Playing 50000 Marbles - Marble Machine X
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Heck yes
H E C C YES
Heck yes!
Heck yes!
Heck yes !
Hecc yes
The progress is slooow but steady. Next target is to end the issue with the marbles missing the funnels, until i have done that i dont think we can achieve a perfect score. I also noticed that the score doesnt get punished enough for failed marbles, when rounding the score to two decimal points you couldnt see a difference. So i should probably alter the score calculation function in the spreadsheet for that. Thank you everyone for following the build!
These are the larger remaining steps until full completion:
- hihat activation
- Cymbal Activation
- plywood module for vibraphone (same design as for drums)
- vibraphone marble droppers (same design as for drums)
- plywood module for bass (same design as for drums)
- bass marble droppers (same design as for drums but smaller, trickier)
+ a lot of smaller extras, but it seems within reach i think!
Nice
In every way i see function which doesn't end catastrophic like most things so i only see victory
Have a look at the Tier 3 idea vault for community submitted formulas, Martin. ;)
Just take the time you need Martin, we will wait as long as it needs no hurry, no rush, no stress.
@@Tyrope living in london... please dont bring tiers into this channel.
Martin, you should get yourself a thermal camera to keep an eye on the machine during these long tests to see if any frictions are creeping in anywhere!
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Really good idea. Also provides the data on how fire those tracks are.
Thermal cameras are stupidly expensive, but some places offers rental for much less
@@custodeon depends on resolution and several other factors. I bought a fairly basic one just to find a water leak under a floor. Was cheaper than getting another incompetent plumber in
@@custodeon whatching this video on one right now CAT s61 this phone is a tool that I find hard not to use this phone was 1300$ and was worth the money
i dont care what anyone says. this is my definition of peak art. the absolute peak. peak engineering, peak musicality, peak art. absolute banger.
If he plays the original marble machine song on the new machine, he can republish it as the remastered version.
The most work put into a remaster of a song ever probably.
i would love that
I think it's more than fair to give it a remake status lol
And it needs to be a single long shot, to show off the reliability. The original video was edited together from lots of takes since the machine wasn't reliable enough to even make it through the song.
@@paulogarcia9557 same
It would be interesting to see the MMX through a heat cam after a test
Just commenting so he sees this comment
Very much so. That could also highlight potential problems with it down the road. Martin should totally do this, even if only for its investigative value.
That’s a really neat idea
If a part has enough friction that it heats up significantly, you will definitely notice without using a thermal camera.
Could be interesting, it could spot some hidden flaws
The *PAIN* of seeing a CNC eating through the screws actually made me gasp
13:50
one way to get rid of a unstripped screw. that's for sure lol I have done similar with my mini cnc as well... i had to replace the motor though, she burned up real good.
@@ncgrave4586 It just made me think back to getting a mini PCB pillar drill bit through my thumb when i first used it... Bit of a careless moment to say the least
That was the biggest cringe moment of this channel for me that I can remember. I made such a stupid face, lol.
@@enfield_the_enigmatic2989 same here
I let out a loud OH NO a millisecond before it happened!
On the day of 1 million marbles he should do a live stream the entire time.
totally agree, I'd spend a whole day for that.
Should be great for us, but i he probably won't stay in front of the mmx during the entire test.
Absolutely great idea!
Dude, that would be absolutely epic!! The time could be filled with virtual visits from family, friends, and other musicians from around the world. Would also be a great time with back stories about the build. So many of us would be tuning in throughout the test run stream. And if there were any smart sponsors out there, they would be wise to get all over this event!!! ;-)
@@nako9790 With 38 channels 1.000.000 marbles only comes to around 26.315 pr channel, at the same bpm as this test it should only be a little more than half the time. I think he could do that.
I would definitely watch it!
"Satisfying in a way only a spreadsheet can be". You're officially an engineer now, welcome to the club
😂😂😂
Or a CPA.
"There were really two types of players in Eve Online: the spaceship pilots and the spreadsheet pilots. I was more of a spreadsheet pilot myself."
-Scott Manley (paraphrased)
Is it technically marbles if they aren't made of glass? Are they glass? (They look metal in the thumbnail)
@@jaydawg7 yes en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_(toy)
Not going to lie, hope you release the test song. It scratches my love for synthwave
Idem
15:50
loving it at 16:20
Yeah i love it
Love the side chain
It's good song, I just wonder if Winter likes it himself anymore having to loop it for 4 hours =)
"Take a look at this clean floor" is now my favorite phrase ever.
5:55
Nah for me it's the "only took me 3 years"
The way these tests blend so smoothly into jams, which so smoothly blend into background music....flawless. these videos are masterpieces in themselves
Martin,
one way you could improve the funnels would be to bracket them to the frame at the base of the funnel, instead of relying on the PMMA to support them. that way the funnel as a whole doesn't move during playing, while the spring back can still move. additionally, less than 10 marbles out of 50000 lost to missing the funnel is really good. keep in mind that is a non destructive failure that doesn't directly effect the song. The last two or three tests have had a 0% critical failure rate, meaning nothing was damaged that would prevent you putting a marble or two back in the machine and continuing to play a concert.
Also first time commenting, but i've been watching since the beginning.
Regards
This is a really good idea also I was here from the begging to!!!!
15:50 track should be released, it sounds soooo good.
And when we all needed him most, he returned!
I see some avatar here
@@samuelhrasko1809 hahaha
I haven't caught up with Wintergatan in a while, so to come back and see such massive progress is such a great sight and it's astonishing. I hope this doesn't sound too cheesy or sappy, but I think Martin and his Marble Machine X is so inspiring. Watching his videos and seeing him come closer to completing the machine makes me feel a little less like a crazy person for having ambitious ideas, so thank you Martin for sharing your journey with us!
Journey before destination
to me the inspiring thing is how long hes been at it. hes basically restarted a few times and STILL is going strong. Also, he also started with a lot less knowledge. he has learned more than any of us would have imagined. He went from a musician with a dream to a full production team in both machining to video. This man can not be stopped
@@Etothetaui Found the Stormlight Archive fan!
absolutely criminal that he told us about the sheet music book after christmas
Extraordinary Genius of nature .God blessed you Brain
I should go to bed soon. Let me just refresh youtube once.
Oh no.
Yeah same for me. We need to be fit tomorrow
I feel you. I finished watching it, and it's 1 am...
My words and it's 1am, too 🙈
Same here😂
Welp, 2:15a.m. at the momment
When he does his world tour, Im sure the crowd will anticipate collecting these marbles falling off. It'll be reminiscent of catching a home run at a baseball game. Probably better odds at catching a home run though.
Haha so true! xD Maybe it's an added value as long as there is no chance that it is a critical falure, stopping the machine.. :)
One word..Corona... you will never see them touring, trust me
@@F-Andre bro, if he gets the mmx done before corona ends, I'd be impressed.
@@voxelfusion9894 Actually, I think that'd be a great bet to make.
What will be the limiting factor for the MMX touring?
a) Coronavirus
b) MMX assembly
@@voxelfusion9894 think he ment corona woulnt end, i donno if its true though.
This is getting so close to the real life “animusic” dvd that partially inspired this project!!
Kudos martin!!
bro after binging martin’s videos this morning i was trying to remember the name of the weird animated machine movie i watched in like 6th grade music class, so anyway thanks
@@maggielong7625 glad i could help!!
That was such a cool dvd back in the day lol
I have no idea how I ended up here but I think what I saw was a mad scientist, designer, engineer, constructor, musician doing something rather awesome. Most not wasted time I have had on YT for ages. Thanks for being amazing.
Me: I gonna go sleep. Wintergatan: No
That's exactly me right now
same here
I been exposed
i guess its the same for him - "Wintergatan: i gonna go sleep - Marblemachine: No" :D
Yep
Martin out there just casually making a banger synthwave beat for background music
He should put a download for that one on the website
Kinda want this track on Spotify :D
Reminds me of Hall & Oates - Out Of Touch
I want to hear this synthwave in a dollarplays video.
I need this awesome track!
I’m just smiling ... and enjoying hearing MMX actually function as an instrument ... and the Wintergatan song on the piano makes me tear up
Those ply wood modules would be awesome if made from a clear resin or plastic. That way we could see all the hidden paths the marbles go down.
Based on the carbon on the drum heads, it looks like you will not only need a marble demagnetizer, but also a marble cleaner.
but the mag-lifts look good in black/greyish
He's using graphite.
Think this has to do with him adding in those graphite to make the ways smooth before replacing the module completely. The snare sees less of it because he didn't do it there that way
@@j.a.steiger7201 graphite is a form of carbon, in the same way that diamond is. They just have different molecular structures.
@@ouzoloves You can get drunk on some forms of diamond water.
"You're not watching me build a machine, you're watching me learn how to build a machine" :D Welcome to engineering! As discouraging as it sometimes feel, I hope you remember that it's how the process works, and is why I enjoy watching projects like this.
Don't get discouraged, every step is progress, even if it involves an angle grinder.
Just realized his current marble dropper design are kinetic fingers. And they serve a function. And these do not look creepy.
They are not very visible, which was the point of having kinetic fingers
Those fingers arent creepy. The name is creepy. Fingers. A machine with some fingers. Fingers. That is creepy
@@homailot2378 I'm sure there will be jumbotrons at these concerts that will have the machine in closeup. There's no need for skeletal fingers on the thing. :p
Karl
I've never seen before, a Modern Artist like this, it seems like your Mind is so pure, its not about Business, not about Money, not about Monetizing your work, its purely about your Love for art, Music and Engineering, you even made some of your stuff available for free !
Watching you feeling genuinely Happy while working on your Machine, and playing Music, made me Feel Empty, you must be One of the Luckiest and Happiest Person in the whole world, So Inspiring, I hope I could also able to feel the same as you, to the things I do. Hats off.
This feels like one of the best episodes in a while. I actually laughed so hard my sides hurt when the CNC went straight for those screws. I loved seeing the engineering put into fixing previous problems and adding the new tracks in. I like the new spreadsheet and in this episode it really feels like the MMX is progressing nicely and has a clear path forward. Then you put in some footage of the early shop and that music box clip to tie it into early episodes. Awesome! This one is super exciting.
You've probably been told this countless times, but those plywood threads are not going to hold up well over time, especially if you're taking the screws out repeatedly. You can get special inserts that you can press and/or glue in that will provide a metal thread that will last forever.
Fortunately you can just drill out the existing threaded hole with a hand drill and stick the insert in there, so it's not like you're making a mistake here. But keep those in mind for when these connections start getting sloppy.
I think this is kind of a prototyping stage. At some point he’ll have to add threaded inserts, but right now he’s just getting parts in there and seeing what works. I’m sure he’ll put it off though and it’ll come to bite him in the ass.
He's going to need to replace them eventually anyways because the wear the marbles cause by rubbing the pieces.
@@1up4evr7 That's the purpose of the graphite.
He's secretly working with IKEA to sell a 'build your own MMX' kit.
or you can always just go for nuts. not as elegant but works too
"It's also really satisfying in that special way only a spreadsheet can be"
*MATT PARKER LIKED THIS*
I imagine it's got to feel like what sorcery feels like. Sure it is great the first time, but then it is just a thing you do going about your business.
Yay on the spreadsheet front... As a bit of a spreadsheet nut myself, this is the first time I've seen Martin do something where I've known a better way. To see him level up is very satisfying.
The Parker Square liked this too. Yay for giving things a go!
That sneaky little math man!
I thought of him when Martin said that, after first empathizing thoroughly due to my own love of spreadsheets, of course.
Also, you're amazing, Matt Parker. And, hell, you too @Kant Predict
I somehow alwyas seem to end up watching youtubers that are spreadsheet enthusiasts, first him, then ManyATrueNerd, now Wintergatan
What a brilliant, and inspiring young man! It's refreshing to see someone with such incredible talents; multi lingual, mechanical genius, instrumental genius, excellent teacher, yet humble, patient, determined, and kind hearted. Thank you!
I always like how he creates a melody over the drums and then even when he jumps to the next cut he uses the drums from the machine and it doesn’t even sound like he has the sound from the MMX running.
Woah! 94 likes, my comments never get past like 13
@@conor7422 next goal: 100. Start your spreadsheet program and your calculator. Oh wait. Ditch the calculator. (I was #99 by the way)
@@VWrijder77 And now 100! Haha
Martin, you honestly give me hope in this world, hope in humanity, and hope in art. You are truly an inspiration and I have nothing but respect towards you and your drive, tenacity, love of the arts, your willingness to confront flaws and address them, voice your worries and your continual passion for this project.
Seeing all the progress you've made with the MMX over the last few years, I have absolute confidence you can finish this project.
Thank you for giving all of us such incredible content to watch and keep up the incredible work.
I had a seizure reading that, but ye
You gotta respect a guy who gives away his art for free.
Martin has a tremendous strength of character. Many people wish for his relentlessness.
Agreed
The fact that you give your music sheets for free is really amazing. I don't even read sheet music when I am playing but I want to actually buy the hard copy version just because it is really beautiful.
Your master of art,music and design blows my mind
I love how it is literally the other Marble machine, just WAAAAAY more advanced, and less wood.
Doesn’t drop half its marbles too
@@iain3713 the original didn't just drop marbles everywhere, it didn't work at all. Martin has said that he had to do tons of takes to make the video. Everything failed and had to be fixed constantly. It never had a single clean playthrough of any song. It was an engineering mess.
Did you comment before watching? Martin added kilos of wood in this episode.
@@adobedoug2564 still much less wood then the previous machine, which was made entirely of wood, excluding screws I guess
In the CNC room entry shot there was a second MMX in progress I think, or am I just seeing things ?
"Perfect method, perfect results. You're watching Wintergatan Wednesdays."
Me: grooving to the beat with my electric guitar, in A minor
Martin: adds a bassline in A minor
Me: AAAH, MY FIRST JAM OF 2020, and it's on DEC 30th, with WINTERGATAN!
u can start your new one now in 2021 :)
@@anyanghong3619 What a spirit-lift for a new year! :)
HAHA same 😂
If these aren’t on museums when I’m on my deathbed I am gonna die a sad man.
unless they are not in the museum because they are still in use.
Museum or not, this has to be a part of history, its just too good
Looks like some of the graphite powder is transferring onto marbles and then to the drum. The marbles will slip on the drum surface and miss the funnel
The fact the fails all came towards the end seems to back this up.
I'm more inclined to believe that it's just trace oxidation residue compounded by the high traffic. If a teeny tiny speck of oxide comes off every tenth marble, just from these drop tests, you have 11000 teeny tiny oxide marks left over on a white surface. Which about checks out. The potential effect of graphite powder is negligible. We're not worrying about plywood sawdust or trace fibers from the felt or residue from loctite. These aren't laboratory conditions, there's gonna be unavoidable trace contamination from every other component of the machine.
Wasn't towards the end though, they were right in the middle.
@@Koushakur it was towards the end of the part where he hadn't adjusted the funnels.
21:13 "What happened to seven?" Well nine ate seven ...
I am leaving a face palm and a thumbs up
I love that the soundtrack is an MMX creation!
The CAD team is gonna have a hard time with that blue tape smh
Cloth physics go brr
spline surface mesh
The skill this dude has. Casually makes an entire synth track while also literally doing his job. 👏👏👏
Hell yeah !
P.S. : we need a "clean floor !" T-shirt XD
I love how this man doesn't do it for fame, money, or publicity. He does it just for the art and music. That is why I admire this man so much.
The fact that the machine is making actual music now (even if it's just backing tracks) IS SO EXCITING!!!!!!!! THE END IS IN SIGHT!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S NEARING!!!!!!!!!!!!
What I love the most of this video is watching how healthier and better Martin looks compared to a few months ago. I mean, the progress on the machine is fantastic and can't get enough of it, but seeing how happy, fulfilled and healthy Martin looks, that's just amazing.
I was gonna comment the same thing! He looks healthier and happier than in a long time.
Ja, dad ist recht !! Mechanics Von Martins kopf ist 'Sehr Interestant'. Er mag den Sonneschein mit bewegung😄
@@pennyoflaherty1345 bitte was?
9:00 - I NEED THIS ON SPOTIFY....
The song is amazing! Please upload it to Spotify 👌
Glad to see you realize that this is all about learning. When the machine slows down it sounds like an old pachinko machine.
They're mechanically very similar. The "marbles" and pachinko balls are both just ball bearings, after all.
omg remember when you pretty much finished the marble machine X and it was soooooo awesome
I wonder if the impact of the steel marbles hitting the drum on the same location time after time eventually deforms the drum to where it creates a divot and causes the marbles to bounce erratically . 50,000 impacts in the same location is different from drum sticks which strike random
Drum membranes are elastic so i don’t think it would
It will probably need some maintenance like all mechanical equipment.
Hopefully the drum membrane will last long enough to not be a problem. Looks good so far.
i'm not sure. but to use more of the drum skin it would be nice if it's possible to reposition the drum a bit from time to time. maybe automatic as well? but not much because the sound and the bounce will be different as well. (the bounce might even change after changing the skin or even retuning)
Aspiring engineer here. Someone else please correct me if I'm wrong. As long as the material properties (yield strength, cyclic yield strength, and ultimate tensile strength) of the drum skin don't change over time (change in moisture and temperature can affect those) and assuming that the cyclical load (marble hitting drum + tension at rest) remains relatively constant, then the drum should not deform and will never break. Unfortunately, that is assuming that the force of the marble hitting the drum plus the tension at rest is less than the maximum cyclical load allowed by the material's haigh reduction. I have not done the calculations, but things are built to break, therefore I would guess that eventually the material would succumb to material fatigue. Now, since this is massive amount of hooha to read for many people I will write short definitions for the jargon i wrote, just in case anyone is interested.
yield strength: force required to stretch stuff
cyclic yield strength: important for calculating haigh reduction
ultimate tensile strength: how hard do I have to pull to break something
cyclical load: in this case it is the sum of the tension (pulling) experienced by the drum skin from being stretched over the frame of the drum and the load of the marble hitting the drum
haigh reduction: calculation (graph) how hard can I stretch a thing a theoretically infinite amount of times and not break (or break) it
material fatigue: if you stretch something a certain amount of times, it will eventually break if you do it hard enough. Depending on how hard you stretch it can be between 1 time and never. The fancy word for wear and tear in a lot of ways
@@epicjohnylemon in theory you are right i guess. but in reality anything will give in at some point. drops of water can hollow out a rock even though the material properties of the rock don't change.
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Martin: "ad read" for a free product
Sheet music for free? Absolute madman
He's alive! Missed ya. Edit: It's the world's most complicated drum machine.
Yap. He is alive
I'm so thrilled for you and Wintergatan!! Thank you for the beautiful music!!🥰
Guy: Develops ingenious marble music machine that looks like something from the future.
The Internet: What's up with the calculator, man?!
🤣🤣🤣 dieing. This comment hasn't gotten enough likes....
I see a future issue of the graphite making all the clear pipes dirty/grey.
ohhh good point
That is just asthetics. It is how it works that counts.
The machine is already awesome.
Didn't he end up not using the graphite and just designing a better module?
@@patrickbodine1300 I don't know how long you have been a viewer, but aesthetics is half of his requirements.
@@evonthon Hes adding graphite all over the races. I just for see him acknowledging it and finding a different solution.
Thank you Martin. Happy New year for everybody! 🎆
Yay for someone who loves to share his music and genius!
For those who want timestamps for some synthwave ;)
First start at 9:00
Second start at 15:50
@@user0-default12 agreed, its way too good to just be in parts in the video
The amount of pure happiness, facepalming, omg, satisfaction, and so many emotions is ungodly!
Lowkey wanna praise our silent heroes in Patreon for letting Martin give free magic and free downloads. Thank you guys! Thank you Martin! Thank you all!
teacher: so what talents do you have?
wintergatan: YES
I think your dangerously close to a playable machine. I can't wait.
That synthwave style track, Reminds me of Hall & Oates - Out Of Touch
You need to master it into a track
God I love this song at 15:54, been coming back to this video over and over to hear it! Deeply amazed and inspired by the MMX and by you, Martin!
It sounds almost exactly like "Out of Touch" from Hall and Oates.
whats the name of the song
The reason you hear the beats when trying to sleep is two-fold...
1: Your brain tries to mute repetition and saturation, for sanity and sensory reasons. So you can hear beyond those saturations. Like your inability to smell yourself as strong as others smell you. (Including cologne, B.O., farts, breath...) The self-muting can continue, having reverse effects, as no sensory input is filling the brain and your brain attempts to un-mute the sensory saturation that was once present. (Like sound canceling... if you are trying to remove sound by negative waves, but the sounds you are canceling don't actually exist, it just sounds like it is amplifying the noise that it should be canceling. The negative waves become virtually positive.)
2: Stress... Your are stressed, or "thinking", while hearing that sound. At night, you are TRYING to relax, but you are self-resonating stressed and "thinking", of similar things that you thought about while hearing the beats. Your brain is doing a Pavlov effect. It is associating "thinking", and "stress" with the "beat", and filling-in the blanks, matching the "muted anti-muting" that your brain is attempting to do. (Pavlov... ring a bell and the dog starts to salivate, in anticipation of being fed. After being trained with "beats" on a bell, prior to "thinking", under "stress".)
Put on some low music, so your ears can focus on that, and accelerate the muting process back to normal. Your brain will mute the muting, to focus on the sound and the music should help reduce stress. May be impossible, but make an effort to NOT THINK before bed. You can simply tell yourself, out loud, to give yourself a break and not think. (It's not like the "don't think of elephants", issue... It is a psychological permission to not do something. You literally have to verbally say it, not just think about saying it, or it doesn't work. Then it becomes the elephant that you shouldn't think about, and it will be something you can't stop thinking about. Because you are "thinking" of "not thinking", instead of "hearing" that you have permission to not-think.)
Also, wear headphones, sound canceling ones, while in that room, while testing. Though you will still "feel" the beats, your ears won't be damaged and your brain won't be "saturated", as much. There is no reason that you need to "hear" all that "noise", while testing. You use your eyes to observe anyways, and cameras too. It will give you the chance to think while also increasing your potential observation. Your brain is limited in the number of things it can, effectively, do at once. Though, obviously yours is more effective than many others, at doing multi-tasking... Why purposely limit yourself with undue stress, noise, observation and thinking. Vacations aren't only needed in lump-sums, at the end of months... but during the day too.
P.P.S. Logic and mechanical thinking requires a lot of oxygen. Creativity, opposite of logic and linear thinking, requires oxygen deprivation. In the day, when oxygen is greatest and CO2 is lowest, is best for logical thinking. At night, when CO2 is high as plants switch from creating oxygen to consuming it, and they create tons of CO2, you think more creatively, in a pre-dream state. Try to isolate logical thinking to daytime and creative creations to night time. Besides, creative thinking is less stressful than logical thinking, obviously. Work on making music, instead of trying to design complex logical structures. Paint something, draw doodles, play a game, go out and socialize... Just don't work into the late hours, unless it's "creative work". It will be like trying to drive a car with square wheels, up hill, towing a house, on ice, into the wind, powered off steam. Save the driving for the day-time, when the wind has changed to your back, your tires have been fully inflated back to being round, the crest of the hill has been breached, the ice has melted, there is more oxygen to burn with petrol, and the house is not weighed down by night-time condensation.
very informative and interesting comment.
would you care to point out where i could read some more about how the oxygen concentration in the air affects your creativity and logical reasoning?
i'd like to read more about that. Many thanks.
So, why do farts smell worse in the shower?
You had me until the oxygen levels.
🥰Who else can't read sheet music but really wants this book🎼🎶🤪
I can read it, but I can't play it because I don't have a piano.
I can read sheet music
Go get it if you haven't already!
I can read and write sheet music
You should buy the sheet music book and use it as a reason to learn how to read it. The basics of sheet music aren’t that hard to learn, and it’s very worthwhile if you want to play more music.
I love that Martin calls out his facepalm moments. At the beginning when he said "3d puzzle" the joke in my head was that he's from the 4th dimension because he's so damn smart and a lot of us amuse ourselves with 2d puzzles. But he's casually correcting mistakes and letting us see he's human. Love this channel so much!
The engineering on this rig is awesome. Can't imagine the amount of time it took to get all the measuring done for the holes and tunnels.
Several years later, Im just sitting here smiling, watching as the MMX is finally making some music. :)
"Despite the screw up". With such deadpan delivery. Had me rolling
My plan, when i got to bed:
- The alarm clock rings
- Getting up, take a shower and brish my teeth
- Prepare some food for work
- Leave the house for work.
Changes, when i woke up (alarm clock rings)
- Realizing there is a new video
- Realizing its quite long
- Ah, f*** it, Staying in bed and watching the video.
- Brushing my teeth
- Leaving the house for work, without some food.
So glad, i decided to f*** it
Nice Video, nice engineering, nice all time record
One of the most impressive music instrumental projects I've ever seen
Such a true inspiration what's possible out of just a vision
the smile on martins face when he plays with the machine, exactly what we have been waiting for !
14:52 "..despite the screw-up.."
I see what you did there, and I like it
It's beautiful music 🎶 machine your Love the Music thank you
My eyes teared up when I saw everything available on the website. You are far too generous Martin, thank you!
Is it bad that even I get alittle emotional when I see the marble machine X making such good progress?
Not bad at all. I was wathing this and suddenly thought, "Wow, this is a beautiful machine." Sometimes you just get surprised by things that are normaly familiar.
Eitherway he is litteray gonna be in world record books. That thing is almost complete
I suppose that result is inevitable when the beat is four-on-the-floor. Phenomenal work Martin!
You are an inspiration to everyone that thought they couldn't.
You know, it's not a bad thing if a marble or two were to escape when performing live, it'd be like a bonus for the person/persons getting to pick it up ;)
might be tripping hazard?
Wintergatan you are a genius! I wish I had your genius mind! Beautiful work!
Fascinating journey. I love the Space X references and a genuine appreciation of failure as being integral to learning. Just wonderful.
Gives new meaning to "four on the floor"
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I feel like making a joke about blue marbles or something. Keep up the great work!!
Actually... I do wonder if adding colored marbles might make things even more interesting to watch. I mean it's already... completely MESMERIZING. Just wondering.
hes on a *roll*
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anodyzing the marbles could be nice
Your 3d marble path looks like an automatic transmission valve body
It was so long ago when i waced the original marblemacine and i was in awe this is so much cooler as i enjoy watching mechanical systems work
13:50 Dude... where's the E-Stop on that thing? That could have been your hand. You need to be able to stop it instantly.
I had the same exact thought.
He needs to rig up the E-Stop to a screaming goat. When the goat screams, it's time for danger.
It is truly beautiful how far his machine has come in just 4 years; how clean it is, how much more it's capable of, and the efficiency of the inner workings. I absolutely love it.
This has been a hell of a thing to watch, these last few years - and especially this year! It's been amazing to see your growth, your persistence, and your listening to people. I know there's a lot of energy invested in this.. and I am so happy to see you aren't giving up. Every new test brings joy to me as I watch and hope for it to go well.
“This reminds me of Starship SN8”
Wintergatan is also a space fan
Him and Tim Dodd follow each other on twitter
And he talks a lot about Tesla. He mentioned that in a previous video.
You mean the entire band? :)
"Wintergatan" is the Swedish word for the Milky Way, so it makes sense :)
Who would have thought with a name like that?
The intersection of music and engineering has brought me to tears. Thank you.
I just can't wait to see that thing going at 100% with all instruments playing. In the meantime, I like the synthy tune in this video.
You should mark the marbles that fail- its not out of the question that its a specific marble that isn’t perfectly spherical or has internal flaws such that its CG is off.
The marbles are steel bearing balls. They are made to incredibly tight tolerances, otherwise the bearings would fail.
@@ristokoskinen137 then again, balls in bearings don’t get the same bouncing around that these balls do. Not sure if it can matter, but how does these balls being used as marbles affect their shape?
@@ristokoskinen137 You don’t know how he’s sourced these and to what tolerances they’ve been produced. Considering he bought them bulk for a non-bearing application, chances are they’re the basic, minimum quality which means they may not be free of inclusions/internal flaws.