"Africa" (Toto) - Played on 32 Stepper Motors

A remake of my original stepper motor cover!
"Africa" is by Toto.
Produced By: Jonathan Kayne
Built and funded by the Virginia Tech Autonomous Mastery Prototyping (AMP) Lab.
This musical instrument uses a DE0-nano FPGA (Cyclone IV), Custom PCBs, A4988 Stepper Drivers and NEMA-17 Bipolar Stepper Motors to turn MIDI into 8 tracks of 4 volume levels.
LINKS:
Official Project Page:
sites.google.c...
Virginia Tech AMP Lab:
sites.google.c...
MIDI and Project Files:
github.com/jzk...
Jonathan Kayne
Twitter: / jonathanzkayne
Instagram: / jonathanzkayne

[@alexanderfederlin8133]

what the world really needs is a collab with an orchestra made up of stepper motors, tesla coils, the Marble Machine X and the floppotron...

[@superposition2644]

What's a floppotron?

[@dennishmn5836]

@@superposition2644 just look it up on RUclips

[@hotrodbreck]

I completely agree

[@jordananderson8299]

What the world really needs is Lynyrd Skynyrd songs played on stepper motors

[@user-de9ub2wc4e]

add a ddr pad

[@jrjtitanic]

I BLESS THE DRIVERS FROM DIIIIIIGIII KEEEYYYYYY

[@Avetho]

GONNA TAKE SOME TIME TO WRITE THE CODE WE NEVER HAD (ooh, ooh)

[@js7539]

@@Avetho buzz, buz buzz b-buzz buzz buzzzzzz....

[@SirNobleIZH]

I LIKED THE VIDEO BEFOOOOOORE IT PLAAAAAAYED

[@Mckennen]

Congrats

[@StephenParsey]

Outstanding! And oddly mesmerizing! This deserves more views!

[@Choober65]

It doesn't matter what you give some people, they will repurpose it into the most ridiculously epic item, and that is exactly what you have done. Mozart would be impressed. I am.
Now if you can control the amplitude of the pulses, you have a volume control.

[@liddad]

Damn, I think this might be your best one yet!

[@JonathanKayne]

Personally I thought my Bad Apple one was my best so far but that's just me.

[@1abyrinth]

This is awesome, I wish you success!!

[@Regiampiero1]

A....MAZING!!

[@freddesroches9416]

RESPECT !

[@CasksnQue]

This is absolutely awesome!!!

[@dennishmn5836]

Just a few hounded more motors and you could make some pixel art with the rotations of the motors while making music

[@user-wo7rl4nm7w]

My printer casually failimg a 50+ hour print without me knowing:

[@Psych0h3ad]

Stunning!!

[@VultureXV]

Sounds like Africa played on an electric hurdy-gurdy

[@jordananderson8299]

Will you do Lynyrd Skynyrd songs especially Sweet Home Alabama and Free Bird on stepper motors?

[@fannin8583]

Do you go to VT?

[@JonathanKayne]

Yes, I graduate in a few weeks actually

[@fannin8583]

@@JonathanKayne nice

[@louisbridges-galvez8565]

here before youtube recommends it (2k views and ony 2 dislikes

[@lorenzopiccione6823]

lol

[@ivangamer8022]

great job mate