ABSOLUT MACHINES - ABSOLUT QUARTET

[bigbadwolf3567]

very relaxing

[SesyaDaniaua243]

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[mfotis71]

Great!!!

Reminds me this Animusic video : watch?v=rJSu12sWPFY&feature=re­lated

[sbeer6er]

this is just a fabulous work of art, just fabulous....

[FirstChildRecOrds]

Great!

[mygerbilsnameisfez]

the machine is awesome, but they are not utilizing it to its full potential. imagine a scale or baroque on that thing

[MembranaPlasmatica]

Sublime!

[pcactusb]

vodkabsolutperu.weebly.com

[KatlynNelson20]

hmmwär echt cool wenn jemand mich vor meinen einsamen dasein retten würde

[sbrenn]

The composition sucks big time.

[gilraen690]

Blah.

Take the well-established Absolut brand name and use it for your own profit.

Sure.

[nipless]

u idiot ,absolut paid for them to do this

twat

[RZPRK]

absolut quartet can be visited at ars electronica center since 080101. pretty amazing seeing all those balls fly.

[olufex]

interesting work.

[UnconsciouslySated]

at first i had mix opinions about this video, was it a machine of beauty, or was it a demoralizing reality that music is now just one other thing that technology has overcome the human capability. I concluded that due to the inability for that, or any other machine, to use emotion (used to phrase) and it was still a creation of human, that it is purely and simply...interesting.

[Shralla]

Also this requires human input to produce the music. It's the same as electronic music producers using computers.

[peddletoneG]

@UnconsciouslySated

Please realize this doesn't replace live music. This tape will always be the same at every playing, but live music 'breathes', and offers a living performance. There are several enjoyable exhibitions of the creativity and accurate representations of a potential instrument, in these animated music videos. As a performing musician, I don't feel threatened. Well, not yet, anyway. Please support your local hardworking musical artists, and you will be rewarded double.

[someman7]

My flash player doesn't work with that site

Too bad, I bet I could do some good stuff on it.

[ElectroLord99]

read the info, says it ended april 25th

[someman7]

No, that's not what it says. It says you can visit it at RL adress untill April.

[zeppy13131]

Wow. This seems like a complete ripoff of the Animusic computer-animated music video that came out a few years ago.

[ledwick]

Or it's amazing that this device actually exists.

[mehlwowb]

i understand the appeal of building machines, buy why musical ones? i just don't understand what you hope to gain from this...

[NecrochildK]

How else do you think things like the piano and the electric guitar came about? Heck, even as simple as a lyre? Through exploration and experimentation like this. Not to mention, look at what the digital sound processor has done for music, especially in the 80s. What do we have to gain from this? More beauty, more music. Why create ANY art? For enjoyment.

[bratmia]

this is awesome! ***** :-D

[dillmc7743]

Just Truly awsome

[pichcaku]

el video mas aburrido k jamas aia visto

[juanmax7979]

No sabes nadaaa... :(

[jhonwica]

bella la idea ma mi sembra che sia sprecato troppo soldi per fare questo, una bella idea me non geniale

[organist121893]

this is kinda like pipe dream from animusic but more...real

[crazycool1128]

How long did it took for u guys to design this incredible machine?

[beastJeff]

Four months to design and build. Pretty busy!

[geosky19]

Oddly enough, this reminds me of Animusic or something similar to it, only less chaotic but still nice to listen to.

[alexkiller38]

very nice :D

[Spellman2169]

Yo man thats my sister!! Cool vid.

[andrewGeoMusic]

Excellent work!

Would like to know if this could be set up to playback a standard midi file, or accept midi from a controller?

[beastJeff]

Yes it can - however, in this project, it generates a unique piece of music based on user input. When we built it, we tested it with 'All Night Long' by Lionel Richie..

[aprillh]

BOYCOTT ABSOLUT! See recent video of Absolut pandering to the Mexican market, while bashing the USA! Video on World Net Daily, and Michelle Malkin's websites. I will never buy their vodka again.

[sowhtttt]

Well said. Fuck Absolut! They can stick that half ass-ed, poor excuse for an apology. This is what happens with these "Multinational" companies, they have NO loyalty to ANYONE or ANY COUNTRY, they only thing they are loyal to is there bank accounts. Fuck Absolut and any multinational company.

[ensure87]

So... FUCK Coca-Cola??? u r saying fuck Pepsi... FUCK Pentium?? FUCK Nike?? FUCK Sony?? FUCK Mc Donals?? ok... FUCK U.S.A its the country with more internacional companys...

[Neribizkit]

jajajajajajajajajajajajajajaja­jajajajajajajajajajajajajajaja­jajajajajajajaja oh my god i shit my pants! you are a bounch of losers fuckin gringos you´r going down we are getting our territory back

[SubsonicSound]

Stunning. One of the best pieces of Art/Tech I've seen.

[Th3m3n1nbl4ck]

what a load of crap

[lostmic]

Sorry I have to say all you guys are idiots.

Just for fighting back in forth.

[bluehachiroku]

I agree.

[karmaburna]

real life version of Animusic.

[frolegend]

Breathtaking.

[willie212]

CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO

[ThinkTank255]

The video is excellent done, however, the music is typical of computer generated music, very repetitive and random. I'll give them credit for trying, but true creativity requires mimicking the human brain. I am the only person in the world right now, that I know of, that is even close to achieving that goal with a computer. I do not have a website yet, but it will be coming soon. Be prepared for the entire world to change when it does. Real computer intelligence is coming...

[Konohareaper]

stfu

[brigaw]

the only person in the world? wow! fool...

[darknovablast]

Sorry, but I know someone alot smarter than you. Im not going to justify myself as I have an essay to hand in tomorrow and Im not taking time out of it to justify myself to you...

[ThinkTank255]

I've never understood this kind of hostile mentality when somebody claims they know something you do not know. I am perfectly willing to share what I have learned with everybody. Perhaps this was your misconception? Someone being "smarter" is irrelevant, or a very small factor, and is, in fact, ill-defined. After some core IQ is reached, it is really a matter of perseverance and dedication to solving a problem. In fact, Einstein one said something, essentially, like that.

[snippittmaster]

Your intellegence shines through by your origanal slection of online names.

Hope you do better with your music.

By the way slamming everyone else in the world is not a good way to kick off a website, even if you are the most intellegent person in the world, it would be OH SO kind of you to leave the rest of us our own illusion!

[ThinkTank255]

An illusion is only as real as you think it should be.

[snippittmaster]

Your intellegence shines through by your origanal slection of online names.

Hope you do better with your music.

By the way slamming everyone else in the world is not a good way to kick off a website, even if you are the most intellegent person in the world, it would be OH SO kind of you to leave the rest of us our own illusion!

[Love00Mother00Earth]

Yes, very soon.

3 months later...any glimmer of hope? My guess is, you're going to be "very close" for many, many years.

[PuIIHarder]

yeah its crap

[rookandpawn]

i think it sounds horrible

[wsxrfvyhnikp]

what the shit is this crap supossed to be?

[zooomm]

im not shore. but i think that they programmed a machine to play the song she played in the beginning but with real things

[morsa1193]

uy yo quiero una cosa de esas para poner en el baño y escuchar musica mientras me echo un garco de aquuellos!

[urp8000]

It didn't suck.

[martinalexandrov]

Machines replacing human's in that respect too would be horrible, but I don't think so, people are attracted to the flaws in things, and that is why they wouldn't like to be replaced by machines.

[Bazeado]

Amazing, i love it. I have been playing with software using algorithms for generating music for a while and this is by far the best implementation i have seen yet.

btw, mixedpixel... it works fine for me using Safari Version 3.1 (4525.13)

[mixedpixel]

this is amazing!

hopefully one day your website works as perfect as this machine and i will be able to watch the making off. right now each time i try it terminates my browser (Safari on a MAC)

:(

[rustywheeler]

FYI responders the the douche: this asshole is IN VIETNAM. Not American.

[Outrun37]

this is absolutely amazing and extremely fixating, i love it so much, i can keep listening and watching

[DoctorIncredible]

thats absolutely incredible.

[james742007]

the ping pong balls are badass

[SPYINC]

check out some videos on my profile if you liked this similar in construction but different in viduals

[FastDash9]

It reminds me of Animusic

[SwishPictures]

ahahahahahah lol

[tobyjug48]

rolficus... what sort of keyboard is it? a stylophone? fwar har har .. about the right size!

[tobyjug48]

If you don't know what a stylophone is, do a search on here, don't forget the small tweezers to grip your todge with!

[bobbywhatley17]

sub 4 sub anyone????

[ProjectLoK]

Is that a real machine or one of those 3d things that people have been doing lately where its like weird robots and stuff playing the music?

[Pandarupandabox]

It's real.

[onyxmethod123]

Nope that's all real, designed in a warehouse.

[mohavt]

wtf , this shit is a waste of time

[drumlineramos]

someone doesn't appreciate the art of music.

[Pandarupandabox]

Why's that?

[flaminredhotflowerup]

That was cool

[rafsan006]

wow, gotta have some crazy ladder logic on this...like maybe 30000 lines??

[onemorelevel]

very nice

[robbylynnn]

about as amusing as cancer in the balls

[applesauseroxursox]

this is reeeally cool :)

[kevvinns]

lol on 00:52 it looks like their playing pinball

[mvca22]

es bastante simpatico, y los que ponen malos comentarios es de la pura envidia de que nunca podran hacer algo tan complicado con un fin tan simple y que les paguen por ello

[snigerjoink]

massa

[polyphasic1337]

imagine performing the maintenance on such a piece of equipment...

[Ipullguard]

yeah.. its gotta suck. but still.. i'd like to see the PLC code..

[Smiileym]

kind of a waste of timme and money

[Budguy68]

wow! this is so gay

[rpmpipster]

Is this based on the ati 9800 graphics card demo ?

[rolficus]

what for this is fucked what for?

[tobyjug48]

You must be pissed, its an ad you thicko

[DFG333]

I fell asleep watching this. Yawn job.

[Tribble93]

Oh that is sooooo cute! =)

[alejandro15187]

I dig the machine, but the music is like bad Thomas Newman.

[aidyanimal]

way too much time on their hands lol

[Mudkipboy123]

AWESOME

I like the wine glasses.

What's that the woman's using on the laptop at the beginning?

[tiquinharf]

hi i am new on youtube

just uploaded a few videos

would be cool some comments

i worked real hard on them

[speckyfiveeyes]

It's good to see that despite all the world's issues people apply their time to really useful things like this.I like clever stuff but have to say I found this incredibly tedious and almost on a par with waterboarding.

[Plutoniummatt]

I'd love to the see the mathematics involved to make this thing work

[Olivierodeblaze]

Come on....all of this bullshit when there is so much to be done in the world, people are starving, and much better music is produced anyhow....and they want to call this ANYTHING art. Try to use your time in a better way

[niiidar]

cry some more.

[ovraiment7]

how about if I play you the world's smallest violin

[tobyjug48]

Olivierodeblaze ...you said - "Try to use your time in a better way" ... you mean like you are doing now by watching this? you f**kwit

[Phantompain7]

what have you done to better the world hmm ? how are you using your time? Olivierodeblaze it seems to me that you yourself are waisting it here replying to this hmm?

[juliann001]

fantastic! it is amasing what can be achieved without human "hands on"

[dronesdragon]

nice music its creative and wonderful

[lilian2v]

wicked.

[buyman55]

outstanding; visual, minimalistic, artistic

no matter who commissioned it

[chiiirac]

no depth just repetitious

[nuev58]

hmkey

[Friendsshare]

Pointless yet amazing, best/worst of all: Sponsered by liquor company.

You don't find time to make these things, you hire engineers who make them all the time.

[Realpsychichere]

ok?

[CFol9]

not hating, but for the amount of money that would cost is it really worth it?

[onutaka]

It's art and a great piece of advertising.

[bobbo007]

as far as money, it could make it back easy nuff, but if thats all you can say bout it i really dont know what to tell ya. reminds me of the animusic PBS used to show.

[samuelmichaud]

Machine down! hahaha,

i was just at the site and some guy named Malice started interacting with the machine...he put in his melody and then the machine activated itself....it played 3 noted and stopped completly and the queue continued but no one could interact with it. I think the machine is gunna be down for a while like the other feature on the site. Who knows!

[FunnyHaHaFunnyHaHa]

nice photography !

[nobrainer956]

No way...

Wonder where they find the time to do something awesome like this.

[splosives]

Hell is listening to that song for eternity.

[deathbecomesu187]

wow pretty sweet man !!

[aha007xx]

i like it

[edeikuliu]

wouldnt it save money if u just used a electronic beating stick or like instead of using ping pongs?

[teamstrutta]

This is a brilliant interaction with the real and digital worlds. It's so fun to watch the balls flying up into theair, too. After April 25th, can we have the machine in our offices?

[erichertsens]

awsome, killer engeneering. must of been a great experience working on this

[TomiBonTomi]

bullshit

[kritery]

Fantástico, Meraviglioso, incredible, ::standing ovation::; Felicitaciones!! Me alegró el día!!!

THANKS!!! THANKS!!! THANKS!!!

[BlackLine1422]

::standing ovation::

[Hammertong]

This is like a real life AniMusic. Badass!!

[maxpaine2007]

just brilliant

[VexylMusic]

I'm likin' this.

[conoba]

I wish I had free time and money to do something so creative.

[CabalaCicero]

stunning and brilliant!

I DEMAND more of this!

[manning337]

it would be so awsome to have there time and money NO ??

[tobyjug48]

manning337 .. and brains, imagination and skill?

[TheCooter81]

what.... this is mind boggling. i need to lay down....

[kidyaoi]

very interesting

[nehal55]

mofo

[Blacktattooo]

unbeliveable

[bebopkim]

OMG amazing!!!

[mylescam]

i dont see how any1 cannot like this video. its is amazing to watch i would love to see this in real life. good job please post more.

[hairtreatment]

ok, humans shouldn't spend their lives making things like this but they should spend them commenting on youtube videos? LOL

[ezrahill09]

this video in no way entertained me...

my wishes are that the creater must die in a horrible car crash...

[TheHighVic]

this is bullshit.. I wonder why i watchd this random thing.. I want I want my 3 and a half minutes back please.. you've just wasted them away.. cuz this is bullshit n kakudmi was right.. don't waste your little life time to make this crap:D

[tobyjug48]

TheHighVic, thanks for you incredibly witty comments, you obviously have a brain the size of a pea

[TheHighVic]

your obviously so dumb that you don't know what sizes of the human body parts are.. maybe you should look down in your pants to realize that-.- when I comment back on a video.. I tell the people how I feel about this crap:D I could make a video.. but why? to much waste of time.. we got only one life don't we?

[rustywheeler]

YOU'RE obviously so dumb that you can't spell.

[TheHighVic]

You're obviously so nerd.. that you think that spelling we'll tell the people how crappy shit this is.. FUCKING WHITE TRASH!

[andrijaperovic]

you're retarded. this is awesome. get a life. you apathetic attitude contributes nothing.

[TheHighVic]

I don't wanna use time on you, so: BYE!

[kakudmi]

definitely pointless. I don't think humans should spend their short time living on this planet just to create something as trivial as this.

It is pretty and artistic and deserves a reward for the effort. But as far as the purpose and function, almost none.

[tobyjug48]

kakudmi would you say the same about a work of art or a sculpture?

[kakudmi]

Sure. Humans are able to extend their pointlesness unlimitedly. When the purpose of our existance isn't defined clearly, each individual has a chance to explore into meaninglessness by engaging in physical shaping of matter, as a result of their mental projections. Since our mind can produce an array of unlimited projections, art, as we call it today, is nothing but meaningless display of random mental projections. You may see that as valuable, but that's entirely subjective.Matter has no value.

[tobyjug48]

kakudmi ... you must be on tablets or something ... you really talk a load of bollocks. Either that I'm talking to a robot.

You also seem to like extending words for the sake of it

[tobyjug48]

kakudmi ... If you apply your principles to everyday life, we would still be swinging around in the trees! All aspects of modern life incorporate Art and Design. A Ford and a Ferrari get you from A TO B, but the design is slightly different!

You carry on making up words if thats what makes you happy :-) ... I'm working towards the Ferrari

[VileTerror]

Heh. Cynical much, kakudmi?

Though it's potentially true there is no higher meaning in any activity humans conduct, take a look around. Our race creates meaning in a wide variety of manners. If each of us independantly felt only our own creations were art, while simultaneously denying the artistic merit of any one else, then your point would be completely valid. However, collectively in groups of many different sizes, humanity creates clear definition and sublte meanings in everything we do.

[4orty5ive]

cool, must take alot of tinkering to make sure the balls land in the right spot and don't over shoot and what not.

[hybridpsycho]

cool, but boring and pointless :(