Next Generation mandolin or guitar or harp? Whatever.

[Bernie Daniel]

Which of the luthiers here will be the first to make one. I'd like mine to be distressed a little please.

[jmp]

When we are all gone and the machines take over the world this is how they will carry on the musical traditions that we are celebrating here in this forum.

[Bernie Daniel]

When we are all gone and the machines take over the world this is how they will carry on the musical traditions that we are celebrating here in this forum.

True but let's hear that machine sing or tell a joke!

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no clip on tuners anywhere!

[Josh Kaplan]

Reminds me of the creature in the Alien movies.

[Tim2723]

I think some of those videos are cool, but that one creeps me out. But it is nice to know that when the Robot Overlords take control they'll still be putting needless points and scrolls on their instruments.

[John McCoy]

That sounds suspiciously like a MIDI file. Anybody else hear it that way?

[Marty Jacobson]

All I can think about is the horrible intonation problems that thing would have... :-)

I think this is much cooler:

[Bernie Daniel]

That sounds suspiciously like a MIDI file. Anybody else hear it that way?

???? how would a midi file sound different from a mechanical device making music?

[Bernie Daniel]

All I can think about is the horrible intonation problems that thing would have... :-)

I think this is much cooler: original video below in post #8

What people spent there time on these days.

I would have at least started out with Rawhide or the Liverpool Reel. Anyway, here is how they did that:


is how

[John McCoy]

???? how would a midi file sound different from a mechanical device making music?

In this case, too much consistency of timbre between an open note and a fretted note (even high-fretted) on the same string.

[lukmanohnz]

I wonder if it has a Virzi...

[Bernie Daniel]

In this case, too much consistency of timbre between an open note and a fretted note (even high-fretted) on the same string.

OK, well I have no clue as to whether it is real or not. The moon showing up conveniently in the window does not look too authentic but it would be pretty hard to make an animation of something like that also.

[belbein]

Funny--I also thought "Alien." I can't figure out why. Except maybe "Kill me!"

I note, by the way, that there's not an "F" style in the bunch. Just sayin.

[Keith Erickson]

This is truly amazing!!!! Creepy or not........I love it!!!!

[sunburst]

...it would be pretty hard to make an animation of something like that also.

I've been building instruments for nearly 30 years and I've never done a digital animation, but even with that head start on building the real thing, I'll take the challenge of the animation as the easier path!
Oh, and digital distressing? Digital Virzi? Piece of cake!

[ambrosepottie]

It's animated and it's midi.

[catmandu2]

I think it plagiarized a "Journey" song

[catmandu2]

(besides...it's robotic accordians that are taking over the world)

[sunburst]

What people spent there time on these days.

Yeah, one wonders who is paying the bills...
Then I was "Penn State", guess it was grant money. ( I need to learn to write grant proposals... sigh...)

[Jim Garber]

OK, well I have no clue as to whether it is real or not. The moon showing up conveniently in the window does not look too authentic but it would be pretty hard to make an animation of something like that also.

It is not real. It is a digital animation.