The Commodordion
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2024
- A fully functional 8-bit accordion with bellows made out of floppy disks.
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The title cards are a homage to the classic 1973 movie “The Sting” that repopularised the music of Scott Joplin. Recommended!
00:00 The set-up
01:28 The performance
04:50 The montage
07:34 The tale
11:09 The end 
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AMAZING! As a programmer, with some interest but very little understanding of hardware side, most of the technical stuff flew right over my head. Well, pretty much everything, besides simple stuff like the "tape emulator"; btw, why not simply make it a _"cartridge emulator",_ a board that is basically a cartridge, but connected via cable in the cartridge port? That way you could just power on and it would "autoload instantly" (quotes because it's not really loading, it just overlays it's ROM over part of the RAM; and that's just how I understand it, but simplified).
Or is there a specific reason with going to _"tape emulator"_ way?
Don't take that as criticism, it's not like your design even just on that part has nothing specifically wrong - it's just the only bit where I understand, or at least believe so, enough to comment and make a suggestion - and I'm honestly interested what you think of it? Is the tape method better, simpler to implement or for some other reason preferred? Maybe there's a reason why you chose not to go the cartridge way, or maybe you just didn't think about such solution? Please, do tell :)
As for the rest, this is one of those things that sounds insanely impossible, until you see a youtube video of it!
Btw, someone also made an electric guitar out of C-64, so that the sound is coming completely from C-64 SID chip... He had to make some limitations due to the 3+1 channels available, so I think it was that you could only press on 3 strings at once, but still amazing... I wish I had bookmarked that video, but it's somewhere here in RUclips.
Thanks! It was the most convenient option. Communication with the tape drive is quite slow and uses few signals, so it was easy to throw something together from parts I had at home. On the cartridge port, you need to wire up some 20 signals, and you have to react and deliver the correct data in a fraction of a microsecond. It can be done, of course, but it would have been a much bigger effort.
@@lftkryo Well, that explains it and in the hindsight it's easy to say I should have realized it -but aren't there readily available solutions for creating one?
I suppose you didn't want readily available solutions, because you wanted to create the whole thing from scratch wholly by yourself - from those parts you found at home, am I right?
Otherwise you could have just created something like a cartridge without having to implement the whole mechanism yourself - or if not a cartridge, then SD-card floppy drive device :)
Anyway, thanks for your reply - like I said, I'm not very good when it comes to hardware knowledge, and your reply, short as it was, taught me some new knowledge, so thank you for it!
P.S. Subscribed - I was thinking of subscribing, but after you wrote back it was a seal deal (misspelling intentional ;p )
You're right, there's one more piece of the puzzle: All standard cartridges are sticking out a bit from the back of the C64. But on the Commodordion there's no room because of the bellows. So it would have been necessary to design a custom, smaller cartridge.
Hi again! I had been toying with this idea before, but your comment got me thinking again. And now I figured out a way to make an autostart cartridge on a stripboard, using only one side of the expansion port connector. Here's a writeup: www.linusakesson.net/hardware/autostart/index.php
this feels like something that people from the 80s would’ve thought was how instruments could’ve looked like in the future
Yeah and this is how it was supposed to be. Something went horribly wrong in the quantum split, when instead we got to modern insane state of the world of the 20s.
I mean technically it is the future and this instrument does look like this.
Like this? ruclips.net/video/gQm8MxgCGws/видео.html
People from the 50s maybe. The 80s had things like the Synclavier, the Fairlight CMI, FM synthesis and Polysynths that are not much different from what is used today. What has changed is that music can be composed and recorded inside computers or even smart phones without any actual instruments involved.
as somebody who existed in the 80's and thought that, can confirm
This guy deserves an award. I’m not sure what for but we need to create one for him.
agreed!
Let's make him the Commodordion Master!!!
He's a true genius!!!
A Nobel Pieces Prize!
Give this man the macho badass award. He takes it for 2022.
Call it n00ble prize!!!
If this man did not exist, the rest of the world wouldn't even be able to imagine him.
And that's about the highest compliment I can think of.
I feel like this deserves to be in some sort of museum. This is absolutely ingenious.
I was thinking the same thing!
Maybe he could put it in his will that this is to be donated to RMC, or some other retro channel whose host also has a retro computer museum :)
RMC has one, right? Or did I confuse with someone other?
1000 E-points for you for using 'ingenious' instead of 'genius'.
The most genius part of this imo is actually figuring out how to convert the airflow from the bellows into a digital signal the computer can understand in order to affect the volume. Absolutely incredible.
The trick with the microphone allowing an analogue control on the volume is so impressive.
This is pure insanity and I absolutely love it
I want twelve.
The perfect comment!
he's an absolute madman and yet he's done it, mad science is real now, time to publish :D
Cant this be said pretty much about anything this very geek does?
Yes...same. This guy needs millions of views on this video, the world needs to see and hear this masterpiece.
This guy has a very interesting set of skills between the programming, the engineering, and the straight up mastery of music theory I am truly amazed at his talents
He is the DND character you get when you max out Intelligence and Charisma hehe
SpenceBaileysaywhat*cough*
He will forever be known as the most popular, if not necessarily the best, Commodordion player in an incredibly specific subset of music
is he not the only commodordion player?
@@alexandrashvydun8726 that's_the_joke.rom
r/whoooosh
Nice Weid Al reference by the way.
@@ba-a-a so how could he not be the best then lol?
This guy seems like he has an incredible mind which would allow him to solve all the world's problems, but has instead decided to devote his time to matters far more important.
He did solve a problem. We didn't know it, but it was a problem that the Commodordion wasn't invented yet.
Beyond the ridiculously creative use and implementation of every part, I love that you leave in the faint sounds of the key hits. Amazing project.
Yes! I love how that's also recorded :)
Kinda reminds me of the hurdy gurdy and how the key noise is part of the instrument's charm
Not so faint imo :))
A lot of piano performances also deliberately leave in the mechanical sounds of the instrument. It's part of the charm of a live performance.
Even accordions don't sound right without the clank of button presses
As an accordion player, a Commodore Amiga owner, and a fan of Scott Joplin, I must say this is fantastic.
This is the most amazing thing I've ever seen. As an accordionist, and a Commodore fan, it tickled every fancy I can imagine.
Good to hear that, @Heroin Mom
I never imagined my love for ragtime, accordions and vintage computing would come together so succinctly. Well done!
RUclips algorithm definitely worked in this case
@@SchizoMelody Me too. I can play the accordion, Odd Tinkering is one of my favorite youtube channels, and here we are...
@@SchizoMelody My dude with the vid isn't just playing this instrument, he's playing the algorithm like a fiddle.
Don't forget electronic music!!
The keys on a keyboard actually do kind of resemble the bass button layout on an accordion, so it's perfect! I am beyond entranced by this.
Even better -- button accordions have the voice notes arrayed in a staggered grid for the right hand too, so if you're proficient enough at them already (as this guy clearly is), it's probably *somewhat* straightforward to adjust to a typing keyboard.
All in all...Amazing.
@@LayneBenofsky exactly, the staggered shape came to mind! Most accordions don’t just have a rectangular grid of buttons.
Hey Weird Al? You know that new old sound you've been looking for? Well. Listen to this!
@@ricksanchez1079 Al is the only other being who is worthy of holding this accordion. It’s like a Thor’s Hammer situation.
I'm so grateful that you added the disclaimer to clarify that "no good disks were harmed in the making of this video"
Because the minute the project came on screen I was like DON'T CHOPPY THAT FLOPPY
So these were the naughty disks?
this is genuinely one of the coolest instruments i've seen and never knew i wanted. you could build an entire youtube channel around just playing this thing and it would be HUGE. you're already amazing with it.
Nah, as cool as is it'd at best be a niche fad. I could see him selling a few hundred instruments though.
Mind you, I'm one of the people that'd like to buy one, but I don't see significant success out of a commodordion RUclips channel, but hey, I could always be wrong.
Ok, this is ridiculously cool on SO many levels.
1. It's not just the C64 chassis taped together...they are working computers!
2. The program features are awesome (real accordions can't loop without a pedal...lol)
3. "The Performance": No better music to play than ANYTHING from Scott Joplin! The Maple Leaf Rag is one of my favorites (other than the ones no one's heard of...lol). I love the fact you played the ENTIRE song! In fact, I believe Magic Johnson vs Larry Bird video game played Maple Leaf Rag on the intro screen, if I remember correctly.
This is by far the most genius thing I've seen with retro-computing in a very long time! I feel like creating about 100 more RUclips accounts so I can bump the Likes count up.
It was Julius Irving vs Larry Bird, told my husband. He doesnt have a clue what I asked to bring from the store two hours ago, but his memory in these very important life or death matters is always impeccable..
@@janemiettinen5176 a man like that truly deserves the world
Virtual Pool for DOS had a few MIDI Joplin tunes (Magnetic, Entertainer, Reflection, etc). Sounds like the last bit of Maple here ruclips.net/video/EpJBHAbNI1w/видео.html
As a longtime player of odd instruments.... oboe, eigenharp, various 555 chip instruments,recorders and various wind synths this is beyond brilliant! Thank you sir.
Oboe is an odd instrument? 😢
If you like odd instruments and creativity, you may LOOOOOVE a musician who goes by That 1 Guy... his stuff is like the pied piper is drawing you away... I saw him once years ago, and yeah, he played his usual home-made instrument, The Magic Pipe, with theremin style capabilities mixed with a sorta stand up bass, drums, and guitar (somehow)... but he ALSO played his electric Cowboy Boot! It was slick, with a scorpion embroidered into it, and somehow, he wired it and made music with it.
His stuff is OK when you hear it on a recording, but his live stuff is entrancing. He toured with Buckethead a few years back. He shows are quite an experience. "Mustaches" is a great song for a recorded, but the youtubes had a great live concert he did a few years back that began with some David Lynch video clips and some trippy visuals to accompany his show. When I saw him he wasn't doing much visual stuff yet, just lighting manipulation, but I can only imagine how amazing it would be to have the visual feel he wants us to experience too.
@@pauljmorton sorry just kidding... like from the Danny Kaye song
"Forced to be a hobo and learn to play the oboe.... which is clearly understood is an ill wind which no one blows good." which is to say to be really good at the oboe you really have to focus on it and not play much else. Also ask any 8 year old what's an oboe? My oboe to me feels like an old demanding girlfriend that I am still in love with......
@@profProsky That was from "Anatole of Paris".. I'm shocked and overjoyed to see a wonderful Danny Kaye reference!! Brilliant!
You OWN an Eigenharp? Man, I wish we were neighbors. Every time you see it sitting there, just know there's a few of us just dying for a chance to even touch one, and then, RIFF YOUR ROCKING HEART OUT for us.
The fact that bellows are actually functional instead of being just for the looks makes this even more impressive!
I would have been nonplussed if they didn't, but as they do I consider this totally out of this reality :D
It's very cleverly implemented too. Using a microphone is such a simple idea but it works brilliantly.
@@robsku1 that's not what nonplussed means
My first thought seeing this, amazing! Second though is I wanna see this guy perform with the Floppotron.
An instrument of an era, but a performance for the ages!
I'm sorry but I gotta ask - will we get more musical performances? I hate to see this handsome instrument go to waste. It's epic and I want more
I wonder if Weird Al would fancy trying a tune or two on this.
Don't be sorry! I slightly demand ongoing performance :v How could i not? What a ridiculously amazing prototype!
@@Russtopia there's many musicians I'm thinking of too! from the original members of Kraftwerk, Juan Atkins to Richard D James at one end to Hainbach and Electronicos Fantasticos on the other. I think anyone who enjoys experimental prototypes and original ways of producing music will absolutely love this. Also, if you do love this, the last two are on RUclips (hope i spelled EF correctly, on phone, terribly preoccupied attention). Hainbach is German and a genuinely warm person who likes extracting different types of sounds from a wide range of machines, including quite arcane vintage ones. EF extract sounds from barcoders and do things like play pedestal fans. For anyone who hadn't stumbled across them, and enjoys innovative means of producing sounds and music, you might get some relief there while hanging out for further tunes on this beauty!
Same id love to hear more!
The commitment to build the bellows out of floppy disks though.. It elevates the theme of the build to new heights. Well played!
It must have taken so long to build just the bellows.
I feel like this might be a bit difficult to do and out of reach, but I would love seeing Weird Al react to and noodle around with this with a week or so to get acquainted with it. He's a pretty darn accomplished classical accordionist (IMO) and legitimately skilled singer among other things....
....But it would be super great to see him interact with this all! :))))
That is the most incredible combination of skill sets I have ever seen. Simply teaching yourself to play accordion on a goddamn qwerty keyboard is insane, never mind designing and building an accordion out of floppy disks. Hats off my friend, that is next level
A "like" doesn't feel enough. Hats off to you good sir. Not only did you make a crazy instrument like that, you taught yourself to play maple leaf rag on it. That's nuts, and very cool!
I come from a family of accordinistas and digital nerds, and I wholeheartedly approve this video!!
Thank you Linus for giving us a gift second only to the Theramin... ;-) Keep on jamming those bluesy notes!
Finally the algorithm suggests something worth seeing
Maple Leaf Rag goes hard as it is, this is just an absurdist evolution of it
Love it
Two of my favorite computers, my favorite ragtime and my native instrument. How could I not love this?
Thanks for the life story mate
Crazy. Fun fact is 'Maple Leaf Rag' was actually one of the first digital songs I ever heard, as I think it came as a midi file on my first computer
Потрясающе! И огромный респект Автору- не только деть новую жизнь старым вещам, но и так профессионально разбираться и в технике и в музыке. Браво!
Samaa mieltä - näin kyllä kerran C-64 sähkökitaran, mutten koskaan olisi edes kuvitellut vielä näkeväni *kahdesta* C-64:stä tehtyä haitaria!!
Я согласен. Огромный респект, это правильно. Он очень опытный человек.
Jaw dropping!
The concept, the execution, how you play on it and what pieces, everything is perfect.
Hats off to you!
I was wondering if it is a real play or just recoding and random fingers movements? If it is a real play then this is *crazy* good! Thumbs up.
@@arekx Me too, I kinda hope it's fake? Like, if it's real, god help us if he ever decides to use his powers for evil!
@@nickgoodall578 Oh it's real. The man really is super talented and creative 😊
As an accordionist, I find It remarkable. Fantastic work
These sounds took me back to my childhood. Great tool for playing 8 bit melodies.
Watching this video once a day has become a part of my daily routine. It makes me very happy. Thank you for this 🥰
This performance gets my second ever Hot Dang award for 8-bit musical excellence.
For a song to qualify, its bassline must be crunchier than a turtle shell sandwich, its intentions should be bolder than cream cheese cumulonimbus clouds in a Colorado summer day sky, and the decision to re-listen must have been fully automatic.
Check, check, and check. Scott Joplin's masterpiece respectfully remixed. Reverently re-imagined. Aged jubilance with a pinch of fresh exhilaration.
Hot, hot dang.
What was your first? If it's something on this level, it must be amazing.
Now THAT is how an electronic instrument should be born! This is magnificent; a true work of genius and art!
As a squeeze box player for many decades....long before computers I bow to you ingenuity. Many regards
This made me speechless, truly one of greatest inventions in musical history
It feels like this invention was long overdue and so unique in its place of muscial instruments. Only guy I can think of coming up with this was you and here we are. Very heartwarming indeed, also the fact that you actually used old floppy discs as main air blower is so rat. LFT you make me keep thinking humanity is a worthwhile thing to keep going. :^ )
It's perfectly obvious once you've seen it, but it takes genius to imagine it the first time.
Exactly my thoughts : I have faith in humanity again
What caused you to lose faith? Politics? Your neighbors?
@@dianagentu7478 Modern day people of which 70% are complete idiots focusing on benign problems, dont realize in what soon-to-beome technological prosperous age we live therefore political agendas wont address real-fast-effictive scientific progress (especially neuroscience, neurophamacology which could elevate us humans to a boundless state of cognition!) and yet people, therefore politicians, go for absolutely irrelevant topics spending billions on roads and airports instead of investing to again cutting-edge-neuroscience projects that are chronicly underfunded!
This is a so crazy good on all levels. Congratulations on "breathing" new life into a C=64 and creating a new instrument - and for mastering it!
This is exactly how a chip tune instrument should look like. Amazing work with the build and the performance!
That's beautiful. I like the instrument. I like the retro feeling. I love the fact you reclaimed old stuff saving it from the dumpster. I like the ingenuity of your build. And your performance is gorgeous.
Thank you for sharing.
I'm scared by the craziness of the idea and amazed by how perfect it all is. Hats down to best thing I saw this week.
This is the kind of video that should allow multiple likes!!
This man is an absolute genius! Any man who has a taste of retrocomputing and music will love this. Thanks
I absolutely love it! It looks like it could be maybe not from Cyperpunk 2077, but perhaps from Fallout 76. And it also makes sounds like a video game. I find it impressive you built something like this. Very nice playing as well!
When I saw the title online, I could immediately tell who was behind the insanity. But your execution is still far beyond my imagination. Bravo good sir!
Who was it
Not just conceiving this, then actually building it, but learning to play the bloody thing. Hats off.
“So I created this unbelievable instrument AND I can play it flawlessly.” Nice one, dude! 👍🏻
To have your music played on some crazy genius instrument from the future would be an honor
You continue to be the very definition of "Mad Genius". I don't know of anyone else that could come up with such incredible ideas and also execute them so masterfully.
This is the greatest instrument ever made and probably the coolest Commodore related thing to date. Purely amazing.
Brilliant, charming, hilarious, and delightfully insane. This is the greatest thing I’ve seen in a long time. You deserve some kind of award for this! 🏆
Fantastiskt. Helt ny nivå av nörderi. Fett gilla på den. Tack. 😊
I love how "nerdery" is "nörderi". Also, really interesting that y'all use the French-like "nivå" (niveau).
@@Swenthorian yes, we have a long history of the swedish upper class looking at french and being like "oh my god speaking this is gonna make us so cultured", resulting in some (imho) really goofy swedish transcriptions. our royal family also hails from some guy we found in france and invited to be king
@@Swenthorian scandinavians has also had a history of influencing the english language about 1000-500 years ago. Many words in english originates from swedish which makes it fun to study and compare our early languages.. but in this case nörd is clearly a more modern Word borrowed into swedish just as nivå. Also other french words borrowed like paraply and trottoar.. historically we borrowed most older words from the east like modern russia, turky and middle east. (As well as the most traditional swedish foods, ethnic music and our instruments like the vevlira, mungiga, bagpipes etc.) Semi modern from french and since about the last 100 years from english. Our big language concise release new words each year - both new created swedish words like villhöver which means that someone wants something so much it feels like they need it (pasted together from the words vill (want) and behöver (need) and also alot of borrowed words.
I think that the only language that consistently create new words for exactly everything is icelandic. Like: the whole europe/eurasia call a meteorologist something similar (meteorolog in swedish, метеоролог in many eastern countries. Even finns call it meteorologi) but in iceland they created veðurfræði. I think its such a cool language but unfortunately insanely hard to learn.
@@philen It's more that those words came from Old Norse... but fair-enough, lol. Swedish raiders usually went East; it was the Norwegians and Danes who went West. A fun fact is that pretty much all the English words that start with "sk" came from Old Norse: including "skirt" and "skipping". :D Some interesting Vikings must have come over during the Danelaw!
Turkey! Interesting.
Yeah, was gonna say that "villhöver" sounds like "will-haver", and it seems it is indeed cognate to that.
Icelandic is a gem. L'Academie Française tries to do the same thing, but normal people mostly ignore them. Mandarin also creates most of its new words (unlike Japanese and Korean, which prefer to borrow).
My mom's side of the family is almost entirely Norwegian and Swedish immigrants to the US. We still say a family prayer in Norwegian, but interestingly we write it the old way -- with aa instead of å -- because they immigrated before that spelling reform. :D
@@Swenthorian hahaha - nice observation 🤓⌨️🎼
For this you shall absolutely get the Nobel Prize 👏🏻🥇🙏🏻
"Which one?" - "All of them!"
"Retro nonsense" needs to be added to the prize categories for sure.
If this doesn't bring about world peace, nothing will.
Nobel prize means absolutely nothing
Maybe a IG Nobel?
To be honest I came here purely to like the video based on the thumbnail and title making me smile and then had no idea what I was in for. Just a pure joy
As an early C-64 nerd and a huge fan of the SID chip and the various games and music software that produced so much great music... this is fantastic! Great creativity in all regards!
This was absolutely delightful. The Sting-inspired titles really pushed the whole thing to the next level.
LOL Commodordian! Brilliant! Incredible performance, too. That must have taken a good deal of practice. This would rock any TV talent show.
The pure bliss on this man’s face
Terrific work all around. You should consider applying as a musical guest for videogame conventions, they'd take you in a heartbeat if they know what's good for them.
As a piano and accordion player and someone who does a bit of live looping/synthesis, I can’t tell you just how much I love this. You’re a great piano player too. Fantastic video. I love the montage with the commodordion and piano duet, just brilliant ❤
This is so cool. And nothing is more appropriate to be played on the commodordion than Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag. Extra cudos for that! You're the hero of my generation.
A perfect mash-up of obscure interests, talent, skill and humour. Today, you won at RUclips in my book.
This is preposterous, absurd, an heresy that shouldn't exist.
I love it.
Just when I think I've seen the last of Linus, he returns with the most insanely excellent home brew craziness I've ever seen. 😄
This is way to cool!
I'm a keyboard player, and I used to have a Commidor 64.
I never dreamed I'd see something like this.
Brilliant! You won the internet, with this today 🎶🎹❤
Best wishes for your continued success.
RUclips knows full well that 8 bit remixes get my attention...and playing live music with two retro computers definitely qualifies here and also satisfies my love of live music.
Your project definitely made the list of things “when you think you have seen everything”. Thank you so much. You made my day.
Speechless. Love it! Sid rocks
This is so over my head from the composition to the performance to the machine to how relaxed he is about everything
He didn’t compose the music.
Damn, that is the kind of content that keeps youtube alive, the algortihm just recomended this to me, and boy its a gem, so awesome you made this, keep making it up
This is simply brilliant. I am sitting here, laughing tears while the music is driving my wife up the walls... win win situation! More!
I LOVE the Sid.. Nothing else sounds quite like it and it is the sound of my Childhood.
You homage to The Sting’s soundtrack album art has not gone unnoticed! Love it!
Glad I'm not the only one who recognized this! =)
The world needs more people like you spending their time on such projects. This is far less crazy than, for instance, earning another $1M.... :)
Never have I seen anything that so cheerfully straddles the line between genius and abomination.
My group of engineering friends all love your videos and the projects that you do. You're a gem!
The passion and technique is amazing. Good job and music. A peaceful stop for a youtube traveler. It needs more likes.
At first I found this nerdy, then I was baffled by the creativity and ingenuity of the design. And in the end I closedy eyes and enjoyed this brilliant musical performance.
Speaking as an old C64 user ftom back in the day, the last 10 seconds were the icing on the cake!
Fan vad häftigt, du är ett geni.
Haha, he deffo is!
I CAN'T STOP LISTENING TO THIS. Seriously. This version of the Maple Leaf Rag is the best SID tune ever, nice work!
it's cool but the best sid tune ever? cmon man
I loved the reference to the sting. While I was sitting in front of the screen with my mouth hanging wide open. It's hard to synchronize what I see with what I hear and put that together with my sense of reality. This is the most absurd and brilliant thing I saw in a very long time! Magnificient!
This is super badass and I'm incredibly impressed. Absolutely legendary. Love The Sting references too. Scott Joplin would've been so proud!
I completely love how this sounds and how it's played! Bravo!
This is frankly incredible. I can't even finish the video I keep rewinding to listen to the performance
I love the visual reference to The Sting. One of my favorite movies.
I wish I could describe what this craft, this music makes me feel.
Bless your soul
This is the best thing I've seen on youtube this year by far.
That was simply beautiful 🤯
Oh My Word.... You are a certified genius. This is an amazing achievement. The name is also genius, I also might have suggested the Sixtyfourdion :D
You are a confirmed genius. It takes a special dedication and gift to master a musical instrument. You' ve CREATED an instrument AND Mastered it. AMAZING.
I've never been happier than I am right now hearing this for the first time
This is beyond cool. Far beyond cool. I'm pretty impressed at how you handled the bellows in particular, that's a lot more elegant than I expected.
You sir are a genius 👏
This is genius and incredibly talented on top of it.
an absolute masterpiece