Subscribed! I'm in the market to buy a watch, and the general concensus is that mechanical watches are superiour due to the feeling of it. Now I feel I needn't feel as though a quartz watch is any less special - they are just not as expensive.
After watching two tutorial videos, I am now subscribed. From Charleston AFB SC, thank you Mr. Hammack! You make every day apparatuses more understandable and enjoyable, one video at a time.
He is very simplified with the crysta. The crystal is actually in a resonant feedback look with an oscillator circuit. You cannot put DC from a battery directly across the crystal. The oscillator circuit goes in to a resonance and thus puts out the frequency. The oscillator is slightly fine tunable to tweak for greatest accuracy. The crytal circuit is loaded in the feedback loop to cause some distortions in the feedback signal. This loading is tunable with a trimmer capacitor, or by software.
How come a constant voltage sources as a battery sets of an oscillating current and oscillating crystal motion in the watch? I would've expect a constant deformation until the battery is dead?
@DAGrahmCRacka You'd make more selling the gold from your old mobile phone. It's used on pretty much every electronic contact point you get, but the amounts in it would cost far far far less than it would to buy and break down the parts to get it from whatever you get it from.
@NorbPwn That's exactly what the program does. When the program counts exactly 32,768 pulses from the crystal, it knows that exactly one second has passed and breaks it down into minutes and hours to display the time. However, less featureful watches usually contain circuitry that does the same thing as a program would except cheaper and while using less power.
@StRoRo Kind of ... for series #4 we are writing a companion volume that goes into more detail for those who want it .... not a textbook but instead something as approachable as we try to make the videos.
One more thing to add: the crystal is tuned to 32768 Hz because when this is divided by two 15 times (32768/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2) you get 1 Hz, which is one wave per second. In other words 2^15 = 32768 Hz.
@cpmc1 Indeed yes. Now when watches were purely mechanical there was a difference ... an excellent book to read is David Landes Revolution in Time ... I recommend it without reservation!
@engineerguyvideo That's where I'll get you wrong. Rolexes and extreme luxury watches are all tourbillon driven. That is what is to be expected at the least by high paying customers. Not only are they fully mechanical with no electric parts, but they are almost all hand tuned and assembled. They no longer make all the parts by hand (needless to say) as that would take to long.
What about radio controlled watches by Casio? these have a radio reciever that picks up the NPL, MSF signal the signal then goes to the osalator circuit and contols
I love the videos Bill, reminds me of an old BBC Television show called "The Secret Life Of Machines", hosted by Tim Hunkin and Rex Garrod, it was a bit of a tongue in cheek look at tech, and although a bit dated by todays standards (it was filmed back in the 80's), was very informative and entertaining nontheless.
@charleswolfman I always loved that show. In fact my viewers often mention it to me. Its an interesting question whether one could survive in this era with the leisurely pace - which I liked! - of their show ...
Thank you for this informative video! I have to write an article for why someone would want to buy quartz movement or automatic movement, and your diagrams and explanations helped me alot! It will make things so much easier to write this in terms people like me could understand!
Thank you for this informative video! I have to write an article for why someone would want to buy quartz movement or automatic movement, and your diagrams and explanations helped me alot! It will make things so much easier to write this in terms people like me could understand!!!
Dude, I have to say, your videos are just plain awesome. I've seen your transistor one, your telephone line/grocery checker one, and now this one. I love your videos--keep up the good work! :)
@thatTeeRavis Thx dude ... more on the way ... we are "soon" releasing series #3 ... had hoped the first would go out last week ... in fact I'm responding to youtube comments instead of editing as I should be doing ;-)
Well, you had me up to the point you were talking about the vibrations of the crystal tuning fork, but you didn't really explain how those vibrations are translated into the movements of the watch's arms -or digital numbers. Are the vibrations translated into electrical pulses which move the arms -or change the numbers? How do these pulses actually move the arms -or change the numbers. This seems critical to understanding how the watch really works.
@jsteed33 Fair enough. If you go to my website ... the address is given in the video under "learn more" banner on the video (YouTube prohibits URLs in comments!) ..... and click in the banner on "Watch Videos" and then choose the quartz watch video you'll see a set of "Learn more" links for that video. The article I posted there from the physics teacher is superb! It will explain what you need. Email me if you have problems find it and I can give you the URL. Let me know if this helps.
@amitamar2 I suppose I MUST respond to this one ;-) We love to get viewer feedback: It is a hallmark and strength of this media as opposed to public radio for example where I did a lot of work in the past. Although one needs as thick a skin as possible .... my favorite comment comes from Reddit: "Mark Hamill has really let himself go."
Quartz tuning forks are also used to create a clock pulse in the chipsets in your computer, phone, or just about any other moden electronic device. They're quite useful! :)
@anfedorov Indeed they are! I think most used in cell phones and computers use a different mode of vibration then the tuning fork configuration. . .. thus they vibrate at much higher frequencies ... the wikipedia page on quartz resonators show these other modes pretty well . . .
@jr52990 I really appreciate this type of info ... we often have no idea where they are picked up and where people like viewing them. So thx ... and happy new year ....
Great video, very informative! I already knew about the constant resonance of some measurement of the quartz but it was great to see this all put together in a way anybody can see. Also, I didn't know they actually shaped it like a fork, or used gold to perfect the timing.
Your videos are great! I agree with Johnnicely, go to the Science Channel or similar venue and propose a show. These watches are so common, yet no one really knew how they work, outside the industry. You really make complicated stuff look simple! I am in awe every time I watch one of these videos. It's amazing that most things use simple machines, even if not obvious.
Doe the Piezoelectric effect cause deformation or vibration (difference being that vibration is a *periodic* deformation).
What sort of mechanism controls the excitation interval of the battery voltage to the crystal? How does the battery/supply know when/how-much excitation to supply to crystal. It seems that a simple DC current would cause the fork to simply deform, without vibration to speak of. What determines the character of the excitatory impulse from the battery?
@engineerguyvideo just a little loud while there was speech, if it was turned a little down, then the video would be PERFECT! Informational and interesting, thank you!
@TheImmortalness Thx for feedback. It is invaluable. Here's the deal: Mixing the sound is maybe the most difficult part because we have no control over the speakers used ultimately ... so we try with different systems, with tiny one and bigs ones and before and after compression ....and take a stab at what works ... it is both evolving and a moving target!
@engineerguyvideo If you keep dialogue between 12db and 18db while music is at 20db - 23db, you'll be golden. Any major editing program will allow you to view the db of the audio tracks.
@engineerguyvideo You could try to just record your voice, and add music in at the editing stage? And you know the comment i made is literally not a problem, i saw that you wanted feedback so i tried to provide some, and had to nit pick, the music volume is perfect at 1:00 min. Looking forward to some new videos, you do what "How stuff is made" tries to do, but without getting boring :D Keep on doing what you do so well!
@engineerguyvideo If it's too much trouble to lower the background volume, I would suggest just scrap it (or just leave it for the intro/credits)! It interrupts my though process while I'm listening to you talk. Thanks for the vid though! It's great!
@engineerguyvideo I actually didnt have much trouble with the background music, but I think it would be good to put some more compression on the voice (if there is any), and duck/gate the background music using the voice as a sidechain input, so that the music will be turned a few db down when you speak. interesting vid!
@engineerguyvideo What always works for me is to turn the speakers down to a volume where you can barely hear the speech. If the music is mixed properly, you'll barely be able to hear the music.
As an editor for 30 years, I think your delivery is great...if you lower your music and FX it'll be even better.
I like this video, short and educative :) thank you for making these! It's like a short episode of "how it's made" with the extra bit of science in it!
If you meant 1/600 Hz (as you said in the audio track), that would actually be +/- 0.00167 Hz, not 0.06 Hz as you stated in your slide. I'm not sure which one you meant.
I knew roughly why quartz was used in watches like this, but I didn't know that it was a quartz fork, or tuned with gold--very interesting! It is, indeed, rather amazing that they're so cheap!
@jerowee I picked it because it stands out again the blue table ... and in general we like jewel tones, or as close as we can get. Also, we didn't want something shiny ... that's hard to work with ... although dulling spray is our friend!
@wesisapie Didn't mean to imply that THIS watch and quartz oscillators in general where the end all for time, but that more and more precise timekeeping is a hallmark of the modern age .... as you point out the time signal used in GPS ... thx for making this point.
Good one
arlenemacias1 3 days ago
Subscribed! I'm in the market to buy a watch, and the general concensus is that mechanical watches are superiour due to the feeling of it. Now I feel I needn't feel as though a quartz watch is any less special - they are just not as expensive.
Mjolle 3 weeks ago
After watching two tutorial videos, I am now subscribed. From Charleston AFB SC, thank you Mr. Hammack! You make every day apparatuses more understandable and enjoyable, one video at a time.
RauL8604 1 month ago
more videos please
smokeyjoe9661 1 month ago
Really helpful...i have always wondered about this thing and now i am clear...thanks bro!!
ahmedmahay1 1 month ago
He is very simplified with the crysta. The crystal is actually in a resonant feedback look with an oscillator circuit. You cannot put DC from a battery directly across the crystal. The oscillator circuit goes in to a resonance and thus puts out the frequency. The oscillator is slightly fine tunable to tweak for greatest accuracy. The crytal circuit is loaded in the feedback loop to cause some distortions in the feedback signal. This loading is tunable with a trimmer capacitor, or by software.
jerryg50 2 months ago
Superb video!
mahela1993 2 months ago
I watched 3 of these videos and already learned more science & engineering in the past 10 minutes than I did in 4 years of high school.
HeliosWorksAV 2 months ago
How come a constant voltage sources as a battery sets of an oscillating current and oscillating crystal motion in the watch? I would've expect a constant deformation until the battery is dead?
ManWald100 2 months ago
way better than teachers
Lienaked 2 months ago
terrific!
iiisa01 2 months ago
1$, in most dollar shop.
hitachi088 2 months ago in playlist The Engineer Guy
awesome!
hasleinavern 2 months ago
Seeing him taking the watch apart reminds me of Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland. Hahaha.
twilighteclispe 3 months ago
haha keep pressing 6 and he says lol.
mytac0sftw 3 months ago in playlist More videos from engineerguyvideo
He's indirectly suggesting a raise on the quartz watch price.
Thewaterofthepool 3 months ago
Now a film please about the calculator how it calculates and displys results -also amazing
yoramstein 4 months ago
MADE IN CHINA FOR $10
rBlobify 4 months ago
the volume of the background music...IS TOO DAMN HIGH
TheRevmack 4 months ago
IMMA STEAL TONS OF WATCHES AND BE RICH YIPEE THX 2 DA GOLD
narutoxpein98 5 months ago
how is the quartz held in place so that it is shock proof? And where do the current fluctuation come from...
And where is the big hammer that can take everything apart, why the screwdriver?
Also i kinda miss the jokes.
notfree25 5 months ago
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Hey Guys! Check out our channel, we have loads of beautifully made watches. See what you think of them.
Xupesdotcom 5 months ago
I see 2 people still prefer the water clock... how could anyone dislike any of this channel's videos? =/
Truthiness231 6 months ago
As a kid, did your parent often get mad at you because you kept taking apart their home appliances?
LordBifford 6 months ago
you just said a lot of words
qwerty8144 7 months ago
not as interesting as a mechanical watch
ElginPocketwatch 7 months ago
So that's how you pronounce "piezo-"!
callwithcurrentconti 8 months ago
so i can just buy alot of watches and take the gold and quartz and get rich?
DAGrahmCRacka 8 months ago
@DAGrahmCRacka You'd make more selling the gold from your old mobile phone. It's used on pretty much every electronic contact point you get, but the amounts in it would cost far far far less than it would to buy and break down the parts to get it from whatever you get it from.
TalesOfWar 8 months ago
lol I never felt more proud wearing my cheap watch :P
Emeengor 8 months ago
So the onboard computer measures the quartz frequency to tell time? Cant the chip contain a program that tells time?
NorbPwn 8 months ago
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thetpwrules 8 months ago
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thetpwrules 8 months ago
@NorbPwn That's exactly what the program does. When the program counts exactly 32,768 pulses from the crystal, it knows that exactly one second has passed and breaks it down into minutes and hours to display the time. However, less featureful watches usually contain circuitry that does the same thing as a program would except cheaper and while using less power.
thetpwrules 8 months ago
Damn, That's freakin amazing man. I had to idea that a digital watch was so... amazing!
ooJDMoo 8 months ago
Why aren't you a partner?! what's wrong with this world?!
CarlosJulio20 8 months ago
you have a very soothing voice...gosh that sounded creepy, what i mean is, I had a really bad head ache and your voice made it go away. :)
livingformcr 8 months ago
Have you thought of writing a book consisting these short snippets of engineering?
StRoRo 8 months ago 29
@StRoRo Kind of ... for series #4 we are writing a companion volume that goes into more detail for those who want it .... not a textbook but instead something as approachable as we try to make the videos.
engineerguyvideo 8 months ago 11
One more thing to add: the crystal is tuned to 32768 Hz because when this is divided by two 15 times (32768/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2) you get 1 Hz, which is one wave per second. In other words 2^15 = 32768 Hz.
Humppapappavaan 8 months ago 2
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Humppapappavaan 8 months ago
Thanks Bill, I just used you to prove to my girlfriend that the watch I gave her is as good as a Rolex. She's still made for some reason.
bobobano 8 months ago
and i didn't know a single thing before i watched this. fascinating...
MidnightRedemption 8 months ago
But will it blend?
brendanxd 9 months ago 2
why gold? and why doesn't it resonate differently when its hit? shouldn't it be thrown off if it is interrupted by something hitting the watch?
JDAVIDLITTLE 10 months ago
Grandpa Luke Skywalker talking about time... 0_o
PhantomAxxaxxin 10 months ago
I'll stick to my Panerai's and Omega's. Nice show though :)
shadowblack1987 10 months ago
So... ! Your telling me a Rolex and a $9.99 (~£4.80) watch, both Quartz, do the same *expletive* thing!?
cpmc1 10 months ago 17
@cpmc1 Indeed yes. Now when watches were purely mechanical there was a difference ... an excellent book to read is David Landes Revolution in Time ... I recommend it without reservation!
engineerguyvideo 10 months ago 29
@engineerguyvideo Thanks. I'll try to get a read of it.
cpmc1 10 months ago
@engineerguyvideo That's where I'll get you wrong. Rolexes and extreme luxury watches are all tourbillon driven. That is what is to be expected at the least by high paying customers. Not only are they fully mechanical with no electric parts, but they are almost all hand tuned and assembled. They no longer make all the parts by hand (needless to say) as that would take to long.
Ichvyenichalster 9 months ago 2
@Ichvyenichalster And they are not as accurate.. so you pay more for a less accurate watch.
MrDotikk 8 months ago
@engineerguyvideo you think you could do how a camera works
noneurbuisness777 9 months ago
@engineerguyvideo But surely these super expensive watches must be more accurate or functional than cheap Wal-Mart ones.
LordBifford 8 months ago
@LordBifford I have noticed that the breakfast cereal watches tend to deviate from standard time more than my $30 multifunction sport watches.
fremandn 8 months ago
@cpmc1 except rolex doesn't make quartz watches anymore.
gyang333 2 months ago
@gyang333 But they still exist, and any already owned Rolex's are important due to the price. They have a great resale value.
cpmc1 2 months ago
This guy is awesome. He actually shines new light on shit I didn't even think about anymore.
gfraites 11 months ago
What about radio controlled watches by Casio? these have a radio reciever that picks up the NPL, MSF signal the signal then goes to the osalator circuit and contols
the time keeping.
palexandersquires 11 months ago
I love the videos Bill, reminds me of an old BBC Television show called "The Secret Life Of Machines", hosted by Tim Hunkin and Rex Garrod, it was a bit of a tongue in cheek look at tech, and although a bit dated by todays standards (it was filmed back in the 80's), was very informative and entertaining nontheless.
charleswolfman 11 months ago
@charleswolfman I always loved that show. In fact my viewers often mention it to me. Its an interesting question whether one could survive in this era with the leisurely pace - which I liked! - of their show ...
engineerguyvideo 10 months ago
Thanks! I love your videos.
jorger40 11 months ago
Liked and sub. Man that was great video answers my question competently thank you. keep up the great videos
floppycooldog 11 months ago
excellent explanation thank you
LTF85199 1 year ago
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How do they make a digital watch so inexpensive if there is a little bit of gold in each watch?
Wow, so, a Rolex watch for example should be cheaper, because the moving parts inside the watch aren't made of gold I think.
LeathermanFan 1 year ago
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LeathermanFan 1 year ago
wow u have amazing presentation skills
Thevideoclown 1 year ago
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Thank you for this informative video! I have to write an article for why someone would want to buy quartz movement or automatic movement, and your diagrams and explanations helped me alot! It will make things so much easier to write this in terms people like me could understand!
elainanealy 1 year ago
Thank you for this informative video! I have to write an article for why someone would want to buy quartz movement or automatic movement, and your diagrams and explanations helped me alot! It will make things so much easier to write this in terms people like me could understand!!!
elainanealy 1 year ago
Dude, I have to say, your videos are just plain awesome. I've seen your transistor one, your telephone line/grocery checker one, and now this one. I love your videos--keep up the good work! :)
thatTeeRavis 1 year ago 14
@thatTeeRavis Thx dude ... more on the way ... we are "soon" releasing series #3 ... had hoped the first would go out last week ... in fact I'm responding to youtube comments instead of editing as I should be doing ;-)
engineerguyvideo 1 year ago 4
Thank you very much for this video! Were doing digital clocks in electronics and to see what's at the heart of it is rather fascinating.
Thank you for this informative video!
zkjgrty 1 year ago
Wow..very very well edited together video, very informative and entertaining...good music! :) I never knew that about watches.
Acester47 1 year ago
Well, you had me up to the point you were talking about the vibrations of the crystal tuning fork, but you didn't really explain how those vibrations are translated into the movements of the watch's arms -or digital numbers. Are the vibrations translated into electrical pulses which move the arms -or change the numbers? How do these pulses actually move the arms -or change the numbers. This seems critical to understanding how the watch really works.
I am trying to explain this to 5th graders.
jsteed33 1 year ago 4
@jsteed33 Fair enough. If you go to my website ... the address is given in the video under "learn more" banner on the video (YouTube prohibits URLs in comments!) ..... and click in the banner on "Watch Videos" and then choose the quartz watch video you'll see a set of "Learn more" links for that video. The article I posted there from the physics teacher is superb! It will explain what you need. Email me if you have problems find it and I can give you the URL. Let me know if this helps.
engineerguyvideo 1 year ago
mechanical watches ftw!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DestroyTheseWalls 1 year ago
this is soooooooooo awesome and interesting!!!!!!!!!
nickh310 1 year ago
@engineerguyvideo
I just love the fact you take time to replay to messages, even when to video is a month old.
Subscribed.
amitamar2 1 year ago
@amitamar2 I suppose I MUST respond to this one ;-) We love to get viewer feedback: It is a hallmark and strength of this media as opposed to public radio for example where I did a lot of work in the past. Although one needs as thick a skin as possible .... my favorite comment comes from Reddit: "Mark Hamill has really let himself go."
engineerguyvideo 1 year ago 3
Sorry, but i'm going to Douglas Admas on this one.
amitamar2 1 year ago
@amitamar2 I actually tried to incorporate his statement in here, but realized I DO "think digital watches are a pretty neat idea."
engineerguyvideo 1 year ago
Quartz tuning forks are also used to create a clock pulse in the chipsets in your computer, phone, or just about any other moden electronic device. They're quite useful! :)
anfedorov 1 year ago
@anfedorov Indeed they are! I think most used in cell phones and computers use a different mode of vibration then the tuning fork configuration. . .. thus they vibrate at much higher frequencies ... the wikipedia page on quartz resonators show these other modes pretty well . . .
engineerguyvideo 1 year ago
One person don't have 10 bucks...
johannesguitarist 1 year ago
BTW I really like your presentation style. I bet your lectures are quite interesting.
bowlingb 1 year ago
@bowlingb Thx again .. maybe we'll try blue next series!
engineerguyvideo 1 year ago
anything but red. It seems to be bleeding all over the place. Then again maybe it's my monitor.
bowlingb 1 year ago
Great video as always. Please don't wear the red shirt again though. :-)
bowlingb 1 year ago
@bowlingb Sorry about the shirt. . . We have two. . . . What color do you want? Thx for kind words.
engineerguyvideo 1 year ago
Thanks Mate, great info, please keep them coming
oausieo 1 year ago
I subscribed because the best of youtube podcast posted this video.
jr52990 1 year ago
@jr52990 I really appreciate this type of info ... we often have no idea where they are picked up and where people like viewing them. So thx ... and happy new year ....
engineerguyvideo 1 year ago
@engineerguyvideo I found this on Reddit, subscribed :)
nuclearlion 1 year ago
@nuclearlion Oddly this one has made it onto reddit twice ...
engineerguyvideo 1 year ago
congrats man! you made the best of youtube podcast! Another great video as usual.
SpooderW 1 year ago
@SpooderW Thx ... and as always thx for your support from nearly the first video!
engineerguyvideo 1 year ago
@engineerguyvideo no problem. Keep 'em coming! :D
SpooderW 1 year ago
U of I <3
BryanBeatsYouAll 1 year ago
Interesting.
ASacredSpirit 1 year ago
great video
Paperplatesclothing 1 year ago
True crystal power. Take that, New Age !
tyrgoossens 1 year ago
Love this. I've always wondered how these little watches worked.
megagerdts 1 year ago
I thought the background music was just fine
hehehe53 1 year ago 4
You're my hero. I love finding out how things work. Watched queuing theory the other day and I will now being looking through old videos :) Thanks!
elphiesea 1 year ago
Hello from Reddit (voice of the internet)
mikecastle99 1 year ago
The background music didn't bother me. I'm using regular low-end desktop PC speakers.
t0kt0k 1 year ago
Great video, very informative! I already knew about the constant resonance of some measurement of the quartz but it was great to see this all put together in a way anybody can see. Also, I didn't know they actually shaped it like a fork, or used gold to perfect the timing.
jas16899 1 year ago
Sylar approves of this video.
j3ff86 1 year ago
WWAAAHHHHHHH THE BACKGROUND MUSIC!!! MUST KILL EVERYONE!!!!
dionvainio 1 year ago
you call it quartz, i call it witchcraft.
redlit 1 year ago
wow subscribed!
lustrouscyan 1 year ago
You are my new Bill Nye the Science Guy....
frilink 1 year ago
Love engineering. Love physics.
bloodstone1445 1 year ago
Cool! :)
watermonsters 1 year ago
Your videos are great! I agree with Johnnicely, go to the Science Channel or similar venue and propose a show. These watches are so common, yet no one really knew how they work, outside the industry. You really make complicated stuff look simple! I am in awe every time I watch one of these videos. It's amazing that most things use simple machines, even if not obvious.
Chewytube1 1 year ago
I love your videos, man 1019 Likes and 1 Dislike is gooood. :)
Make a TV show! :) You're like the Alton Brown of the how-it-works world. :)
johnnicely 1 year ago
Thanks engineer guy!!!
yutuberize 1 year ago
Doe the Piezoelectric effect cause deformation or vibration (difference being that vibration is a *periodic* deformation).
What sort of mechanism controls the excitation interval of the battery voltage to the crystal? How does the battery/supply know when/how-much excitation to supply to crystal. It seems that a simple DC current would cause the fork to simply deform, without vibration to speak of. What determines the character of the excitatory impulse from the battery?
freddytheflintstone1 1 year ago
Bravo
jaybyrd570 1 year ago
saw this on reddit.com
Imyourfriendbuddy 1 year ago 2
Good video - but the background music was up a bit much.
xcaiver 1 year ago 13
@xcaiver too loud? too repetitious? always interested in feedback.
engineerguyvideo 1 year ago 11
@engineerguyvideo just a little loud while there was speech, if it was turned a little down, then the video would be PERFECT! Informational and interesting, thank you!
TheImmortalness 1 year ago 13
@TheImmortalness Thx for feedback. It is invaluable. Here's the deal: Mixing the sound is maybe the most difficult part because we have no control over the speakers used ultimately ... so we try with different systems, with tiny one and bigs ones and before and after compression ....and take a stab at what works ... it is both evolving and a moving target!
engineerguyvideo 1 year ago 20
@engineerguyvideo you can always ask one of us, audiophiles with the heavily expressed anal retentive trait :)
votblindub 1 year ago
@engineerguyvideo If you keep dialogue between 12db and 18db while music is at 20db - 23db, you'll be golden. Any major editing program will allow you to view the db of the audio tracks.
MrDefender 1 year ago
@engineerguyvideo You always have interesting videos, and love the fact you listen to others' criticism and not lash out. Subscribed. :]
thaatxboss 1 year ago
@engineerguyvideo You could try to just record your voice, and add music in at the editing stage? And you know the comment i made is literally not a problem, i saw that you wanted feedback so i tried to provide some, and had to nit pick, the music volume is perfect at 1:00 min. Looking forward to some new videos, you do what "How stuff is made" tries to do, but without getting boring :D Keep on doing what you do so well!
TheImmortalness 1 year ago
@engineerguyvideo If it's too much trouble to lower the background volume, I would suggest just scrap it (or just leave it for the intro/credits)! It interrupts my though process while I'm listening to you talk. Thanks for the vid though! It's great!
creamypouf8 1 year ago
@engineerguyvideo I actually didnt have much trouble with the background music, but I think it would be good to put some more compression on the voice (if there is any), and duck/gate the background music using the voice as a sidechain input, so that the music will be turned a few db down when you speak. interesting vid!
marcuswudz 1 year ago
@engineerguyvideo What always works for me is to turn the speakers down to a volume where you can barely hear the speech. If the music is mixed properly, you'll barely be able to hear the music.
As an editor for 30 years, I think your delivery is great...if you lower your music and FX it'll be even better.
Great video, btw!
craigieb 1 year ago
@engineerguyvideo
Too loud, do not need it when your talking its too over powering, have it when your not talking or transitions.
Great video.
ut2k4wikichici 1 year ago
@engineerguyvideo I think the music is a nice touch, informative and interesting!
IhateJohnMayer 1 year ago
@engineerguyvideo The music was fine to me. Not distracting at all.
dcyli 1 year ago
@engineerguyvideo too loud. It wasn't so loud that it was hard to hear you talking, but it was loud enough that it was distracting at some points.
xcaiver 1 year ago
Great videos!
bubbletooth 1 year ago
how do they measure the frequency of quartz vibration?
amnesiai 1 year ago
@amnesiai Also interested in this.
raneksi 1 year ago
luke?
ingraman 1 year ago
@engineerguyvideo Have you seen "The Secret Life of Machines"? Well worth a watch if you haven't seen it already, pretty sure it will inspire you
bitplane 1 year ago
Great video! Thank you for explaining that to us!
imchillyb 1 year ago
excellent informative video. great job man, keep doing it.
keviar245 1 year ago
Keep making great videos. Science is awesome. Help people see that.
ABTechie 1 year ago
Your videos are fantastic. Concise and with great commentary.
GlobalWTF 1 year ago
Amazing info! I'm now wondering if the Citizen Eco-Drive watch works by the same concept except it exchanges light to energy then to the quartz?
silverboost 1 year ago
i read somewhere that quartz watches lose a couple seconds every day...is that just because of the +/- .06 hz?
unepommeverte17 1 year ago
I wonder, can any animals actually hear the vibration of the quartz crystal?
fateola 1 year ago
I like this video, short and educative :) thank you for making these! It's like a short episode of "how it's made" with the extra bit of science in it!
baerabas 1 year ago
education in US sucks
wederchen 1 year ago
Thank you, I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Very fascinating insight. I hope you keep making these!
mangefox 1 year ago
So do you think my phone/camera would have one of these in it? Or would it state it somewhere?
moviesunrated 1 year ago
I'm no engineer but I love this kind of stuff. Keep up the great videos!
maybe9not9then 1 year ago
Clear and concise explanation, but watch your sig figs! Should be (32768.00+/-0.06)Hz.
pastamancer07 1 year ago
@pastamancer07 Yeah, I hate it when I make errors ... sigh.
engineerguyvideo 1 year ago 4
@engineerguyvideo
If you meant 1/600 Hz (as you said in the audio track), that would actually be +/- 0.00167 Hz, not 0.06 Hz as you stated in your slide. I'm not sure which one you meant.
ragingtoxin 1 year ago
@ragingtoxin It should be 0.0.6 ... I erred in my voiceover.
engineerguyvideo 1 year ago
I knew roughly why quartz was used in watches like this, but I didn't know that it was a quartz fork, or tuned with gold--very interesting! It is, indeed, rather amazing that they're so cheap!
MajikkaniHand 1 year ago 2
thanks! ive always wondered how "quartz" movement works
UnitedTulips 1 year ago
Always wondered what a "quartz" digital watch meant. Thanks for the informative video.
parkerjh 1 year ago
really nice video! It was a pleasure to watch it
Gragon 1 year ago
A good example for the piezoelectric effect would be one of those grill lighters that use a quartz crystal to make a spark.
markdionne 1 year ago
Nice video broham!
yoboss1049 1 year ago 4
@yoboss1049 I admit to being so old that I had to go to the Urban Dictionary to find out what "broham" mean. Thx back to you broham.
engineerguyvideo 1 year ago 36
He picked that watch because it matches his shirt.
jerowee 1 year ago 3
@jerowee I picked it because it stands out again the blue table ... and in general we like jewel tones, or as close as we can get. Also, we didn't want something shiny ... that's hard to work with ... although dulling spray is our friend!
engineerguyvideo 1 year ago 6
I've Always wanted to know this, but always forget to look it up on wikipedia!
This video is great! It saves a lot of time, since I don't read super fast.
mout12 1 year ago
Awesome!
mabans 1 year ago
the new bill nye!
blowcarrot 1 year ago
xtal controlled oscillators aren't that accurate. GPS uses atomic clocks for the broadcast, too. so don't be too praising.
wesisapie 1 year ago
@wesisapie Didn't mean to imply that THIS watch and quartz oscillators in general where the end all for time, but that more and more precise timekeeping is a hallmark of the modern age .... as you point out the time signal used in GPS ... thx for making this point.
engineerguyvideo 1 year ago 3
mind = blown.... fkn subscribed
ss33988 1 year ago
Amazing video!!
wempur 1 year ago