The Floppotron 3.0 - Computer Hardware Orchestra
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- The big upgrade of my PC hardware orchestra. 512 floppy disk drives, 16 hard disks and 4 scanners. What do you want to hear next? Write it in comments!
Playing: Entrance of the Gladiators (by Julius Fucík). More details on how it works - silent.org.pl/h....
Patreon: / floppotron
So that's where all the worlds floppy drives went...
From the disk drive's perspective, they went from a boring desk job to superstardom!
From a quick search, I found a floppy disk drive can consume up to 34 W, under 1 W when on standby, so this is a pretty insane setup: 34 W * 512 = 17.4 kW ;)
@@pavel9652 ,
Thankfully you don't to run the floppy drive ALL the time :) or at least under normal operating conditions! LOL
@@David_Ladd Haha, Floppotron isn't normal operating conditions ;)
@@pavel9652 I don't know where you're getting that from but it's entirely incorrect. 3.5" floppy drives only use a few watts at most. I just found a datasheet for a Panasonic 3.5" Floppy drive and it's rated for 1.5W while reading.
I feel like at some point a collaboration between you and Device Orchestra is inevitable.
Hi Jeff. You're a little late for the celebration. ;-)
Holy shit, yes, please, please make this happen.
Hello raspberry pi man
Those drives are going to need so many googly eyes.
Don't forget Sam from look mum no computer
I let out an audible "holy crap" when he pulled the cover off that monolithic stack of floppy drives.
Absolute mad lad.
ditto
Me too! Only, in Italian :D
My phone resolution wasn't high enough to work out what it was at first 😂
That's no stack of floppy drives... it's a space station.
Mr. Fucik (the composer) could never have imagined this, 120+ years ago. Great stuff.
- On what instrument you want this to be played?
- It's complicated...
@@devilaverage6718 "It's too hard. The project might flop."
Mr. Fucik really puts the I in fuck.
This is the reason why he won't be happy, "SEND IN THE CLOWNS!"
@@ARandomInternetUser08 What a floppy answer 🎉🎉🎉😂
I was sad to hear the 2.0 was going, but oh my god this is a hell of an upgrade. I feel like this belongs in some either music or tech museum once you’re finally done with it
It should be the music system in the museum. An active display.
@@brasskail5036 probably would start smoking at some point heh
nice pfp
Give it to LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER for THIS MUSEUM IS (NOT) OBSOLETE
@@scienceexclamationmark seconded!
Need to hear some Master Boot Record or Keygen Church on this
Spread the code!
Master Boot Record feels almost obligatory. I hope they do.
or The Algorithm
Yes PLEASE! It is meant to be
Heavy metal never died. It was just never evenly synthesized.
Honestly, if you can read in any MIDI file, you might actually consider doing a twitch stream where subscribers can upload their own MIDI files and hear the floppotron play it on-stream.
This could probably speak with the right files and can definitely be broken with others, so I doubt that will happen
@panda "whats the worst they could do?"
@@Ben-li9zb they can send files that stress the thing without any real musical content
@@robegatt I know, the quotes were there to add to the joke, we don't want someone bricking 300 floppy disks because of their funny program
@@Ben-li9zb black midi
The power-on sequence is something straight out of some science fiction giant robot anime and I'm here for it.
You've managed to outdo yourself AGAIN this is incredible!
It's got a whole power-on sequence now! Love the piano key color arraignment of the floppy drives and the light bars on the scanners.
This is unironically my favorite rendition of Entry of the Gladiators.
Einfach nur Wahnsinn. Gut gemacht. Und die ganze Technik die dahinter steckt. Super.
WOW DUDE
I'm glad someone remembers how a full version upgrade is SUPPOSED to feel! This is so much more musical than 2.0, which was already quite good. This feels like a full step out of novelty and into genre.
Imagine an unsuspecting burglar walks in and doesn't know what any of that stuff is and all of a sudden the lights turn on and it starts playing
@Parrie Jenkins Maybe because of this video's song, the first thing I thought of was that circus orchestras have a long tradition of playing Sousa's "The Stars and Stripes Forever" to signal to the rest of the circus that there's an emergency without alarming the civilians.
@Parrie Jenkins My personal favorite hospital PA code, which I learned when I was hospitalized in Boston 10 years back, was when they would page Dr. Brown. According to a chart posted at the nurses' station that patients were probably not supposed to be able to see, it meant there was an urgent need for the biohazmat cleanup team in the lobby.
I like how the drives are inverted piano keys 😀
at first I was disappointed about random placement of different colours of floppies instead doing it in single color that would look nicer. Then I saw it from distance and understood
harpsichord keys
I just noticed after I read your comment. That's brilliant!
That's a marked difference in quality over Floppytron V2. Great leaps and bounds in technological advancement too.
I'm loving it.
Can't wait to hear more.
Just a shame it takes so much of your time and effort to make the midi files sound great, but I just want to let you know your hard work and technical ability are greatly appreciated by my wife and I.
An incredible creation! Loved the previous incarnations and this is a wonderful evolution. Keep making music with machines!
I'd love to hear "Siegfried's Death and Funeral March" from Wagner's "Götterdämmerung" played on the Floppotron. Also, "O Fortuna" from Orff's "Carmina Burana."
Great pieces :)
Also a little bit 9th Symphony of Dvorak would be fitting
@@mgk3176 I love it!
how about Saint-Saëns symphony no.3 finale
🤓
The first song reminded me of when in fear and loathing in las vegas they huff ether and make their way thru the circus. Brought a tear to my eye....thank you for the inspiration
This actually probably sounds amazing inside that room, I'd probably pay to go hear this in a concert hall lmao
I just now noticed how the floppy drives are arranged so they look like a piano.
lol indeed!😳
I think a collab between yourself, Look Mum No Computer, Device Orchestra and Wintergarten would be insane.
In the words of the great Jean Luc Piccard, make it so.
OH MY GOD YES
The four horsemen
I support this idea
I'm definitely getting fairground organ vibes off this especially with this song, it's like the organ for a post apocalyptic funfair, needs to be in a trailer so you can take it on tour!
Wow! The sound has much improved.
I guess it is now more like an acoustic organ where you add multiple "pipes" to great a composite tone. really amazing! Well done.
I just realized that the floppies colors resample piano keys. Awesome!
Mother of... this is such a masterclass in absurd engineering I can't help but just be in awe.
I'm sure Get Lucky would be a great addition to the Floppotron playlist!
Glad to see you're back, continue the great work!
Yes pleaseeeeee I need that shit
Human imagination and creativity is amazing. If it can be done, there's a person somewhere in the world who is figuring it out. Bravo.
I admire you. Great job. Keep up the great work youve been doing.
OMG i just yelled "YES" when i saw this, really glad you didnt scrap the Floppotron, well done sir.
0:29 -0:30 I thought you were going to play Back in Black with all those black floppies it would have been fitting. Very happy the floppytron is back in version 3.0 Thank you.
brilliant!! What a masterpiece 😍
That's one lovely piece of mad engineering. 👍😎
Absolutely incredible. It's been a joy to watch the evolution of floppotron.
I'd love to see a portable floppotron, mounted in a rack or two 😀
I loved watching the floppotron. hope you enjoy many tunes and concert evenings together.
the definition of creative genius.
Floppotron: I am a musician
Hewlett Packard : But we make printers and scanners
Floppotron : No problem !
Jestem dumny, że mój rodak zrobił takie arcydzieło. Tak trzymaj bracie💪
Truly amazing, this has to take years of experience to pull off the kinda of technological Showmanship
Very unique and outside the box those who picked on these people didn't know shit you guys rock keep it going I love it show them who's the boss
Fascinating machinery! That DOS interface and those floppy sounds bring me to the time when the world seemed so wonderful and full of sparkling, and when Duke Nukem and Heroues of Might and Magic were the choice...
Ah, good old times...
The most fascinating thing about this video is that so many people don't understand its genius
Czyli "time set to goodbye" po części był prawdą na szczęście w pozytywnym znaczeniu. Boję się co zobaczymy w modelu 4.0 za jakiś czas 😂🤗🥳🤔
Model 4.0 będzie sam w sobie małym budynkiem zapewne
@@CrazyChemistPL 2 budynki bo jeszcze gdzieś trzeba elektrownię do zasilania upchać
This is the most magical geeky thing I've ever seen.... Well done sir #pcmasterace
3.0 rock on! Looking forward to all the great work I'm sure you'll keep doing! :D
That is THE coolest thing I have ever seen!
Can't wait for to hear, "The only thing that is real" from this new and improved floppotron
The tech news sent me here and I wasn’t disappointed.
i cant wait to hear the songs you make with this!!!!!!!
I'd be interested to see what each device sounds like on it's own - like the floppy drives for example. They make up the most of this device - but I am not actually sure what of the composition is made up by them. :)
Absolutely brilliant !!
I remember the first one! Congrats on #3
Truly beautiful
Pawel should make a game on the app store where you can design your own floppotron and play your music on it
Simply amazing work 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
awesome... there is still some use for these dinosaurs
Floppy discs are going to make a comeback thanks to this.
You are the proof that not all heroes wear capes!!
I'd love to hear something by The Bravery on these ! Also, have you ever considered making a VST for this ?
Wasn't expecting to see such a massive wall of hard drives! 😂
Brilliant creation tough!! :)
You are a mad genius.
Excellent work man!! Make it play ragtime!
THIS
IS
INSANE
Polska mistrzem Polski!
Poland is the Polish champion? But of course!?!!
I mean, I cheer with you, but I don't get it... Who ELSE would be the Polish champion other than Poland? (Perhaps it is lost in translation?)
In any case, GO TEAM! :)
@@cdmccul It's a recurring joke, originally about our national football team that is, well... not so great. Paweł is Polish so that was a little Easter egg for him.
@@krzysztofmatuszek Ah, thank you. My local sports teams have always been the same way. We love them just the same. :)
Man, this is EPIC!
I remember those loud ass HP scanners back when I was in college.
Bad Apple? Bonus points if those floppy drive LEDs are also playing the music video.
“My computer has a soundcard”
“Mine has two floppy drives”
Geniaal; 100% out of the box
Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you for the video. If I visit Poland (I have friends there) I would buy you a beer or coffee.
I'm really celebrating you right now!
Please - please keep going and try to make it portable!
Show once in a big show and the world pays homage to you! At least all those who grew up with this hardware and had already wondered back then -> can you also make music with it?
Definitely yes!
For me, this already goes in the direction of art! Maybe someone here sees that and organizes something in the direction? Would be happy for you and the many work / time!
Y'know what the best thing about the Floppotron is? It's an acoustic instrument.
Oh my goodness! That's hilarious. Brilliant observation.
It's basically an enormous electromechanical synthesizer, which is badass
@@AnomalousVixel More like an electric organ, like an Hammond.
@@giacomoneri1782 Not really like a Hammond. The Hammond generates an electronic signal by electromechanical means, and then plays it through and amplifier and speaker system. Although the floppotron is also electromechanical, it directly excites vibrations in the air. Big difference!
This is what RUclips is all about
Agreed, even if I didn't expect you here
Hu ?? It was maybe ...
But well Jarrod ... nope .... the truth this is what RUclips is and must be about and internet anonymous
was
This and gay frogs
Or it was... Good they did not accuse him of copyright infringement
You know you're doing good in life when your musical instrument has a dedicated emergency stop button
Two even!
And consumes 1.2kW at peak!
That second Estop isn't very dedicated and often daydreams while on the clock and never gets back on time from lunch
@@Lectrikfro so it is redundant in all definitions of the word is what you're saying? :)
@@djgummikuh8895 Sure we had one emergency stop button, but what about the second emergency stop button?
I mean this in the kindest possible way, you look like exactly the kind of person to build an instrument containing 512 floppy disk drives, 16 hard disks and 4 scanners.
AND PLAYS METAL ON IT!!
I thought exactly the same. I also suspect those were deliberately chosen in powers of two
@@Tentin.Quarantino wow good point lol!
@@Tentin.Quarantino Makes sense.
You have to be able to address each one individually, so unless you want to accept waste of address space, make them powers of 2.. :-)
I am relieved to see and hear this marvel of engineering. The news that the Flopotron 2.0 would be decommissioned troubled me greatly yesterday evening. Mourning is over: The Floppotron is dead. Long live the Floppotron!
Long live the Floppotron!
I too was worried after seeing the video yesterday about the end of Floppotron 2.0. Glad to see v3.0, and the quality is excellent.
Speaking of Marvel I think X-men The animated series Theme song would sound great on this thing
Long live the Floppotron!
Fantastic, simply fantastic!
Simply FLOPtastic!
I would buy the Flappotron from you for my instrument collection.
How mut mony?
The lord have spoken !
But Sir! How to perform duet if both instruments are in Your kindly hands?!
Hahaha :) - maybe better suggest him doing a dedicated piano for your great videos and make a movie about the making :)
@@TymexComputing If it's midi compatible, you can use a keyboard to play it.
It's kinda of an electric organ, like an Hammond, stepper motors playing notes.
Ha, I knew "kiss goodbye" to Floppotron 2 wasn't the end of story! Great work, keep rockin!
There should be a Floppotron soundfont to replicate that using a random midi file. It's beautiful.
Agreed, I'd buy it.
@@aidenklass9767 hell, i would pay just for a sample pack
Brilliant idea
It wouldn't be the same.
Honestly, I'd definitely buy that!
Holy moly this sounds so much better!! I love it!
I think there is some improvement needed before it finished. It is still in beta and I think he will probably work on fixing up some stuff concerning audio as some sounds were pretty loud. I think the floppy disk drives were going on full blast for most of it so the hard disk drives didn't get as much volume. If you think that it is good already, it's gonna get even better.
Pikapetey watches floppatron 😳
This deserves to be bought by a modern art gallery for big money. It is wonderful, it literally fills people with wonder! So much better than most of the stuff that usually wins all the big money. Bravo!
I'm thinking maybe that Dutch mechanical instruments museum where the Marble Machine was displayed
@@starry_lis Oh yes - and an HMI Panel like a juke Box where visitors can choose their favourite song
Sadly nowadays the things considered art and museum worthy are bananas taped on the wall.
@@StormCrusher94 that banana piece was making the point your trying to make. It was great.
@@starry_lis As far as I know it's regularly displayed in museums and was sold for actual money (more than a banana should be), so apparently it was taken seriously enough, so he's not wrong
I was expecting fanfare, not clownfare. I admit I laughed WAY too hard at being caught off guard. Top quality as always, looking forward to what other songs 3.0 brings.
clownware
Well the song is named "Entrance of the Gladiators", and it absolutely is a fanfare. It's only because of circuses using it as copyright-free music that it's associated with clowns.
To quote Wikipedia on „Entry of the Gladiators“: „The march demonstrates the state of the art in playing technology and the construction of brass instruments, which allowed fast and even chromatic gears in all instruments and positions.“ So I think this is absolutely the right song.
@@SavageGreywolf Oh I know, but that stigma will never go away and it's part why that startup will almost consistently fool me and throw me for a loop each and every time. Good bit of info, that said!
@@SavageGreywolf I learned something new today. Also, this is the first time I've heard the whole song!
Father: our son will be a musician
Mother: no, he'll be a computer tech
Their son:
AHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHH
he became both in a way XD
@@Nichodo Just guessing here, but I suspect "that's the joke" applies.
@@Nichodo yeah, that's the punchline
I'd like to think that the emergency stop buttons are there in case if Floppotron becomes self-aware.
You just have to know there was a giant fire at some point haha
@@joshuamontgomery0 Floppotron 2 experienced technical difficulties at one point, smoked components mid-performance. And there were probably similar incidents that went unrecorded in the earlier days.
I believe you'd need something more physical like a SPAS-12 or something.
...There is no MUSIC other than what we make for ourselves...
---John Connor---
@@CannonFodder873 lol
Imagine what building this monument would have cost back in the 80's.
Some parts would have actually been cheaper because of oversupply and the fact that some parts aren't built anymore and are quite expensive due to rarity today
@@redcrafterlppa303 Yeah floppys were cheap at one time , not now.
One man's trash is another man's treasure.
@@redcrafterlppa303 I've been trying to find what 3.5" floppy drives solf for back in the early 80s, but couldn't find anything... to be fair I didn't look TOO hard, but I would have expected it to be higher than buying second hand drives today.
@@redcrafterlppa303 not quite, while thats true the circuits associated to the current arduinos would have ramp up the build...
I just love the fact that Pavel calls it "Beta". Like he's ironing out some final bugs before mass production, and then we'll soon have a floppotron in every home and office 😂
This may actually make it into a museum one day.
Here's hoping.
Nope, never a museum. It should be handed down to next generation forever and ever and never stop playing 😁
Nope, bring it to Look Mum No Computer's Museum Of Everything Else
Look mum no computers museums
I agree. Having this (or the previous floppotron) in a technology museum would be a great asset to get people excited for technology
@@bennylloyd-willner9667 Well there is that mechanical music museum the marble machine made it into, that way it'd still get played and be in a museum where everyone can see it.
Such a majestic machine
Sir, you've just made a 71 year old man cry with happiness. What a marvelous machine! Bravo!
makes you wonder what 4.0 will have added over 3.0🤔
I'm 73 and laughed till hiccups occured!
So amazing it's on RUclips Trending again, congrats your famous
you're*
Trending again since 2 days ago?
Original engineers: "We need to design these mechanical movements to be as quiet as possible". Pawel: "Hold my beer".
You failed, but I made your failure beautiful
i don't think they cared about that back then. making things quiet was only started in pretty much the 2000 floppy drives are much older than that.
I'm surprised he's not using Amiga 500 drives. Dem things made a racket, but probably since they were not n a sealed drive enclosure and sitting in a hollow plastic PC shell
hahahhahahahaha!!!!!!!!
The noise was not a consideration at all back then.
He had us in the first half, not gonna lie (please don't ever pretend to end the floppotron again)
I know right? I am so glad Pawel keeps it going
Hell yeah! I felt really sad when he retired the old Floppotron!
I am in awe.
Here I was expecting a a long break and this beautiful monstrosity drops!
I can't wait for the complete Lord of the Rings soundtrack to be played!
Me too!! MAN!! You really dropped a bomb on me!!
I was worried that the last video was the end! Glad to see Floppotron remains.
It got rebooted
Yeah i thought when 2 was retired that was it , im so glad it wasnt the end.
This really does feel like a fairground organ at this point
Yeah, like that music played on Rollercoaster Tycoon 's Merry Go Round
I got that same feeling, then with the juxtaposition of what it's made from, just wow. Imagine if one of the old time calliope builders, could see what is simultaneously a parody and a tribute to their work. So meta... does that mean anything anymore?
There is a organ museum in my town. Would love to see this in an exposition there!
It really reminds me of a geek version of the old Decap organs.
Please see "Bohemian Rhapsody" on a Calliope
ruclips.net/video/JTnGI6Knw5Q/видео.html
This is truly a warm-hearted new thing. If you're familiar with old hardware, you can indulge in nostalgia, and if you're unfamiliar, you can be impressed by the novelty. More than anything, it is wonderful that it is well established as music. The visuals are perfect :)
* blink *
...sorry, *_NEW_* thing?
You don't know why ending a phonecall is called "hanging up", do you.... This _was_ normal. Everyone in my generation knows and loves the sounds of a fax machine, a modem, and an answering machine. To some of us, the norm of dilligence never went away. It's not "well established" as music, it was COMPOSED as music, unlike the empty repetition of pointless nonsense that is shite like tiktok. This is the love of an era given form through sheer force of will, dedication to discipline, and hard work. To quote a hilarious phrase from the interrim : "you didn't build that."
We did. We're not dead YET.
@@InservioLetum ……
@@InservioLetum Imagine being so mad over nothing that you have a cow over someone who has made a very kind, heartfelt comment about a machine we have all been excited to see the new iteration of, fitting and fussing over the phrasing of a sentence that may have been written by someone who has English as their second language. Sure, let us get nostalgic about floppy drives and fax machines (though not dot matrix printers, those were horrid), but maybe chill?
I have three things to say, excluding this first sentence.
Firstly, this is incredible.
Secondly, two emergency stop buttons, mildly terrifying. Not sure if it is for the potential of it overheating and catching fire, or the fear of this beautiful but powerful machine turning against its creator.
Thirdly, those floppy disk drives are arranged to look like piano keys arent they? Thats a really nice detail.
Failing is a Beta-Feature?
Concerning third statement.
You mean two left columns? Coz obviously not the rest due to color inversion.
But there are too many white keys between D# and F#
if i was reading it right the PSU's was rated above 1000 watts given the age of the tech involved i think having an emergency off is a smart idea ive seen old parts just burst into flames and electrical fires are no joke.
I have been following this for years and love this so much! It's frivolous brilliance at it's best. This didn't need to exist but you made it and the world is a better place because of it. Also a great way to recycle old parts.
That's a great description of art in general; Something that nobody really needed, but makes the world a better place to live. The Floppotron family definitely accomplished that.
Man you're an old time RUclips legend, so glad to see you still putting out awesome music videos!