Imperial March on Lego motors

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  • Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
  • Lego motor DUO plays Star Wars: The Imperial March. Enjoy!
    Bass: Lego Buggy motor (5292c01)
    Baritone: Lego 9V Heavy Mini-Motor (71427c01)
    The music is generated with PWM signals of varying frequencies. The same thing that causes the annoying whining noise you may have noticed with Lego Rechargeable Battery Box, SBrick and BuWizz. Guitar Pro tab, Raspberry Pi and Python code needed. Read more in my blog:
    brickexperimen...

Комментарии • 937

  • @Alphaghosty
    @Alphaghosty Год назад +2656

    Imagine putting the grey one in a Lego r2d2 and have have it talk for him would be amazing 😊

    • @weylinwest9505
      @weylinwest9505 Год назад +52

      I was thinking the same thing!

    • @Hopp5ann
      @Hopp5ann Год назад +14

      yes

    • @red_benny123
      @red_benny123 Год назад +12

      AGREED

    • @danboy12342
      @danboy12342 Год назад +6

      I would like but it's 420 soooooo

    • @superchroma
      @superchroma Год назад +7

      Ok, but, get this, what about using a little speaker instead.

  • @3lyas
    @3lyas Год назад +2135

    Impressive.

  • @tidmouthmilk12
    @tidmouthmilk12 Год назад +1709

    Never thought I'd see a LEGO version of hard drives playing music but here we are I guess. 👏

    • @E-Box
      @E-Box Год назад +35

      I've never seen an HDD version of FDDs playing music, but I live under a rock.
      I have seen dot matrix printers play music, though.

    • @roanv
      @roanv Год назад

      @@E-Box The flopatron!
      It's mostly floppies, but a few scanners and hard drives as well
      ruclips.net/video/3KS02q0BUnY/видео.html

    • @gustiwidyanta5492
      @gustiwidyanta5492 Год назад +16

      ​@@E-Box Floppotron II uses HDDs for percussion.

    • @davep5698
      @davep5698 Год назад +7

      Now to just eat the worlds supply of Lego motors and make the block-o-tron

    • @Sha.ll0w
      @Sha.ll0w Год назад +3

      Now we need to play the Interstellar main theme with lego motors, HDD's and electric arc drives combined!

  • @SenatorJesus
    @SenatorJesus Год назад +476

    I've seen this before. In ten years we'll have the LEGOTRON 3.0 playing an entire symphony orchestra with LEGO parts

    • @danboy12342
      @danboy12342 Год назад +17

      Lego x floppy x hdd x toothbrush
      Mashup when?

    • @orjis
      @orjis Год назад +6

      @@danboy12342 don't forget tesla coils!

    • @JamesTDG
      @JamesTDG Год назад +4

      I think a better name would be the brickotron

    • @GioJonnhyK
      @GioJonnhyK Год назад +3

      @@JamesTDG please no...😂 😥😥😥 leave the original floppotron alone!

    • @SGRebooted
      @SGRebooted Год назад +1

      The blockotron

  • @danielwalker26
    @danielwalker26 Год назад +356

    This is exactly how Floppotron started. Please do more.

  • @fonesrphunny7242
    @fonesrphunny7242 Год назад +291

    Okay, hear me out:
    - Double or tripple the motors. Their response will be slightly different, creating an unison/chorus effect.
    - Keep everything on a piece of wood as resonance body.
    - Get hold of a "contact microphone" (probably not the right term for it) to pick up the piece of wood directly
    - Make multiple recordings, with the motors and mic being in different positions.
    Since you're sending "notes" from an external app, the timing should be 99% reproducible. Mixing the different tracks would give it some "volume" (not in the sense of loudness, but broadness ... if that makes any sense)

  • @mephisto7549
    @mephisto7549 Год назад +914

    He actually calculated how long the string has to be so Vader stops there exactly at the end. Pure dedication.

    • @mikkolukas
      @mikkolukas Год назад +157

      ... or just played the song once, cut the string and placed Vader there.

    • @ponponpatapon9670
      @ponponpatapon9670 Год назад +12

      @@mikkolukas can you elaborate? i don't see how that'd make lego Vader perfectly stop near the lego motor any easier.

    • @dkbmaestrorules
      @dkbmaestrorules Год назад +103

      ​@@ponponpatapon9670 attach string to motor, play song once. String winds up. With string wound up, tie Vader to string in the position you want him to finish. Then simply unwind the string and play the song again and he will finish in exactly the spot you wanted.

    • @NFSHeld
      @NFSHeld Год назад +36

      @@dkbmaestrorules I think it was almost done this way, but probably the string was cut off before Vader was tied to it. The knot shortened the string, and that's why Vader is lifted a bit in the end as if the string's half a centimeter too short.

    • @Benjamin-mq6hu
      @Benjamin-mq6hu Год назад +12

      That's definitely not the most impressive thing about this

  • @mbcommandnerd
    @mbcommandnerd Год назад +651

    THAT’S SO COOL!!! You need to make more songs using LEGO motors, because somehow, they actually sound good!!!

    • @builderbasti9773
      @builderbasti9773 Год назад +12

      Theoretically you could even play something like Rush E if you just had enough motors :D

    • @mbcommandnerd
      @mbcommandnerd Год назад +14

      @@builderbasti9773 I’d pay good money to see someone make that happen! RUSH E is epic on piano as it is, but on LEGO motors!?!? That’s a whole NEW kind of awesome!!!

    • @jandecreates
      @jandecreates Год назад +2

      this is absolutely halirious

    • @theyeetus1428
      @theyeetus1428 Год назад +5

      I have a feeling you'd like the Floppotron.

    • @mikkolukas
      @mikkolukas Год назад

      He need more motors - and more googley eyes!

  • @gmrgamingrm
    @gmrgamingrm Год назад +237

    The sound the lego motors made INSTANTLY reminded me of the motors you hear in Floppy Drive music. Well done!

    • @shaunosmorrison8385
      @shaunosmorrison8385 Год назад +11

      Going back quite a few years now the OG floppy drive Imperial March

    • @gmrgamingrm
      @gmrgamingrm Год назад +2

      @@shaunosmorrison8385 yes! Though I was watching yt at that time I sadly didn't come across that video at the time it was made.

    • @gmrgamingrm
      @gmrgamingrm Год назад +2

      @@TheFlyingEnginer Oh believe me I already know about it lol. Been keeping up with that channel since not long after the Floppotron 2.0 was made.

    • @charlie_nolan
      @charlie_nolan Год назад

      Basically the same thing

    • @gmrgamingrm
      @gmrgamingrm Год назад

      @@charlie_nolan Pretty much yeah

  • @highdriver100
    @highdriver100 Год назад +88

    When i was in engineering school we had a water facility simulator, essentially just two tanks with a speed variable pump in between and some valves controlled by a logic controller. me and my friend were bored in between classes so we made a program that used the pumps pwm controller to play old macdonald. Ah the good old days when life was simple.

  • @LoonerFlight
    @LoonerFlight Год назад +125

    I LOVE the crazy things people use to make music. Amazing!

  • @jmpattillo
    @jmpattillo Год назад +104

    Do not underestimate the power of the motor controller

  • @jblen
    @jblen Год назад +23

    *1st day of band practice*
    "So what do you play?"
    "Lego motors"

  • @hurtthenotegaming6109
    @hurtthenotegaming6109 Год назад +32

    NICE! I didn't think I would start my day by hear lego motors sing the Imperial March! good stuff!

  • @chribster
    @chribster Год назад +19

    I would just like to point out this is exactly how the Floppotron started... and I for one cannot wait...

  • @ThatIntellectualBrat
    @ThatIntellectualBrat Год назад +26

    Just coming up with this idea is amazing!
    Then actually showing the motors run at real time instead of just editing it! (The time of coding it took)
    And the Darth Vader was the cherry on top 🤣👍

    • @dnoodspodu1159
      @dnoodspodu1159 Год назад

      Yep, 01:17 what a plot twist!

    • @mikkolukas
      @mikkolukas Год назад +1

      "Just coming up with this idea is amazing!" --- the idea is not new at all. Encapsulation the motors with LEGO plastic is.

  • @bacon.cheesecake
    @bacon.cheesecake Год назад +6

    Oh my god, Darth Vader getting pulled is by one of the motors was brilliant! So funny

  • @loganjsmith_
    @loganjsmith_ Год назад +18

    This was far more impressive than I was expecting. Nice job!

  • @DaCouchWarrior
    @DaCouchWarrior Год назад +14

    We slowly going from Lego Engineering to Lego Music. Wow.

  • @Kadeo-ms6qw
    @Kadeo-ms6qw Год назад +6

    Having the motor pulling Darth Vader was a nice touch.

  • @oscarguzman3017
    @oscarguzman3017 Год назад +5

    Hearing the simplified version of this song with basically midi notes gives me a higher appreciation for this song. Truly a banger.

  • @TomResnick
    @TomResnick Год назад +5

    0:27 What a fantastic approximation of R2-D2 - Honestly, if you were to "simulate" all of R2's beeps and whistles with this motor, it could practically pass for an entirely new droid "speaking" in Binary. Very cool!

  • @Jenny_Digital
    @Jenny_Digital Год назад +1

    Well done! I especially ❤’d the bit where Vader edges across on the thread. Thank you.

  • @jaimegomezgarcia7599
    @jaimegomezgarcia7599 Год назад +9

    Absolutely fantastic.
    I have seen many interpretations of the StarWars symphony, but this one is unique.
    Plus, you bring together two passions: SW and Lego.
    Bravo!
    Greetings from Spain.

  • @nikospapageorgiou57
    @nikospapageorgiou57 Год назад +4

    Many things have been made with Legos, but I never thought I'd see and hear a symphonic orchestra... MOST IMPRESSIVE!

  • @NobleCubes
    @NobleCubes Год назад +2

    Dude how! Brilliant

  • @oskarsieka233
    @oskarsieka233 Год назад +1

    Masterful.
    So much emotion.

  • @deep-spaghetti
    @deep-spaghetti Год назад +8

    it must've been really annoying to calibrate the length of that string, great work!

    • @_evildoer
      @_evildoer Год назад +4

      You mean playing it exactly 1 time and seeing how far it moved? Ya... real pain waiting less than 2 minutes...

    • @STORMWINDKILLER
      @STORMWINDKILLER Год назад

      @@_evildoer you must be fun at parties

    • @mikkolukas
      @mikkolukas Год назад

      actually no

  • @Bricks.Master.Builders
    @Bricks.Master.Builders Год назад +4

    Very impressive 🤩

  • @immaturepeasant
    @immaturepeasant Год назад +1

    A wonderful performance by the LEGO Motor Duo

  • @dominark2730
    @dominark2730 Год назад +2

    The best thing i have ever seen!🤩

  • @TheMugbearer
    @TheMugbearer Год назад +4

    The Force Is Strong With This One! Now you can create your own subgenre of mechanical music, similar to floppy disc reader music!

  • @hoodbaxter
    @hoodbaxter Год назад +6

    So cool I would want to see more of the Lego motor duo

  • @bbbenj
    @bbbenj Год назад +1

    So imaginative!

  • @yukinakamoto30
    @yukinakamoto30 Год назад +2

    this video saved my day

  • @antequeragames5554
    @antequeragames5554 Год назад +6

    I wonder why two lego motors can play better music than I can

  • @cocoeclipse32
    @cocoeclipse32 Год назад +25

    I can already tell this will be amazing!
    Edit: Just finished the video. I was right. 11/10 performance!

  • @kirkistief
    @kirkistief Год назад

    My life is better for having watched this. Thank you.

  • @K113-A
    @K113-A Год назад +1

    your creations are impressive, you must be very proud

  • @hongkongshoey67
    @hongkongshoey67 Год назад +3

    Love this, reminds me of an old youtube video i revisit from time to time. The imperial march performed by floppy drives.

    • @piotrnod6489
      @piotrnod6489 Год назад

      ruclips.net/video/3KS02q0BUnY/видео.html

  • @jones_da9005
    @jones_da9005 Год назад +7

    what a masterpiece

  • @Jatch25
    @Jatch25 Год назад +2

    Almost spit out my drink with the quick camera cuts.

  • @l.j.turner185
    @l.j.turner185 Год назад

    This is the most random idea ever and I absolutely love it ❤❤❤❤

  • @generalbacon7476
    @generalbacon7476 Год назад +6

    Next we'll have the lego device orchestra and it will be glorious

  • @mullokakkarin
    @mullokakkarin Год назад +6

    I wondered if you'll do something flopotron style like that - i finally got my answer 😂

  • @xplodingmojo2087
    @xplodingmojo2087 Год назад +2

    Waveforms are magic. Either if they’re powering a speaker, or a PWM controlled motor.

  • @alacer8878
    @alacer8878 Год назад +2

    The perfect start to my morning.

  • @Erix963
    @Erix963 Год назад +6

    It's a masterpiece

  • @KostianPk
    @KostianPk Год назад +3

    Всегда восхищался упорством некоторых людей в интернете! Браво!

  • @darth_dan8886
    @darth_dan8886 Год назад +1

    This might just be the best motor rendition of the Imperial March I've heard to date.

  • @DrummerBlade.
    @DrummerBlade. Год назад +1

    WOW. I would have NEVER thought to do that! It sounds amazing...

  • @rewindfpv9414
    @rewindfpv9414 Год назад +3

    May the bricks be with you

  • @doctortwilight
    @doctortwilight Год назад +3

    The grey motor sounds like one of the synths used in the Portal 2 soundtrack

  • @mazack00
    @mazack00 Год назад +1

    MORE of this please! Hardware music his hilarious and awesome

  • @MicronOnline
    @MicronOnline Год назад +1

    This is giving me flashbacks to the stepper motor music from years ago. I remember the one channel used to make a good few videos.
    Thank your making this video B.E.C 🙏🙏

  • @MegawackyMax
    @MegawackyMax Год назад +3

    Now do Doom E1M1!!

  • @БонБорщ
    @БонБорщ Год назад +8

    Контент которого мы не заслуживаем, но в котором нуждаемся

  • @OscarOlim
    @OscarOlim Год назад +1

    We need more. This is amazingly done.

  • @LorenHelgeson
    @LorenHelgeson Год назад

    Most impressive. Your skills are now complete.

  • @ArtdesTests
    @ArtdesTests Год назад +1

    Abosulte madlad! Sooo cool
    They also sound like coming straight out of Portal 2's soundtrack

  • @gagepurcell
    @gagepurcell Год назад +1

    We need more of this!

  • @TikTikboom173
    @TikTikboom173 Год назад

    Absolutely amazing

  • @alisonallen7545
    @alisonallen7545 Год назад +1

    So funny! I love it!

  • @cloudedarctrooper
    @cloudedarctrooper Год назад +1

    It took me a second to realize what that cacophony of plips from the grey one was. I'm honestly impressed you managed to make a motor sound like r2d2

  • @nathanielscholtens2812
    @nathanielscholtens2812 Год назад +2

    Anybody here also watch Device Orchestra? Because they should add a Lego motor to their orchestra!

  • @wrench8677
    @wrench8677 Год назад

    Perfect timing. This came up in my feed as I’m just finishing building the legs of my ucs atat

  • @timurabdurasulov4498
    @timurabdurasulov4498 Год назад +2

    Oh myyyyyyy! This is so fantastic!!!

  • @mariajosesilva701
    @mariajosesilva701 9 дней назад

    It's super incredible because you made a song with lego Motors that's super cool I am so proud

  • @kymmoulds
    @kymmoulds Год назад

    Well done and a BIG thumbs up.

  • @quantumblur_3145
    @quantumblur_3145 Год назад +1

    My good old friend Lego Motor 2.
    This one's going straight into the decade-old Floppy Drive Music playlist

  • @maddadbricks
    @maddadbricks Год назад

    Absolute perfection!
    💜💙🖤💙💜

  • @largewallofbeans9812
    @largewallofbeans9812 Год назад

    listening to this cured my blindness thank you mr bistt

  • @weef8975
    @weef8975 Год назад

    Great vid, right when I noticed the string and wondered what it was for I got the reveal.

  • @louis-arthurderaguenel8742
    @louis-arthurderaguenel8742 Год назад

    this is officially the best video of the entire youtube game

  • @PiotrBarcz
    @PiotrBarcz Год назад +1

    Pretty neat! I've also seen videos this one guy did years and years ago where he used a dot matrix printer to play midi files

  • @darthnihilius9055
    @darthnihilius9055 Год назад +1

    Worth the 30 second mandolorian ad

  • @dannypipewrench533
    @dannypipewrench533 Год назад

    I know an electrical engineer who would absolutely love this.

  • @mattimotion
    @mattimotion Год назад +2

    So unexpected, so awesome!

  • @jerrymcweston3510
    @jerrymcweston3510 Год назад +1

    you should definitely make more of these.

  • @LJCyrus1
    @LJCyrus1 Год назад +1

    Excellent.

  • @TeraV
    @TeraV Год назад

    This is true engineering, solving problems nobody knew needed solving.

  • @LEGOMan64
    @LEGOMan64 Год назад

    This gives LEGO Star Wars a new meaning

  • @user-dw2zq9jo5z
    @user-dw2zq9jo5z Год назад +1

    Dude made the new trending Lego device

  • @Aptol
    @Aptol Год назад

    Underrated. Amazing

  • @gabok98
    @gabok98 Год назад +1

    A masterpiece.

  • @anubysseven6988
    @anubysseven6988 Год назад

    One of the best video I’ve ever seen

  • @darthrubik8384
    @darthrubik8384 Год назад

    We've been watching your career with great interest.

  • @uattias
    @uattias Месяц назад +1

    Bro jumpscared us with that Darth Vader lol

  • @Computer4869
    @Computer4869 Год назад +1

    BEC is a lego masterbuilder that somehow got into reality

  • @pythoncr
    @pythoncr 11 месяцев назад +1

    Haha, this is a fun way to play!👍

  • @Delerane
    @Delerane Год назад +1

    "How is that possible ?!"
    Amazing. Truly amazing.

  • @panzer_tank
    @panzer_tank 7 месяцев назад +2

    "what instrument do you play?"
    brick experiment: lego motors

  • @pitbull9991
    @pitbull9991 Год назад

    now multiply that a few times to make a full choir and add your drum machine, do a lil reverb and it would be epic!!! awesome video and thanks for the laughs.

  • @maxeys6508
    @maxeys6508 Год назад

    You have impressed me for first time

  • @jakeilano6821
    @jakeilano6821 Год назад

    I loved the Star Wars bit it was amazing.

  • @Compig44
    @Compig44 Год назад

    That was one of the best songs I have ever heard

  • @craigcooknf
    @craigcooknf Год назад

    Loved this!

  • @user-sg7rg9oq1s
    @user-sg7rg9oq1s Год назад

    A fine addition to my liked collection

  • @prnvhs918
    @prnvhs918 Год назад +2

    Dude this is amazing!!!!
    I just realised I had missed the fourth wished a buddy on the sith and I then I saw this😭

  • @snyn_
    @snyn_ Год назад +1

    There is only one word for this: yes.