Living the dream with a self-playing SEGA Grand Piano
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ก.ค. 2024
- I’ve always wanted a self-playing Grand Piano. I just had to compromise on the grand.
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Q) Isn’t this called a 'Player Piano'?
A) I was initially going to call them that, but I had a vague feeling that name might not be factually correct. I checked and apparently a piano like a Yamaha Disklavier is not a ‘Player Piano’. It seems that ‘Player Pianos’ require a degree of continuous human manipulation to play - see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Player_... So this toy isn’t technically a ‘player piano’ it’s more like a mini ‘Reproducing Piano’. However since that’s a term unfamiliar to most people (myself included) I chose to substitute the more easily understandable ‘self-playing piano’ instead. This is one of those ones where you can’t win for losing. Use the commonly used term and its wrong, use the correct term and no one knows what you’re talking about.
Q) I think your audio output problem is to do with... (insert random guess here, probably something about power supplies)
A) I tried four different power supplies and various 3.5mm patch leads, also tried ferrite cores on the power and line out wires - also played it out in the garden to see if it was anything to do with wireless electrical interference. The noise persisted. The long and short of it is that it’s just a bit knackered. The audio issue is present on the internal speaker too, but to a lesser degree. It isn’t present on manually played piano audio - just during automatic playback, both internal and from SD. It’s just some dodgy components in the player circuitry that are on their way out after thirteen years, probably surface mount capacitors. Yes they shouldn’t be, but they are, stuff happens. This should be considered a warning to anyone thinking of buying one of these as this might well be a common problem.
Q) It’s from Sega Toys not Sega
A) Yep
Q) Why didn’t you play (insert song here)
A) Unfortunately it’s not practical to play every song in a quick video
Q) Why didn’t you show the internals
A) I didn’t want to break it - but you can see them here: www.nax.ne.jp/~rider/piano/ind...
(It looks much how you’d imagine - a load of electromagnets and a circuit board).
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5:11 Rick-Rolled again. Never thought it would be on Techmoan's channel.
I knew from the first sounds
You got rickrolled by an old guy filming a self playing piano model.
Nowhere is safe. No. Where.
I didn't even notice
fuck me
This thing is so useless, and I absolutely love it because of it.
It's right up there with the Sega Game Gear's TV Tuner, which only accepts now obsolete analog UHF and VHF signals.
@@Mike-nf6nf
Yeah but that as an add on when we did have analogue wasn't useless. Only the killing off of the old signal.
When the signal was available it was actually a pretty neat idea.
Same
Why the hell is your comment 6days ago?
@@deadaccount4411 Dude yeah..
Imagine playing a dark MIDI on that.
That's exactly why I want a real self playing piano someday
you mean black midi
Most keys are silent in a black midi
You know, the crappy thing is, black midis are often larger than 2 gigs, so they wouldn't fit on the SD card
@@wesleyesq7306 Well, he mentioned the piano only takes 2 gb SDs, so unfortunately, not possible.
I'll take your entire stock
Chris Kogos lol ur verified with 11 likes
@@nosleep8236 ikr i was the 17th
I want to say something random, so my computer’s processor is ARM
1:25 Missed opportunity there to play Chopsticks with chopsticks.
That comment made my day.. cheers!
Omg. That would of been Perfect. Gonna search if anyone has done that
More like toothpicks, or wooden skewers, but essentially the same thing.
@@Christopher-N Never heard of tunes called 'toothpicks' or 'wooden skewers' but the irony of the tune 'chopsticks' has a certain ring and notation!
Just was I was thinking.
I woke up at 5 in the morning with a hangover just to get rick rolled by a Japanese piano
What would past (And future) generations think of such a quote I wonder? XD
It’s “what fool believes”
Sorry raised in the 80s
Living the dream
Amateur, that time you should still be drinking 😜😅
I read your comment and proceeded to get Rick Rolled by a Japanese Piano
Finally a piano that my tiny desk engineer can use
Wonder how many people will actually get this lol
Introducing, The Tiny Desk Piano by Tiny desk Company and SEGA
Hahaha i get it
If a tiny desk engineer had this what sorta music would he play?
@@matthewrayborn8557 Country music
I liked it, and then I FELL IN LOVE WITH IT when it started playing "What a Fool Believes" by The Doobie Brothers! 3:30
Thank u for this! Was trying to find out what song it was
thank you! came down to the comments exactly for this!!!
No kidding, was not expecting what a fool believes. My jaw dropped when I heard it, too.
same omg, I did not see that coming. I almost jumped out of my seat, It's one of my favorite songs lol
3:31 That tune sold it for me too 😁👍 Imagine if you could time the player... that would be my morning wake up song 🤩
A large part of the manufacturing costs went into capturing the tiny ghosts that play the piano.
I think you'll find its miniature monkeys.
Couldn’t they’ve stolen them from Nintendo? They were putting thousands in Mario Bros games
@@peterg.8245 I think we've all seen how Boos are only effective behind the player's back and how shy they are up front ... they wouldn't do for a piano.
Look up Irma the piano playing ghost on Google. I was lucky to have seen this in person. Amazing!
As a former indentured tiny ghost, I can attest.
Again: SEGA does what Nintendon’t
they had mario paint like 18 years ago
Miracle Piano: Am I a joke to you?
while that might be true, it was useless
SEEEEEEyGAAAAAh!
WELCOME TO THE NEXT LEVEL
5:11 How dare you Rick Rolled us like that.
I kind of want to see 8 Bit Keys have a crack at this
Seems like it fits into that 'executive desk toy' market that used to be all the rage.
Yes, must be for the CEOs. I guess it's still too large for the average flat in Tokyo.
One of the pre-installed songs is “What A Fool Believes” by The Doobie Brothers?!?! I’m sold. Also, I’ve been rick-rolled by tech moan in some of the most elaborate ways. RESPECT
The Japanese have a great appreciation for Western music ;)
Today i learned that the "rollie wheelie circles" are called casters
Joshua *_whoa dude whoa_*
I always thought they were called wheels
@@seanhaydongriffin The wheels are part of the casters.
The More You Know 🌈
They're not. They're called CASTORS.
I issued my first ever EP on a miniCD thanks to you.
I went from "this is stupid" to "I need one right now" within five seconds.
Did you ever get your hands on one?
SEGA: Screw it, let's make a self-playing piano while we're at it....
now THAT'S what I call "fuck around and find out"
Got to love Japanese conglomerates. They have a massive captive to play around in, and don't care sticking to one niche.
@@digiowl9599 I can't tell if that's a compliment to Sega or not...
Slaughter Round
It’s a... fact?
let me reiterate: I don't know if that comment was made in spite and sarcasm or not
The perfect accessory for my Action Man Liberace.
Good one. 😃
What would've been really cool is if something like this came out in the early 90's, and if Sega let you hook up your Sega Genesis to the piano so that the game audio could be played back by it.
That's what I imagined it was like before hearing when it actually came out 😂
5:10 I can't believe I just got rick-rolled by a robot piano...
That's the second time he's rick-rolled us with Midi recently! th-cam.com/video/QYBv6KXSfGI/w-d-xo.html
Right lol
Your comment said it was posted a week ago, I must be time traveling....
@@djemergency512 I think the video was unlisted or private before it got re uploaded again
Just my thoughts...
Damn. Was hoping it would come preinstalled with some Sega video game songs.
That's seriously what I thought too!
Maybe they wanted to do something different than games and which gamer would buy this lol.
Major Skies yeah lol
I wanted it to play Green Hill Zone
@AlyCatVR Yeah but still that isn't targated for gamers
So close to 1 mill
Been here since 20k
I am so impressed
So amazing, I love all your videos.
Keep up the good work, so few TH-cam ers are dedicated like your self
From the anxiety issues that I have have been diagnosed with, you have helped me much by your videos thank you so much for all of the therapy of given me God-bless you.
This is probably my favourite piece of hardware you've ever shown. Love it!
That reveal at the beginning was perfect. Well done!
I didn't expect you here. ASTEROID 2020
Love you Andrew. Talk about the audit!
I like to imagine there's a small ghost playing the piano
It'd need to be a 9-inch pianist
Reminds me of an old joke about a young man given one wish by an elderly fairy. She was a bit hard of hearing and Dudley Moore suddenly appeared! (RIP Dud.)
It's the ghost of Alex Kidd.
A pac man ghost 👻!
😁
Corporal Wagstaff
It's not the size of the pianist that matters. It's how you use the pianist that gets you the best results! 😂😂😂
5:10 I never thought I would be Rick rolled by a heckin self playing piano
I remember watching your videos religiously for years and then I forgot why I stopped! So glad this came up in my recommended. Subscribed again! What a cool gadget.
"grand pianist envy"
Thanks I'm going to go flagellate myself for laughing at that
Be careful--you could go blind! :)
@@ingridfong-daley5899 we may be thinking of a different flagellation! ;)
@@SpartanMJO12 oops :)
The click-clack of the keys with the volume turned off sounded like a performance of Riverdance!
Ahahaha!!
Missed opportunity: playing classic Sega tunes with the Sega Piano 😁
Green Hill zone act 1 theme would be the best.
I was waiting for at least the SEGA startup jingle
no, it wasnt made by SEGA just by another company that shares the same name
@@stpidstuff Sega Toys?
Isn't SEGA Toys part of the SEGA video game company? I always thought so
Fabulous, the production quality that you put in your videos is really professional. I am not a TH-cam video publisher by any means, but I really enjoy when content providers such as yourself include more about their personal life and involvement with the products and electronics. I really enjoy your videos thanks for everything
Just right to go with the 12 inch pianist I got from the hard of hearing Genie.
I knew someone would have beaten me to the 12 inch pianist joke
haha :)
I'm glad I'm not the only one who remembered this joke.
😂😂😂
Boom Boom!
Brilliant! I would have liked to see a teardown but still. Brilliant!
This is the kind of piano I would have wanted to build myself. Plays MIDI files, looks real with all the keys working, can be taken with you when you relocate, and doesn't cost a fortune (Arguably).
Just imagine it playing black midi tracks!
Yes, how the heck are the keys actuated? It’s a lot of keys in a small space!!
*There’s more information in the video description.*
We all have our dreams, Mat. Way to realize yours. :)
Grand pianist envy 🤣 your videos are awesome man!! I've been on a bigtime binge! Keep killing it my dude!
It would be really interesting to see how it looks like disassembled. If you ever replace the caps inside I'm sure people here would love to see the other parts of it's operation. I'm really curious how it manages to actuate that many keys in that small of a space.
Did I just get casually Rick Rolled lol
Yes.
“Grand Pianist envy” cracked me right up.
Let me be among the first to say in advance:
Congratulations on the 1 000 000 subscribers!
You’ve *earned* them!!!
4:32, I almost lost my tea! What a cool device, and I was very pleasantly surprised to hear What a Fool Beleives is in there. Thanks for making this video. Bravo!
4:30 As soon as you said SD card, I already knew. We all knew.
Shame there is no link to the Midi file in the description.
@@ReneSchickbauer From Anders Enger Jensen's video description: bit.ly/2DK6k90
Black midi would be fun lol
A little bit of a sad fact but its an interesting one. In a certain area of New Orleans, theres a hospital by the name of Oschner. When my grandmother was in there after she went into a coma (she died shortly after, it was 2006 so ive had some time to cope) I would always go to the main area of the hospital where all the vending machines and gift shops were on the main floor. They had this piano always playing some beautiful tune and i can never stop thinking about it. I want this piano just for the memory of my grandmother. Even in the harshest times, it brought the sweetest memories of her. Baking and gardening all the time, I miss her dearly.
4:13 so you're telling me that I am able to put "il vento d'oro" on an sd card and the piano plays it by itself? Nice.
i need to see that now
🎹
Chicago - Hard to Say I'm Sorry at 3:11, and the Doobie Brothers, this piano has quite the selection of music.
Right lol
It looks like it has several Yachtski-approved yacht rock tracks.
For some reason I keep seeing Hard to Say I'm sorry on Japanese instruments. Even my Japanese Casio lighting keyboard has that song.
@@twqwhy6763 literally the exact same here... it reminded me of Charlie Puth's performance of "We don't talk anymore", but I'd forgotten he was covering the Doobie Brothers, and got stuck there until I found this comment after literally an hour of frustration. Great song!!
ODCOLE, doobie brothers! Cool!
I made a midi for Metallica's One, and once I get my hands on this..
I will do great things.
DARKNESS
IMPRISONING ME
ALL THAT I SEE
ABSOLUTE HORROR
I CANNOT LIVE
I CANNOT DIE
TRAPPED IN MYSELF
BODY MY HOLDING CELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is so beautiful... Simple and nice
Hello again my dude
Your videos are always interesting. Every time I think you have run out of weird gadgets to show you find another that is even more weird and interesting. I look forward to every new video.
5:28 - Sing us a song, you're the piano, man. (note the comma/slight pause)
wow
I see what you did there.
to be honest, that clacky feel and sound is what we truly want in the keyboard
Congratulations on achieving your dream. We're all proud of you.
Omg I totally want this! Of course I won't buy it, but I love it. This is a very enjoyable channel. You find some great stuff, Thanks for sharing.
I wonder what the mechanism is, presumably lots of small solenoids.
off I go on a google hunt to find out
Most likely with tiny electromagnets under the keys activated by an electric DC current turning on and off.
@@stormchaser300 Could be. My google foo came up with nothing
It's a system of levers and pulleys.
@@sirkristoferTV hi there here is the info you need you will need google translate to view it it shows how it works.link here www.nax.ne.jp/~rider/piano/index.html
I'm in California and its 1:30Am well worth the wait , my favorite British channel for sure
Same! I’m always hoping for an upload in the middle of the night!
Dude it's 4:40am
Washington here notification startled me
@@lyndon2487 I'm in California so you must be in the east coast
@@EvilishDem0nic8732WhatItDo correct!
I can't get over how little and cute it is. Totally impressed at the tiny moving keys.
Another good one Mat, as always thanks for sharing!
Me: "Mum, I want a grand piano!"
Mum: "We have a grand piano at home."
Grand piano at home:
Giovan Pangku shut up mate!
3:15 What is Chicago's Hard To Say I'm Sorry doing on there???
3:59 Ah. That explains it...
The fact that all keys are real and playable is just incredible. They had no reason to do it, but still done it.
You just gotta love that authentic keyboard clatter sound. Andre Previn would be proud.
While awesome, and absolutely lovable, the clacking of the keys would really annoy me after a bit.
I remember a mall based chain of music stores had full size versions of pianos like that from Yamaha (aka real player pianos with proper midi connectivity) back in the 90's. Dunno if any are still made like that but that music store chain is long gone (nearly, down to a single store among several big box stores)
You can connect midi devices to normal acoustic pianos now with enough patience
Another dream realized, congratulations! Excellent video.
This is absolutely brilliant. Was in hysterics when it played your theme music!
Only problem is, now you’ve made them famous they’ve gone through the roof on eBay!
Thanks for a brilliant video.
If your speaker and the piano are connected to the same power source (which they probably are) there can be interferance in the audio. You may need a ground loop isolator to prevent the noise if its not the input/output sockets themselves
5:10 the rickroll was inevitable.
This is GREAT. Wish they would have released this here. My only quip is the keys are noticeably loud, but you said you can that off, but I think it's pretty cool seeing the keys manipulated.
No matter the external speaker issue, that's an absolutely lovely little item
I had no idea such a device existed! Thank you for sharing this. It's amazing the level of detail they went into, as you said. Can the strings be "plucked"? I know they don't make sound; I'm just curious.
I've been playing keyboards/piano for a long time. Not well, but I try. I work for a TV/Radio network, and we're lucky enough to have a Yamaha Disklavier -- I think it''s a 7 foot model. It is an incredible machine. You can turn off the piano mechanism such that the keys trigger MIDI notes. I can finally practice on a grand piano with no one hearing me! Plus, it comes with a General MIDI sound module, so it'll play multi-timberal MIDI files and have all of the channels for the proper instruments (drums, bass, keys) play just fine. And it's worth $28K USD, so it's out of my price range! Anyway, hello from Maine, USA and my day is always made better by a Techmoan video. Especially if it has puppets. But no pressure.
They can - they’re thin metal rods. Although I found they resonated/vibrated/rattled with certain notes, so I had to wedge them down.
No string- plucking - just threads for looks, but they really did recreate a 6ft. Yamaha in miniature pretty well here. I have had one for ten years - still working fine.
6:45 Christopher Cross - Arthur's Theme. 🎵when you get caught between the moon and New York city🎵
7:35 The Girl From Ipanema
Thank you! Arthur's Theme sounded familiar, but the slower tempo was tripping me up.
I love Arthur's Theme so much
2:25 Music name?
@The Big
I think that's A Lover's Concerto.
m.th-cam.com/video/FmJ1AqtTuyo/w-d-xo.html
What's not to like about this video. Brilliant filming and as usual very interesting (and fun)
Unique contribution was exquisite by the way ;)
3:31 makes it worth it 🎶👍🏼
Aw man, I was waiting to see the puppets playing their theme song on it at the end, you even showed the thing playing the same song but by itself!
It's amazing! This thing is fantastic!
6:32 Probably I'm the wrong age to recognise this track from the key sounds. I thought it was Smash Mouth - All Star
I love it, I need one. Makes me want a big player piano too.
Aaawwww, thats the cutest piano I've ever seen. Sure i've seen toy ones, but not one that actually can play itself. Very amazing :D
I for one found myself picturing "Borrowers" sitting down at this piano and actually playing it. :D :D
"pianist envy" lmao
Well done! You had me going at the beginning!
Its adorable!
3:39 I laughed hard
Me too
If I ever acquire this piano I will have to make it play all the songs from OutRun.
Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well.
There are a few wonderful archives online of piano rolls - the paper rolls with punched holes to tell player pianos when to play which notes - that have been scanned in by volunteers and converted to MIDI files. Some amazing stuff, like ragtime pieces recorded directly by famous performers. A search for "piano roll midi" should turn them up.
My grandparents had a player piano years ago, and I always wanted my own, so good lord, does this thing stir my gear lust.
I keep watching your video it's really helpful
gotta say, I didn't expect to be Rick Rolled by a tiny piano when I woke up this morning.
7:15 Gliiiitch a e s t h e t i c
Absolutely Fabulous
Scott Joplin, Chicago, and The Doobie Brothers? Whoever did the song selection deserves a medal.
Finally a piano that can automatically rick roll someone
3:43 "Unique contribution"
Haha, that's incredible! Great video as always my friend 👍👍
You have no idea how happy it made me when you got the piano to play your unofficial theme :)
[EDIT: Here's a Piano-only version of Cuba Baion plus all the other versions: www.dropbox.com/sh/ojr8hknyoejq9l9/AAAoRmXuCP_EsiSmhc-sSxpGa?dl=0 ]
Haha.. that's amusing! If you'd told me in advance, I could have made a piano-only version of Cuba Baion for you though. It's especially wonky when playing the drum channel on a piano. That's just gonna be rubbish all the time. ^_^
If you get a spare moment or two, a piano version would be cool.
Techmoan Let me see what I can muster up tomorrow when I get back home from my trip up north. ;)
@@Techmoan If you're going to repost it anyway, try and find a MIDI of Tubular Bells too.
I’m not planning a repost. But wasn’t part of the attraction of Tubular Bells to do with the variety of instruments mostly played by Mike Oldfield.
5:11 NOOO HE RICK ROLLED US
So super nice work
My new favorite channel
I was really hoping for a teardown. It would be so nice to see, how the actuators work for so many small keys...
Amazing video nevertheless!
This. I REALLY need to see the mechanism that works all those keys. Is there a solenoid for each one?
Video description has a link to a teardown
I love how humanly impossible some of these songs look to play on a real piano.