than I did!
Lots of docs, [mostly OEM components) but not exactly ‘well documented’ as a system in the early 80s!
Hope he is mentoring someone with the same passion as him 🙏
“That’s where the term plug in came from” ..wow didn’t even think about that
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Anyone interested in a modern day equivalent to this kind of thing should check out LZX Industrys' modular eurorack systems. I would buy one myself but they're expensive as hell.
Nostalgic, inspiring ... what a guy, he really put his heart into this.
Dude is wholesome and genuine as they come!
The nostalgia for items like this is strong.... even for someone who want personally alive in a time period.
Trust me
There will be folks wanting to use this machine!
Someone needs to bring back old things like this in film and stuff
What's stopping you?
Why? It's no where as good as what we can produce now with a computer... using this for actual movies or TV is just stupid.
yeah it's kinda cool, but it has absolutely no use now except to please this guy and anyone else who think its cool. But it has no use apart from that. We do so much better nowadays it would be dumb to use this for anything.
hahaha, what?!
"No use except to please this guy and anyone else who thinks it's cool."
There's a lot of people who think it's cool my dude.
Wes Tolson yes many people think it's cool but u can still do everything that can do digitally. The only difference is that that is analog and u have to use chords and knobs and such to get the effects u want. It's the same thing with music. There are modular synths (and they still make them) and software synths but guess what most music is made digitally because of the fact u don't have to be plugging in wires from oscillator to effects and such. The softsynths still act like the old analog ones in the since ur still turning knobs and such but it's easier because u can do it quicker. Ur not thinking realistically. Sure thay machine is amazing but we can do much more with less now
This man will ascend to godliness once he discovers vaporwave.
Camboy GW this was vaporwave before vaporwave a thing
Discover? Nigga he lived in a time when vaporwave was not called vaporwave.
Well no, this isn't vaporwave before vaporwave was a thing, and vaporwave isn't stolen content. Vaporwave is an amalgamation of this and low fi music and retro aesthetics used to create a specific experience, much like how techno technically consists of only pre existing sounds, but the arrangement is what gives it distinction. They invented the culture, and I feel like once this guy taps into that culture he could make something special
*A E S T H E T I C*
IKEA MONKEY *on lsd*-You got it all wrong.Vaporwave is out in the public domain in places like TH-cam for anyone to hear.They're not trying to Copyright it.It's the Hip Hop samplers that act they invinted stuff.
He is so chill. Love the anolog stuff
Wow, this totally made my day. As someone who maintained a 60's era temper-mill at a steel mill, this really struck a chord with me. It did close down, and I was one of the people that kept the old technology running way past its expiration date.
brah finally longer than 30sec but this deserves at least 20min
There probably is more content if you wanna bend over and let HBO tongue punch your wallets fart box.
Doc Brown : In future we don't need knobs.
Analog Man : Still use it.
This was the only guy keeping radio shack in business for its last years
the internet is ruining so many things that used to be great
@@snausagesmcgee3963 Sadly just the way things are now with cheap imports from China and things being designed in such a way they're not worth repairing. Repairing electronics is pretty much just a hobby at this point.
@@snausagesmcgee3963 It's sad to see the state of small bussiness right now. There's not many of those anymore in my city
hopefully this doesnt die in a museum and he passes the knowledge down, gives it to someone with the same enthusiasm
Love this piece. Should be more than 5 minutes long. You're awesome, Scanimate guy!!
Somebody needs to go learn from this guy and make a scanimate emulator. We cannot lose this magic.
You cannot, by definition, make emulation of this tech - it's analogue!
@@Geroskop probably couldn't ever get the nuance of the real thing but maybe you could get something close
@@Geroskop That’s just not true. The analog signals and how the components interact are systems of nonlinear equations. We know how to solve those.
@@LongTailWoodcraft i assumed when OP said "emulation" he referred to making digital representation of the tech on digital hardware. You can make approximation down to avalable resolution while the original has infinite resolution. Its like trying to make accurate picture projected by CRT display on LED display. You could do it but it will have distant resemblence.
@@Geroskop NTSC video very much had a limited resolution which is now trivial to work with on modern computing hardware. You'd model it at a higher resolution that would be more than enough to make it the same in the final result. Mind you, it would be a lot of work, but it is indeed doable.
I've sold all my digital cameras and gone to film, and i could not be happier that i did it.
Blue Oval Forever I want to record onto Kodak Vision 3 50D 7203/5203 film stock, but I am too poor to afford it. All I could afford to buy was an old Sony broadcast camera (BVP-E30WS), but the power supply I bought for it failed and I lack the compatible battery charger for the NP-1 IDX lithiumi-ion batteries I need for it.
I was talking about still- photographic film not moving picture but ok.
let people do what they want. To me at least things are more refined with digital but analog just has "it", and it goes for everything.
@Bilbo Baggins Mind your own damn business.
It is with truly deep and sincere hope that there is someone that can carry this mantle when this true artisan takes his rest
God wiling he has a son interested
Or a daughter of course....but...comeon...we know this is primarily a guy thing 🤪
Hey Vice thank you guys for sharing something like this that is just beautiful and touches ones heart. I hope this man can donate his knowledge to an archive somehow someday.
Wow, I live in Asheville, NC right by Fletcher and I'd give anything to see this machine in person! I always wondered how these animations were done so intricately!
"It's been worthy to me!" - That's it! You live for yourself, not for the opinions of other people!
What a cool piece of equipment.
Back when wizards created magic with circuits. This stuff was part of my childhood - so sad to see this beautiful beast in some dark and dusty backroom.
At least it's still being used by someone who loves it rather than collecting dust.
This machine literally creates that retro look & style that I see so many content creators fail miserably at trying to create with digital video plugins and other methods. Simply awesome.
The passion he has for this equipment is amazing. So many people lack this amount of passion. And it's a shame