Laser Harp Fully Functional

[TheSpill20]

omg r u high in this you should definently be high for this

[zunedog31]

The Blue Man Group should pick one of these up!!

[shadowzone69]

who needs a keyboard when you've got this!

[DirtyDubstepSoldier]

Dear Santa...

[armitageist]

@ahhbitchtits69 you had *engineering* courses in high school? lucky bastard.

[MeMoshRocks]

oh nevermind I watched the other videos

[MeMoshRocks]

I wonder if you can include something similar to a theremin into this to be able to produce effects such as vibrato, while still playing the notes relative to the interrupted lasers.

[rasmusgirl7]

it sounds horribly artifical

[shobley]

@rasmusgirl7 I tried micing up the sound of my hand breaking the beam, but it wasn't very musical

[PyjamaTed]

@rasmusgirl7 IT'S MADE OF FRIGGIN LAZORS!

[TheRyanBerlin]

@rasmusgirl7 that's because it's a fricken laser harp!

[makmegs]

seperate the notes in semitones then try and play it :)

[Panzers2006]

how expensive is this thing??



[TheWaladba7ri]

I am really interested to get a laser harp, can you please tell me how i can purchase one that is fully funtional to use with a MIDI software or synthesiser? I am very serious in this as i have already bought a few lasers such as the kam dmx, flash lights,led lights smoke machine, etc. Please contact me for any info because your work is brilllllliant mate.

[bingin15]

woo that is so awesome!

[olegario39]

tron much?? LOL

[groovykosher]

Is this an argon laser that you are using, or a frequency doubled yag? Does the kit come with wavelength sensitive safety glasses?

[beyourselfth]

now we need dry ice

[PoetryInM0tion]

I wonder what vacuums of the future will look like...

[PerogiXW]

Holy shit I just died in Mass Effect.

[nahmonky12]

I WANT IT!

[jbergs22]

how was this not in Tron Legacy somewhere

[shobley]

@jbergs22 Deleted scene :)

[ryantelberson]

OMGGG i think i just died XD this is the most amazing thing ive ever seen

[KINGxUxTUBE]

gutted the plans are not for sale anymore :(

[Kashelle357]

All I can really say is... COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[miguelgaio]

I like to see coments in here that look like they were made in the 50´s:

THIS IS THE FUTURE!!!

As if this was some ground breaking discovery or something...Dudes it is cool and all, and very interesting, but this is technology that has been around for ages, this will not get you laid. Do you want to get laid? Start washing the dishes or cleaning after yourselves around the house, thats what really turns woman on...oh right, I forgot most of you are kids.

[shobley]

@miguelgaio The further I get with electronics, the more I'm fascinated with the technology of the past - my latest stuff uses vacuum tubes.

[R4wJaw]

@miguelgaio you're just mad cuz we're stylin on you.

[sirmadness]

@miguelgaio Nobody gets laid more than musicians, stupid.

[dioofotaku]

@miguelgaio thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaats nice but no ones cares

[skylinedleeds]

Washing dishes turns women on does it? Thats what she tells you? I've got some bad news for you....

[kruppenstein]

@miguelgaio if they were made in 50's, it would be more like "THE WORLD OF TOMORROW!"

[carson22792]

@miguelgaio holy sheet did he reely just say that zomfg

[omaraty008]

@miguelgaio

please stop existing.

sincerely, the internet.

[mzmadmike]

@miguelgaio So says the guy hanging out on youtube criticizing people for being geeks.

[tallaznboy]

i wanna build this over the summer, only the cost is killing me... how much would the whole project cost? is there a substitute for the lasers that would make the project cheaper maybe...?

[TheBlackLungDisease]

An arduino-powered lazor harp!!?? epic.

[PhantomAlxa99]

fucken awesome

[PipoTachyonYAY]

I would build one too bad Im broke and 11 years old THIS IS AMAYZIN!!!

[myoldreteacher]

The future of dating is here... "Hey, want to come back and see my Laser Harp?" - Amazing stuff!

[ishouldplayzelda]

animusic LIVE!

[kaine180]

Hmm i wonder where you got the idear from ^^

[shobley]

@kaine180 Nah, he got the idea from me :-)

[raptorekpl]

Can you also control any parameter (like velocity or filter cutoff) or it doesn't matter where you cut the beam? Amazing project.

[joebert423]

THIS IS THE FUTURE

[shobley]

@joebert423 Yes, later I show a video where moving your hand along the beam can change the sound.

[Calempaine]

This is beyond amazing!

[Deadlycolli]

That is the slickest instrument ever!

[equinoxe67yahoo]

Hi! very compliments for fantastic performance!

I ask for information: where to buy?

very thanks and thanks

rob

[shobley]

@equinoxe67yahoo Join the mailing list on my website

[seansx]

35 fucktards missed the like button

[SanneMusic]

Sick! :D

Love it.

[rasmusgirl7]

why is it have so strange sound?

[Harryj1776]

Finally, the air guitar will be a real instrument!

[heathheath90]

fake

[EgaoNoGenki]

Is this the instrument of the future?

[binkiie4dictator]

love this kind of stuff, gonna be building one at uni soon, you also might wanna check out a french dude called Jean Michael Jarr. He does huge laser shows across the world and uses a similar harp

[polonos1313]

Hello Guys !!!

Can anyone tell me where can i buy the full plans and schematics to build a laser harp ???

I went to Stephen's website and it says that plans of laser harp are suspended.

Is there anywhere else that i can buy them ???

[shobley]

@polonos1313 I would recommend you join the mailing list - check back at my website for details

[Dan1loBr]

wow so coooooooooooool *¬*

[davehshs]

Amazing instrument. Now if you could just learn some music for it...

[dodgedart74]

you might be a nerd if your having sex with a girl, and speaking another language doesnt turn you on..... unless that language is C/C++ !!can i get a nerdy thumbs up!?

[FattyFatterton]

Don't mean to be sacastic but, my casio key board does the same in more notes.

Cool light show though.

[aspect49]

increaadible.....do those strings work sort of like a projector?

[TFletch97]

This is like what Ke$ha did on Saturday Night Live

[damagecase13]

Awesome work man, Fuckin trippy though lol

[Xsilo993]

Wow it's cool.

[clicclic99]

You may have already answered this (too lazy to wade through the comments):

Will your design work with red lasers too?

Is there a minimum/maximum power-rating for the lasers that would work with your design?

Thank you and keep up the cool video postings!

[rfoshaug]

@shobley The scanning does upset the camera a bit, but with careful tuning of the ILDA-compatible laser's PPS number as well as adjusting the software so that about 30 frames (the Mightex Systems camera runs at almost 200fps) must be dark before note-off is sent to the synth. Otherwise some frames will be captured when that certain beam is not being "drawn" by the scanner and the software will send rapid note-on note-off to the synth, creating a mess.

[kyryll]

this is just a synced audio wit visual ..

[MrBarcode]

OK I'm curious. You have 10 'strings' how do these map to a piano? You're missing a few notes. By the way this is an AWESOME build.

[shobley]

@MrBarcode You can program your own notes - assigning whatever you want to each string.

[asiangirl124]

@shobley Thats what I thought two! :)

[MrBarcode]

OK I'm curious. You have 10 'strings' how do these map to a piano? You're missing a few notes.

[DJBassiv]

nice!!

[kimosabesun]

Damn, this music reminds me the game Alien Breed Tower Assault from Amiga :)

[SegnoKeyz]

i agree with SoerenHammer.

it's obviously the same as a synth (it's digital...) and has 10 virtual string instead of the standard 47 of an acustic harp.

i don't know if you can change the pitch of a single virtual string, but generally i see this intrument as a cool show, not as an expressive and "ALIVE" music instrument.

[kerzwhile]

What Synth Engine is that?? Very Cool!!

[shobley]

impOSCar

[SoerenHammer]

Cool - But utterly useless.

It would be nice for stage perfomances, but practically its the same as a synth.

[SirSamurbatsu]

@SoerenHammer NOT USELESS! You will never EVER look this cool unless you actually have one.

[progress2007]

cool - would be even cooler if it would be with some kind of expression on the hand position.

But I'm always surprised how cool it looks just being a glorified 10-key midi keyboard :)

[welstijlfilms]

I published this video on the Dutch website WELSTIJL (23 january) kind regards Sem Mallée

[jdmx190]

at 0:51-56 reminds me of all of those cartoons when the light comes toghether and becomes a brighter, thinner laser beam! :)

[TomothyWomothyMusic]

I remember this so much.

[cacaman100o]

like futurerama

[madvilletimes]

you are a stud! I'm mesmerized. 8-)

[harvardkarbodie]

Wagner Redux Ad Nauseum

[tbyuitbyui]

awsome

[MasterBlaster110]

500mw lasers :D

Burning hands

[grimlund]

How cool would it not be to have that thing back at home.

"-Oh, and in here I got my Laser Harp Room"

[klmc1960]

yani uses one of those

[foreignerpoland]

Świetne brzmienie hehe :D

[bma852]

I would play that with my penis.

[ItalianDude000]

lmao!!

[dudewhosaysarrh]

@bma852 But make sure that the emitter is not an industrial grade laser welder -that could be painful ;)

[agus9507]

@bma852

you'll be like, "hey girl...do you wanna know what else i can do with my cock?? I play laser harp!!"

[ahhbitchtits69]

i made one for my high school engineering class. it was fuckin awesome. other people made shit projects like gluing a camera on a toy helicopter. we blew everyone out of the water and needless to say we got an A+

[alexsamuraiuuu]

Dude that sounds awsm! Good job on pulling it off. This is so epic to see!!! Can u record anything like that?

[korus1171]

Are invited to my channel!! Sexy lady's laser-strings

[Laguan2]

how much does it cost to build one of these?

[irondaddymac]

that's way sick

[roy89321]

why do they call it a HARP?

[americaneagle791]

Ur and idiot.

[sweepxcore]

do you not know what a real harp looks like ?

[roy89321]

Why do they call it a HARP?

[tomservo3]

that is freaking sick! I wish I had one!

[JRHartly1984]

Hey man, I'm impressed and inspired by your incredible work on this project. I'm studying Music Technology at university and I would love to build one of these myself. Would I be able to get most of the components for this beast in Maplin Electronics. Also if I were to get the schematics do they go through the building process stepwise?

[shobley]

Since I don't sell a complete kit, it's difficult to produce a stepwise guide - there are schematics and a build diary (with pictures) of me completing mine, but yours might be different due to the parts you buy and circuit boards you use.

[ErichoTTA]

Dude, you're awesome.

[MockStoneLLC]

sounds like gilmoury pink floyd =]

[GuruGabriel]

omfg. lol that was epic.

[Kimberley090]

I WANT THAT !!!!!!!

<33333

[hillsonn]

this sounds like the intro to a song of Kanye West's new album...

Now i am listening to 808 and Heartbreaks

[rocken0707]

im not a smart kid but ive seen a kipkay video and i think when the laser is interrupted it triggers a note its like a garage door sensor... btw im 12

[trashcan666]

you suck

[americaneagle791]

Ur a retard.

[THfansAustralia]

Omg. i have a science assignment due on Monday and i have to make a normal harp. Does anyone know how to make one .. PLEASE HELP! this is urgent!

[shobley]

You need to build a *harp* for science class? In 3 days?

What do they hope you will learn from that?

[shobley]

Maybe how business expects the impossible from engineers, then makes a fortune out of whatever we come up with.

[THfansAustralia]

i dont know. i hate science anyway and my teacher is a dick head

[Knipptastic]

Behold! The 80's of the future!

[shobley]

Hey shut up, that's one of my favourite sweaters...

Oh you mean the laser harp... ;)

[Egyptana]

I love laser harp o_o

[jamianvillani]

This was actually invented by Bernard Szajner. He doesn't have the original laser harp anymore after JMJ had bastardized it. In Szajner's own words, he destroyed it "in true rock 'n roll fashion". In my own personal opinion, all other laser harps are rubbish next to the sound Szajner's produced.

[Rakemaan]

LOL! A laser harp has no sound of its own, it sounds like whatever it triggers, be it a synthesizer or a sampler or whatever sound you prefer.

[steelar]

nice work Shobley. Thank you for your efforts. building it info?

[RumbleTape1001]

This is awesome. 5/5. Favorited.

[NewYorkHarpTrio]

Wow! Bit different to what we do!

[espaceman000]

Now YOU can make your OWN David Cronenberg movie soundtracks! ;)

[shobley]

;-) - Funny, I was watching "The Brood" just the other day...

[chrisbern75]

To much delay. I can't hear what are you playing :( But it's looks good :)

[shobley]

That's OK, I'm not really playing anything but a random bunch o' notes...

[FRETPICK]

Arrr....Jean Michel Jarre.

[FRETPICK]

This is not new. The French keyboard player.....

His name escapes me. Around Crimbo 1984 or around that period.

[lorenasisca]

this is great :X:X I want one for Christmas :D

[Hectorix]

ITS completly AMAZING dood... i wanna try it really bad! actually i wanna build one!!

hey dood... can u chanche the laser colors?? or sounds?? Or add or remove laser?? i mean, if i wanna have dunno 10 lasers or just 2...

CHEERS!! from Costa Rica

[shobley]

You can change all of it - add/remove more beams, with more lasers and the correct filters you can mix the colors, and any synthesizer can be used.

[dragonxmanx]

how much does it cots to make a lazer harp?

[shobley]

It depends - the electronics are just over $100, with the galvo about $2-300 and then however much you want to spend on a laser.

[dragonxmanx]

thx

[filip0gajic]

fucking awesome

[WizmoMagic]

I was wondering what to do with my Arduino.

Now I know.

[TrickyNekro]

same concept as the machines at supermarkets reading the bar codes with a laser...

Very Nice and True!!!

[wafflecakepans]

duuuuude!

[FerrilEwok]

trippy O_O

[jefforysanders]

add some smoke and you have a whole stage show :)

[vegetag2001]

As soon as blueman group sees this, their going to get one with like 300 freakin lasers man!!!

[amazingmato]

YEAH!!! lol

[DeadManWalking669]

sick

[iceman9493]

i want one too!!

[bettydaw1970]

fake

[NitroZX]

Actually, its not. Laser harps have been around for quite a while. They're pretty easy to use. All you do is stop the path of one of the lasers with your hand, which sends messages to the synth.

[sprtn117c]

its in popular science magazine u retard

[locoroco33]

no its not. its in maker magazine

[shobley]

Actually, it's in both.

[DTSX]

Haha... owned.

[cyberpickle223]

sounds like something from mass effect

[puck1310]

i thought exactly the same

[xxXphatboyXxx]

Wow thats really awesome!

[askegg]

Jarre lives on !

Cool.

[YinYangx3]

nice =]

[lesleygabo]

hey! good video!!. c;

[FlockingNerds]

fantastic!

[samcolemusic]

i want two of these

[chaosda]

It would be so much more entertaining if you used burning lasers instead.

[mindyourowndamnself]

How much does it cost?

[blahboyblah]

nice concept... too bad is sounds like crap...

[rlentz86]

i had a cool thought; since the sound is actually played by a program when the laser is broken, you could play any sound, right? it would be cool if you programmed each beam to play one of the word sets from Daft Punkz - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger, or similar songs. the possiblities are endless! :)>

[shobley]

You are right - I'm currently experimenting with playing "expression/mood" rather than single notes.

The harp is currently driving a sampler.

[wafflecakepans]

in your video saying its not a fake, what would happen if i put it on a high laser power?

[halochris117]

nice vid

[frolony]

yeah definately baked and its definately awsome!!

[cmelan]

sweeet`

[Y0spartan117]

that is so cool how do you do that!!!!

[broncosdude93]

rave

[spiderbittin]

dude your freakin awsome....

[nickg82]

awesome

[BenoitLivesOn]

crazy

[brettjsand]

....because he got high!

[ydna2003]

cool sound but it would probably get annoying after a while.

[Grancie48]

Amazing. Thanks for posting.