"Extraordinaire Instrument de Musique"--WTF??

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Posted: 11/4/2009 10:55:53 AM EDT

I got an e-mail (yeah, I know better than to post anything here I get in an e-mail) which contained a d'load of this video.

It detailed the construction, saying it took over four years, and the thing was made from farm equipment parts––but it looks like a computer animation to me. Anyone know? I was amazed until I saw the conveyor belt thing near the end––those balls would not hit like that and then go perfectly into the waiting opening. No way, no how. The string bounces at the beginning are far-fetched too. Anyone?

Posted: 11/4/2009 10:58:00 AM EDT

[#1]

Animation FTW

Posted: 11/4/2009 10:58:40 AM EDT

[#2]

I looked really close at the pixels.

It's a chop.

Posted: 11/4/2009 11:00:13 AM EDT

[#3]

Totally 100% Real

Posted: 11/4/2009 11:00:19 AM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:

Animation FTW

Posted: 11/4/2009 11:00:50 AM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:

Animation FTW

My daughter has a DVD of all of these, no clue where it came from. Animation.

Posted: 11/4/2009 11:00:54 AM EDT

[#6]

They built it out of popsicle sticks.

Posted: 11/4/2009 11:34:16 AM EDT

[#7]

Pretty sure this was one of the tech demos for the ATI Radeon 97xx / 98xx series of video cards.

Posted: 11/4/2009 11:37:05 AM EDT

[#8]

Incidentally, the WWII bazooka was named after the bazooka musical instrument, which was assembled from random metal junk. The resemblance between the two really is uncanny.

Posted: 11/4/2009 11:37:26 AM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:
Pretty sure this was one of the tech demos for the ATI Radeon 97xx / 98xx series of video cards.

Whoa, blast from the past...I thought it looked familiar. My first real video card was a 9700. Paid the ungodly sum of 350 dollars for it.

Promptly crushed the chip trying to replace the stock heatsink with a better one.

Posted: 11/4/2009 11:40:52 AM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Animation FTW

My daughter has a DVD of all of these, no clue where it came from. Animation.

Animusic.com Their second DVD has been out for maybe two years and the third is due up "soon."

It's two graphic designers/computer engineers that do this as a hobby. Their company "pays the bills" with contract work and this is more of a side job.

They write a program that details the animation and then use a MIDI file to "control" it. The music controls the animation, not the other way around. Because it's so complex, it requires a LOT of rendering time and their server farm is beyond beefy.

I've got both discs and would highly recommend them.