Making music with motors!

[richsackett]

An elegant demonstration of how a Hammond organ works.

[actuallythepie]

there are so many small details in your videos like the guitar string you play being the tonic of the background music, and synching everything audibly and visually, that really show the passion you have for these videos and i really enjoy them. thanks for bringing us with you on these amazing experiments of yours :D

[charleslambert]

I think you've reinvented the tonewheel. This is kind of how a hammond organ works. There are lots of wheels all driven by a single motor with different numbers of slots cut into them. Each wheel has a pickup next to it which will generate a tone with a frequency equal to the number of slots x the numer of times the wheel goes around per second. So the high C wheel will have twice as many slots as the middle C wheel. Pressing a key closes a switch which connects the relevant pickup to the amplifier

[samuelgonzalez]

Man, I don't know how to put into words how beautiful you explain things and how enlightening it's to watch it.

[matthewanderson]

I was in a band in high school, one of those spontaneously formed bands that breaks up after their first show. My other guitarist discovered he could get some wild sounds holding a cordless drill near the pickup. He used it to play a "solo" in one of our songs. About halfway through the solo the guitar started to not work so well. So yeah, magnets are a quick way to destroy a pickup.

[ashtmslf]

Honestly If I'm going to buy this I might just wait until it's back to $30 Just to support you and venustheory for the great content you both make

[SquizbarDeAlienOfficial]

How have I never seen your channel??? I clicked on this video thinking it was a Ben Jordan vid. Brilliant video. Keep em coming!

[yayyo]

Wow, that flower shape sounded right out of an FM synthesizer

[RemitheDreamfox]

God I love all your videos. Crafting handy man stuff mixed in with super informative music stuff works so well. Absolutely incredible :3

[evanpincus]

Back in high school I wound my own guitar pickup and used it to try to pick up the sound of an electric drill - I still use that sample as a pad sound all the dang time, a simply gorgeous sound!

[HANGINGOUTWITHAUDIOPHILES]

This is the stuff! I love it when you hit the fun, creative, cheap and educational Just a great cross section and the tones are ace :) I used to like putting a pickup on a long wire and scanning the strings of a piano. It’s a great way to get the chords to animate and it’s so cheap! Your channel is the calming place and btw you seem like a super fun dad !

[wutzerface]

this is the sort of absolutely fantastic YouTube content that has been keeping me alive!

[peterjones]

That was the perfect YouTube sales pitch! and a beautiful product ... downloading now .... Thank you both!

[andrew-pc]

This is a fantastic video. The organ-like sounds you make are beautiful, even before extra processing. These videos are beautiful. Pure art. Thank you.

[yuriwongmusic]

Brilliantly done! Love the sounds that came out of this experiment.

[Rixus]

I swear to god that each of the sound you sampled, sound like a synth from the Fez soundtrack!

This video is so darn good, thank you for your content!

Much love from Italy ❤

[absinthetic]

I tried this with my electric and an electric coffee foamer/stirrer, and got the same effect. Very cool!

[kerensita]

The work you do is important and so appreciated.Thank You For Sharing🤩🧡

[bendixmax]

Built an box with an guitar pickup, kalimba keys and metal springs a few weeks ago and run it through guitar effectpedals! Great video, thank you so much 😊

[skult]

This video just popped up in my feed, probably because of a less serious project I worked on last week.
I took two vibration motors from a PlayStation controller and connected them to my DC power supply, allowing me to control the voltage and, in turn, the speed of the motors, which affected the pitch. I also built a contact microphone, positioning it between and close to the motors, then ran it through a phaser and distortion pedal.
The result was a really cool saw-like sound. It got me thinking about building a synth where each key triggers a vibration motor, with a specific voltage preset for each key to produce the perfect pitch.
Really nice video and greeat edit.