Thanks for all the support for making the museum possible! If you'd like to help out! Come along yourself, or check out the PayPal and Patreon links in the description if you'd like to support what we do here! :)
Its still so gratifying to see this place being so successful after years of seeing you talk about wanting to make it happen. You should be exceptionally proud of what you and those that help you have accomplished here. honestly how you keep fitting more into this space is inspiring. :)
For the instruments and synths etc with loads of knobs, it could be useful to set them up so they're doing something decent, then take a pic of all the knobs as a baseline state and put a print out above the machine with a note for visitors, something like "If this machine isn't working very well, try these knob positions to get started" ?
Me and my husband had a ball there a couple of weeks ago. We were there for 2-3 hours and still didn't try everything! And Ramsgate is a lovely little town. It's a bit off the beaten track for visitors from America, but not hard to get to and well worth the trip. Thank you for putting together such a cool hands-on technology museum!
Dropped by the other week, I was so impressed with what you've got in there! The fully functioning phone exchange was mental. Had a lot of fun with that.
amazing museum, such big place you build up, maybe one day i can afford a visit! Organ room the clear highlight, i love the organ video series so much.
Maybe a printout of default patching / settings could be posted near someone of the synths. I came to the museum last summer and struggled to get a few of them making a noise.
I needed to see this before I went...there are so many things there, that this video showed me new stuff that I walked by and didn't even realize was there! I guess I need to make another trip out.
An absolutely fascinating place and tour. I'd be glad to drop in and stick together if I was anywhere near. And now the only thing you need is a Monotype composition caster and keyboard! Try to get one - that's an absolutely fascinating tech. Keri on, wayward son! You're doing the wonderful job.
Loved my last visit! Look forward to seeing the museum grow and evolve. When I was there a hole was being actively cut into the wall to the left of the sink xD looks like that's wrapped up now. Once you expand into that final amount of space being discussed recently, is that it? Or does the building go any further back or to the right at all?
I think we have the same theremin! i lost my power cable in a move tho and it's a weird XLR-lookin plug you cant get easily any more I also can't play lmao
Couldn't tell if that was a Clavioline, or a Solovox in that cabinet above the synths due to the LEDs ! If you ever find another one of these, please let us know - we have a Hammond we'd like to fit either to. See you on Saturday !
it's great how much of the collection you've made playable! I definitely need to make a visit soon. if I turned up with a zoom recorder to record any cool noises, what's your thoughts on using the recordings and copyright and whatever? keep up the great work.
QR codes next to exhibits would be delightful - no doubt you could get volunteers from youtube to pull together web page content for different exhibits for you, if you asked during each video - a wiki-type effort for your community
definitely! however i have always felt a bit iffy about QR codes. i still dont know how to use them, and not everyone has a smart phone or wants it, strikes me as an added complication the modern age has thrown at us :D. like apps for everything haha
Seeing all those vocoders, do you have the daft punk one? Nevermind, just realized how much they cost now! They sure didn't 12 years ago when I first heard one played with on TH-cam! Was designed in my city here in Victoria Canada.
Looks amazing. All the work you've put in over the years is paying off in this great space. When you say you're expanding the Organ Room, is that going to require you to dismantle the pipes you worked so hard to get setup and working or are those walls staying as they are and you're expanding where the Teletubby wall is?
GPT-4 is not able to tell me your favorite artists, but I have never before been more certain than I am right now, that you are indeed a fan of NIN. F'd up if NOT true! 😀
Love it! It looks so fun! I am, however, going to be that guy… I saw one fire extinguisher in the walk through. With as much electronics and motors as there is in there I’d be very worried about fire. Is there a suppression system built into the museum? I absolutely love the semi-controlled chaos and jumbled nature of the place. Would be magical for a kid to explore. Alas, it doesn’t look as though I would be able to get in there with my walker very well. When you expand please keep wheelchairs and other mobility issues in mind. I am very happy this exists as it is, would be even better with more space.
What is your take on people who might get upset that a piece of vintage hardware has been modified instead of restored and preserved? Honestly, when I see all those original Game Boys on the wall, I kind of feel that. But then I look at what you've done with them and that feeling goes away immediately. But there are people who would be absolutely against it. They think something like that should be restored back to its original working order and if it can't be, it should be used for parts to restore another one. Have you had anyone react that way and what do you say to them?
Yes, but isn't this museum also very much about wonderment and discovery? And that is what it really does for children. I can only imagine how their eyes light up going through this and turning all the knobs. As a parent I would happily pay extra for that to help paying for the upkeep. Heck, if there was a donate button on the website I think I would push it even though I'm most likely never going to get the chance to visit.
And if you want to preserve the love people have for "obsolete" technology you have to inspire the next generation and show them it exists in the first place.
Thanks for all the support for making the museum possible! If you'd like to help out! Come along yourself, or check out the PayPal and Patreon links in the description if you'd like to support what we do here! :)
Its still so gratifying to see this place being so successful after years of seeing you talk about wanting to make it happen. You should be exceptionally proud of what you and those that help you have accomplished here. honestly how you keep fitting more into this space is inspiring. :)
Looks great 👍
I agree, this is possibly the most interactive technology museum in existence.
For the instruments and synths etc with loads of knobs, it could be useful to set them up so they're doing something decent, then take a pic of all the knobs as a baseline state and put a print out above the machine with a note for visitors, something like "If this machine isn't working very well, try these knob positions to get started" ?
You have created a fantastic museum Sam!
7:00 it might be a good idea to have some laminated patch cheat sheets next to the synths: Can't hear anything - try this setup to reset!
I just absolutely LOVE how exasperated you are around 7:30. "how do they do this!" 😂🤣
I think I helped with making that muddle...we had a cracking visit
I'm planning a trip to the UK just to come visit this summer!!
Me and my husband had a ball there a couple of weeks ago. We were there for 2-3 hours and still didn't try everything! And Ramsgate is a lovely little town. It's a bit off the beaten track for visitors from America, but not hard to get to and well worth the trip. Thank you for putting together such a cool hands-on technology museum!
waheyyy! nice one
Dropped by the other week, I was so impressed with what you've got in there! The fully functioning phone exchange was mental. Had a lot of fun with that.
amazing museum, such big place you build up, maybe one day i can afford a visit!
Organ room the clear highlight, i love the organ video series so much.
I have to make it there one day.
@ 13:25 - sounds like the quiet bit "In the court of the Crimson King" by King Crimson. Cracking museum Sam.
You are right! 🎶
Thanks Sam, for that tour! A lot of work has gone in to that! Fascinating! Thanks for that video!
Maybe a printout of default patching / settings could be posted near someone of the synths. I came to the museum last summer and struggled to get a few of them making a noise.
Someday, I will be there! ❤
I love how much the museum has changed and yet it is still the same.
When I visited it, it was a happy sonic chaos, I loved it.
:D
This is so impressive. Please keep it open FOREVER!
we will keep it open for as long as people keep coming. if people dont come things like this dont last.
I visited a few weeks ago, took me a good few hours to get through it, some good stuff
I needed to see this before I went...there are so many things there, that this video showed me new stuff that I walked by and didn't even realize was there! I guess I need to make another trip out.
Ha I used to program Teletext as a job amazing 🤩, I can draw a tree and other squarish loking objects
Well done! Good to see there have been many changes since my visit last year. I must go again.
Great video! I wish I could be there in person
An absolutely fascinating place and tour. I'd be glad to drop in and stick together if I was anywhere near.
And now the only thing you need is a Monotype composition caster and keyboard! Try to get one - that's an absolutely fascinating tech.
Keri on, wayward son! You're doing the wonderful job.
Thanks for the tour. I wonder how long one would have to spend in the museum to experience everything.
Brilliant!
the only museum I want to visit. thanks for the tour
Give Mitch a raise!
Superb stuff!
Dim7 chords sound so good on a pipe organ. J. S. Bach knew! 🎹
Very nice stuff Sam ! I love the bouncing ball simulator 😀😃
I would love to see (and hear) a Bill Bailey / TMINO collab.
Loved my last visit! Look forward to seeing the museum grow and evolve. When I was there a hole was being actively cut into the wall to the left of the sink xD looks like that's wrapped up now. Once you expand into that final amount of space being discussed recently, is that it? Or does the building go any further back or to the right at all?
I think we have the same theremin! i lost my power cable in a move tho and it's a weird XLR-lookin plug you cant get easily any more
I also can't play lmao
Proper impressive mate..👍
🤩
Couldn't tell if that was a Clavioline, or a Solovox in that cabinet above the synths due to the LEDs ! If you ever find another one of these, please let us know - we have a Hammond we'd like to fit either to.
See you on Saturday !
Unbox :)
Aaah yes it's this Saturday!!
"The original fart box" *producing fart sounds* "very nice" - love it!
it's great how much of the collection you've made playable! I definitely need to make a visit soon. if I turned up with a zoom recorder to record any cool noises, what's your thoughts on using the recordings and copyright and whatever? keep up the great work.
Great work Sam, please keep up the madness. I'd love to visit, but a 5-6 hour round trip just isn't realistic. Keep up the good work Sir! 🙂😎🤓❤
QR codes next to exhibits would be delightful - no doubt you could get volunteers from youtube to pull together web page content for different exhibits for you, if you asked during each video - a wiki-type effort for your community
definitely! however i have always felt a bit iffy about QR codes. i still dont know how to use them, and not everyone has a smart phone or wants it, strikes me as an added complication the modern age has thrown at us :D. like apps for everything haha
it would be cool having a vr or those 360 degree view things
Anyone know of a similar museum in Australia?
If you build it they will come. Someday me too.
Looks great y'all (=
❤
Seeing all those vocoders, do you have the daft punk one?
Nevermind, just realized how much they cost now! They sure didn't 12 years ago when I first heard one played with on TH-cam! Was designed in my city here in Victoria Canada.
I wonder how he decides what to put in the museum since its such a broad theme and not all musical
Your electricity bill must be enormous..... Nice to see how far it went.
it was last year when the electricity went through the roof! now a days it is about 100 quid a month. so not too bad!
ironically the things that use the most energy are the computers.
Kinda want to hear what it sounds like when guests are using all the stuff at once lol
Far more than enough to give a meltdown, haha!
That is awesome!!
Quick question though, can the Strowger/UAX13 exchange call out to the PBX/PABX's or only PBX/PABX's to the exchange/UAX13?
yes it can. right now its not wirwed in but it was wired to before we moved the uax13 around, ill do a video on that when i wire it back in
1:31 I play guitar so the one on the wall caught my eyes. Why does it have so many knobs? They can't all be for tone and volume, right?
THIS SOUND REALLY GOOFY Through Effects lolz although. THE REVERB sounds Like a Fantasy movie
I wished that I had 1/4 of this guy's knowledge and energy.
Looks amazing. All the work you've put in over the years is paying off in this great space. When you say you're expanding the Organ Room, is that going to require you to dismantle the pipes you worked so hard to get setup and working or are those walls staying as they are and you're expanding where the Teletubby wall is?
How many knobs are in there?
Archaeologists are gonna be F**king confused when they dig this place up
lol, the display of display's
the googol counter must resume counting towards a googol
Oooo been waiting for a recent walkthrough! Ty! ❤ Visit if I could!
Welcome to your interface with the general public - they could break a ball bearing….😂
GPT-4 is not able to tell me your favorite artists, but I have never before been more certain than I am right now, that you are indeed a fan of NIN. F'd up if NOT true! 😀
Ironically not really into electronic music 😂. Can appreciate it! But heyho!
When can i move in ? 😆👍
What you really need is a TARDIS ... 🤪
Does your Big Mouth Billy Bass (7:00) work? Don't Worry, Be Happy!
i have no idea. i think it works sometimes.
Bout ye
Love it! It looks so fun! I am, however, going to be that guy… I saw one fire extinguisher in the walk through. With as much electronics and motors as there is in there I’d be very worried about fire. Is there a suppression system built into the museum? I absolutely love the semi-controlled chaos and jumbled nature of the place. Would be magical for a kid to explore. Alas, it doesn’t look as though I would be able to get in there with my walker very well. When you expand please keep wheelchairs and other mobility issues in mind. I am very happy this exists as it is, would be even better with more space.
Nobody could call you lazy. You’re still a young man and you’ve already lived enough for several lifetimes.
What is your take on people who might get upset that a piece of vintage hardware has been modified instead of restored and preserved? Honestly, when I see all those original Game Boys on the wall, I kind of feel that. But then I look at what you've done with them and that feeling goes away immediately. But there are people who would be absolutely against it. They think something like that should be restored back to its original working order and if it can't be, it should be used for parts to restore another one. Have you had anyone react that way and what do you say to them?
If you want to truly preserve these old devices, you may have to make the museum for adults only.
Yes, but isn't this museum also very much about wonderment and discovery? And that is what it really does for children. I can only imagine how their eyes light up going through this and turning all the knobs. As a parent I would happily pay extra for that to help paying for the upkeep. Heck, if there was a donate button on the website I think I would push it even though I'm most likely never going to get the chance to visit.
@@goldenghostinclook in the description of this video there are links to donate. 👍
And if you want to preserve the love people have for "obsolete" technology you have to inspire the next generation and show them it exists in the first place.
You're either a time traveller or you're actually de-ageing. Why do you look so young?
all the magic smoke he’s released from vintage electronics, no doubt!