i would buy one of these if they were for sale, with fancier fittings and mount, and then i would put it on my wall and use it for the door bell chime.
@zigi531531 True, It does lack some soul, because what we refers to as "the soul" is often based on the errors, especially the non-precise rhythm plays a big role!
But it's very a nice construction indeed. The best I've ever seen so far.
@majcherek128 Not necessarily. When I say "soul" I'm talking about making it sound more "musical". For example putting an emphasis on the melody instead of playing it the exact same way as the bass, playing it loud or weak at the right times, finger positioning to create different sounds, etc'...
@zigi531531 Yeah.. I'm sorry, I think we misunderstood one another. What you're saying there is absolutely true, and that was what I tried to explain.
Meanwhile, I also tried to explain how it could become even better, when played by a machine, where the rhythm could make a huge difference.
But you're absolutely right, playing soft or loud and so on of course also makes a Huge difference!
@majcherek128 I would agree with you even though that accurate rhythm could be accomplished by a talented enough person if he so desires it to be that way.
Hehe, no way to be sorry mate, this was just a friendly discussion.
I'll buy one of these for the guy with no Arms, who cleans my windows.He has a great sense of humour and I've seen him lusting after my Martin 12 through the window to my Den. My Patterdale Terrier Laps up his dirty potato water from the wall, after I've paid him.Man, he always leaves with a Smile on his face and I tip Big at Christmas. Every Year.
Absolutely right. It is just playing back a recording, however, because of subtle random happenings in the string attack, it never plays the same song the same way twice. Also, about 95% of the listeners agree that it is better than a CD recording of a live performance, and less impresive than a live performance. George Harrison had great ideas when he asked me to build him two of them, however his untimely death will leave those ideas to another.
@kenquien I saw a player piano/player violin that had a nice tone for sale on fleapay, fleapreye or one of those sites. I looked at another by the same maker (circa 1914) with two violins. One violin and piano was nice, but two was like a scalded cat and a piano in a glass and oak case. The one for sale had been converted to USB dive digital control from paper pneumatic rolls. I am a sucker for automation having been a PLC factory and product shipping geek. (glorified electrician)
@Satchmoeddie I do play guitar, and so does my 75 year old mother. We were both Beatle fans, but with her teaching guitar from 1960-1972 how could you avoid it? How much did this sucker cost? (before you lost track) I have done more than one project that had huge price tags yet I still lost money, or could have made better wages washing dishes. Washing dishes has little to gain from a learning perspective, so it all works out, I suppose. As long as we have fun. LOL
I saw on a documentary that Thomas Edison, after inventing the record player said "I fear I have made musicians obsolete..." Well, reproduction of an artist's creation is not making musicians obsolete, it is making their music available to others when they are not present. Simple, isn't it.
It's pretty damned intersting tech-wise, but music wise, just no. Like someone already said there's no feeling, no emotion behind the playing, especially on a song like Dust In The Wind. This is one thing we should NOT leave up to robots. Kudos on the tech and everything but I prefer my guitar, really anything music related, playing by humans. I do love me some chiptune music though, but that's completely different.
@Envizons This isn't supposed to be a revolution or really very practical, it's akin to righting robots, it to show what you can do and learn some robotics.
As an engineer, I am fascinated by the design. As a musician, I am mortified. Create a robot to perform music and you will create robotic music. It has no feeling because it has no soul. Sorry, not a fan.
This project was in part funded by the late George Harrison who had a fair understanding of how to play the guitar. His widow Olivia still has the prototype in her home in London. I suppose they felt there has been opposition to most advances in technology over the years...but by what type of mind? Open or closed?
@cobaltw Do you really not know if anyone knows music anymore? A machine is invented to play a musical instrument and all of a sudden, the world is lost on how to play musical instruments? Yeah, right. I don't know where you get that idea. Obviously, you don't know music at all, do you? Music is not just about plucking a string on a guitar, as this machine does. A whole lot of feelings, emotions, personality, style and flavor goes into creating a masterpiece.
@cobaltw dude chill the fuck out, he's just demostrating engeneering, don't say that nobody knows music with people like steve vai, paul gilbert, joe satriani, and kirk hammet are around. Maybe on another video people will say "Nobody knows engeneering anymore, why don't you just make a machine to do so and so". This is a WORLD, we need a little bit of everything in everyone.
Well, this'll sound strange but the robotic guitar player is exactly what I've been thinkin' about for a while now..solenoids pressing individual fret positions and devices to strum/pluck. Glad you did it, I never would have completed it. Now I want one. How do you program it?
It is best to use a MIDI guitar file but I have subroutines for Cakewalk that assign the string and the fret. Then the plucking is assigned. It works well.
i'm amazed and frightened at the same time. I'm not sure if I'm 90% amazed and 10% frightened or 90% frightened and 10% amazed! But that's what makes it so exciting!
12 String guitars when used are usually in good condition and not too expensive. People buy them thinking they can play them since they play the 6 string. But 12 strings behave differently. They give up and sell them, cheap.
Funny, I never noticed a big difference, with the exception that certain songs that sound 'right' on a 6 string will sound 'wrong' on a 12. Anyways, I can play the song better than the machine. The machine will never be able to spontaneously create subtleties in dynamics or improvisations. It requires a human to program everything a priori, and is, therefore, by definition, not spontaneous at all.
Thank you so much for your comment. Millions of dollars in research and countless hours of dedication resulted in what you listen to on my YouTube channel.
I seen better guitar players!
SchoolofRockDallas 3 days ago
ya esta hacha la cancion entera? por que tenia muy buena pinta
nukytin 6 days ago
dang dude.... that guitar looked... trapped. if you know what i mean :(
TheLukenater 2 weeks ago
Can this thing play Drifting by Andy McKee?? Ya didn't think so
daVIdV93z 3 weeks ago
wouldn't it be easier to learn the guitar part instead of this contraption
toejam498 3 weeks ago
.Sungha jung spider haha
AdobeArtDesignn 3 weeks ago
Talented spider.......
krejcik666 3 weeks ago
Add an automated tuner to this.
MucusFelidae 3 weeks ago
Was this one of the scenes they edited out of the Terminator?
DADGADDY 4 weeks ago
WHAT A FUCKING STUPID INVENTION!
Justin141415 1 month ago
thats pretty cool but it doesnt sound humain lol it to precise
Pussydestroyer92 1 month ago
I think it needs some more work.
tomharrell1954 1 month ago
omg what IS THIS THING??????!?!?!?!?!?
kittysusca 1 month ago
Sorry to say, I didn't care for this. To mechanical and no dynamics. Interesting idea anyway!
marksee123 1 month ago
woooooww
aldoforce10 1 month ago
very clever, if it works consistently. It looks like the poor guitar met the borg....but fascinating, nonetheless. Wonderful choice for a song.
elenawonadym 1 month ago
i would buy one of these if they were for sale, with fancier fittings and mount, and then i would put it on my wall and use it for the door bell chime.
please consider this.
TheOldTestament 1 month ago
Haha that thing is awesome! :D
eArvidZZon 1 month ago
That robot got laid that night.
usarules10 1 month ago 5
sounds mechanical to me
larrnew 1 month ago
I just Jizzed My Pants
TheDarknessburns 2 months ago
OMG! Nice! :D
majcherek128 2 months ago
Nice but lacking soul...
zigi531531 2 months ago
@zigi531531 True, It does lack some soul, because what we refers to as "the soul" is often based on the errors, especially the non-precise rhythm plays a big role!
But it's very a nice construction indeed. The best I've ever seen so far.
majcherek128 2 months ago
@majcherek128 Not necessarily. When I say "soul" I'm talking about making it sound more "musical". For example putting an emphasis on the melody instead of playing it the exact same way as the bass, playing it loud or weak at the right times, finger positioning to create different sounds, etc'...
But yes, this is indeed a fantastic contraption.
zigi531531 2 months ago
@zigi531531 Yeah.. I'm sorry, I think we misunderstood one another. What you're saying there is absolutely true, and that was what I tried to explain.
Meanwhile, I also tried to explain how it could become even better, when played by a machine, where the rhythm could make a huge difference.
But you're absolutely right, playing soft or loud and so on of course also makes a Huge difference!
majcherek128 2 months ago
@majcherek128 I would agree with you even though that accurate rhythm could be accomplished by a talented enough person if he so desires it to be that way.
Hehe, no way to be sorry mate, this was just a friendly discussion.
zigi531531 2 months ago
what happened to a talented musician?
supermanoncrak101 2 months ago
Looks like a guitar in a death trap.
killjoy58553 2 months ago
I'll buy one of these for the guy with no Arms, who cleans my windows.He has a great sense of humour and I've seen him lusting after my Martin 12 through the window to my Den. My Patterdale Terrier Laps up his dirty potato water from the wall, after I've paid him.Man, he always leaves with a Smile on his face and I tip Big at Christmas. Every Year.
godsrighthandfull 2 months ago
0:39
Gusty654 2 months ago 2
some people have WAY too much free time.....
PooPooOnMyNewShoe 2 months ago
sounds like garbage, maybe it's the bolts going into the body of the guitar
tunarip 2 months ago
CHEATING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
roboticstardust 2 months ago
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jackw7878 3 months ago
i wanna learn how to make one...
TheCongster 3 months ago
WTF is that!
SwissArmyKnifez 4 months ago
when a song is too difficult to learn to play might as well build a machine that plays it for you,
iobserveutube 4 months ago
it must be a heck of a job to change the strings!!
willemkerpel1 4 months ago
Absolutely right. It is just playing back a recording, however, because of subtle random happenings in the string attack, it never plays the same song the same way twice. Also, about 95% of the listeners agree that it is better than a CD recording of a live performance, and less impresive than a live performance. George Harrison had great ideas when he asked me to build him two of them, however his untimely death will leave those ideas to another.
kenquien 4 months ago 4
@kenquien
Ok, you got skills !
DoggedCyprez 2 months ago
@kenquien I saw a player piano/player violin that had a nice tone for sale on fleapay, fleapreye or one of those sites. I looked at another by the same maker (circa 1914) with two violins. One violin and piano was nice, but two was like a scalded cat and a piano in a glass and oak case. The one for sale had been converted to USB dive digital control from paper pneumatic rolls. I am a sucker for automation having been a PLC factory and product shipping geek. (glorified electrician)
Satchmoeddie 1 month ago
@Satchmoeddie I do play guitar, and so does my 75 year old mother. We were both Beatle fans, but with her teaching guitar from 1960-1972 how could you avoid it? How much did this sucker cost? (before you lost track) I have done more than one project that had huge price tags yet I still lost money, or could have made better wages washing dishes. Washing dishes has little to gain from a learning perspective, so it all works out, I suppose. As long as we have fun. LOL
Satchmoeddie 1 month ago
@kenquien pero ke kojones es este aparato del diablo maldita sea basta de aplicar ciencia a cosas puras cojones !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mitxibuk 4 weeks ago
Play it by hand god dammit
64meatpuppets 4 months ago
I saw on a documentary that Thomas Edison, after inventing the record player said "I fear I have made musicians obsolete..." Well, reproduction of an artist's creation is not making musicians obsolete, it is making their music available to others when they are not present. Simple, isn't it.
kenquien 5 months ago 3
thats cool but i dont really like it because if u have that whats the ponit if learning to play guitar?
MegaMasterko 5 months ago
This kinda creeps me out :/
benadam1 5 months ago
hahah robot fingies
rawkgawdez 5 months ago
It's pretty damned intersting tech-wise, but music wise, just no. Like someone already said there's no feeling, no emotion behind the playing, especially on a song like Dust In The Wind. This is one thing we should NOT leave up to robots. Kudos on the tech and everything but I prefer my guitar, really anything music related, playing by humans. I do love me some chiptune music though, but that's completely different.
Envizons 5 months ago
@Envizons This isn't supposed to be a revolution or really very practical, it's akin to righting robots, it to show what you can do and learn some robotics.
Strindom 4 months ago
I think the japanese did something like that already, but with many instruments or a full orchestra.
agormanvideos 5 months ago
Much better than a sampler... but incredibly more expensive I guess!
agormanvideos 5 months ago
I'm curious why you bothered with the guitar? why not hire an open minded luthier to produce a custom box with mechanics built in?
bennydahan 5 months ago
Couldn't have been bothered to tune it first?
nickstl77 5 months ago
I for one welcome our new hendrix-like robot overlords.
jart1014 5 months ago
W0ttt, Lol amazing madee
GiiWiiDii 6 months ago
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fuck it s so crazy
firepower961 7 months ago
:OO OMG perfect!!
ManosX97 7 months ago
AHSUAHSHAHSAHSHASHASHHS fucking geeks xD cool stuff ^^
viniciovp4ever 7 months ago
Hello don't sound quite right for Dust in the Wind needs that travis picking
jsteelman1000 8 months ago
Very cool. Congrats on your success with Pat Metheny.
jeboccuzzi10 8 months ago
Crap! Now a robot is better than me! (at guitar) but let's see it beat me in math. Jk.
SuitandTieFilms 10 months ago
Thats new fore me :P !!!!
bluesnisse 10 months ago
As an engineer, I am fascinated by the design. As a musician, I am mortified. Create a robot to perform music and you will create robotic music. It has no feeling because it has no soul. Sorry, not a fan.
bswargo 11 months ago
This project was in part funded by the late George Harrison who had a fair understanding of how to play the guitar. His widow Olivia still has the prototype in her home in London. I suppose they felt there has been opposition to most advances in technology over the years...but by what type of mind? Open or closed?
kenquien 1 year ago 2
@cobaltw Do you really not know if anyone knows music anymore? A machine is invented to play a musical instrument and all of a sudden, the world is lost on how to play musical instruments? Yeah, right. I don't know where you get that idea. Obviously, you don't know music at all, do you? Music is not just about plucking a string on a guitar, as this machine does. A whole lot of feelings, emotions, personality, style and flavor goes into creating a masterpiece.
burritos1000 1 year ago
that's really incredible thing that i ever seen , goooood job guy
ah081187 1 year ago
that's how bieber does it
HitaroX 1 year ago
@cobaltw dude chill the fuck out, he's just demostrating engeneering, don't say that nobody knows music with people like steve vai, paul gilbert, joe satriani, and kirk hammet are around. Maybe on another video people will say "Nobody knows engeneering anymore, why don't you just make a machine to do so and so". This is a WORLD, we need a little bit of everything in everyone.
HitaroX 1 year ago
I wonder if there's some obscure guitarist that can actually play the song like this.
Cj1500 1 year ago
it looks scary......
ttttkk2 1 year ago
that poor guitar, looks like something out of a mad max movie.
incredible ingenuity though.
laurelfox1 1 year ago
la gracia es que seas tu quien toque no un aparato
graxionchacal 1 year ago
@graxionchacal no seas pendejo, esta demostrando su abilidad de ingenieria
HitaroX 1 year ago
hey ya, i have a quiestion, its difficult play a 12 strings guitar??????????
PICHICHI90 1 year ago
wie kann man solche idee haben???unglaublich
berndosos 1 year ago
WTF
doblajesj 1 year ago
Well, this'll sound strange but the robotic guitar player is exactly what I've been thinkin' about for a while now..solenoids pressing individual fret positions and devices to strum/pluck. Glad you did it, I never would have completed it. Now I want one. How do you program it?
gordyfurr 2 years ago
It is best to use a MIDI guitar file but I have subroutines for Cakewalk that assign the string and the fret. Then the plucking is assigned. It works well.
kenquien 2 years ago
whatever it takes to make music
sounds really good to me
really different man is good!!!
backwoodsgps 2 years ago
That is a very sweet machine, combining guitar and science... thank you Sir.
navyseal900 2 years ago
i'm amazed and frightened at the same time. I'm not sure if I'm 90% amazed and 10% frightened or 90% frightened and 10% amazed! But that's what makes it so exciting!
2PieceNaBiscut 2 years ago
You mean if I can get one of these I can finally fire the prick guitar player??
Paulsworks 2 years ago
EPIC....ROFLMAO/
APTEM002 2 years ago 11
Thanks!
121omePiet 2 years ago
It is a beautiful & beautiful song.
I enjoy.
Kind regards.
MusicLP
Belgium.
musiclp123456 2 years ago 5
12 String guitars when used are usually in good condition and not too expensive. People buy them thinking they can play them since they play the 6 string. But 12 strings behave differently. They give up and sell them, cheap.
kenquien 2 years ago
@kenquien
Funny, I never noticed a big difference, with the exception that certain songs that sound 'right' on a 6 string will sound 'wrong' on a 12. Anyways, I can play the song better than the machine. The machine will never be able to spontaneously create subtleties in dynamics or improvisations. It requires a human to program everything a priori, and is, therefore, by definition, not spontaneous at all.
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kenquien 2 years ago
i like the 12-string sound. great work!
ver2oso 2 years ago
That's what I keep telling my clients with bars. Also, their daughters won't run away with it either. hahaha
kenquien 3 years ago
thats a pretty cool idea no more drunken assholes to jam with and give rides all over the place
mmooreboone 3 years ago
I still like the idea of a PERSON playing a guitar
turquoise54 3 years ago 20
Yes, I too. But who can play a twelve string like that? Ever tried playing classical music on a twelve string? I find it very difficult.
kenquien 2 years ago
@kenquien it has no soul.
catseatingclouds 1 year ago
@kenquien HAHAHA!
Macdawg347 5 months ago
Impressive.
dansunday 3 years ago
Thank you so much for your comment. Millions of dollars in research and countless hours of dedication resulted in what you listen to on my YouTube channel.
kenquien 2 years ago