[HN Gopher] The Commodordion ___________________________________________________________________ The Commodordion Author : cowtools Score : 302 points Date : 2022-10-21 17:44 UTC (5 hours ago) (HTM) web link (linusakesson.net) (TXT) w3m dump (linusakesson.net) | arbitrage wrote: | Amazing musicianship. | torh wrote: | This is the best accordion I've seen in my life! Such a cool and | geeky project. Just what we need more of. | RocketOne wrote: | That's completely geeky and absolutely entertaining. Can't | believe the amount of work that went into that bit of ingenuity. | rkagerer wrote: | And the bellows is made of floppy disks. This is a masterpiece. | sixstringtheory wrote: | This guy is both an inspiration and makes me question the value | of my own existence. Always love watching and reading his work. | | Now I want to figure out how to build a guitarch-linux. | Wuzado wrote: | Check out his C64 demo "A Mind Is Born", where he fits a | "procedurally-generating" song with visuals in barely 256(!!!) | bytes. | | https://linusakesson.net/scene/a-mind-is-born/ | raphar wrote: | Amazing. I though I was a nerd. | Eupraxias wrote: | I'm so happy to see this at the top of the list on a Friday | afternoon. Totally made my day, as well as a few others who are | too busy right now trying to close out the week to f5 on HN. | vidarh wrote: | I see Akesson, I click through. Absolutely amazing. Curious why | he chose a Datasette emulator instead of cartridges, though. | cbm-vic-20 wrote: | It's a lot easier to dump out a pre-recorded audio stream (or | even generate it with a simple modem) than it is to interface | with the C64's expansion connector. | vidarh wrote: | The simplest PCB designs for C64 cartridges requires fewer | components than the datasette emulator pictured, or you can | buy a ready-made more advanced one with a 64K eeprom for | ~$20. | Optimal_Persona wrote: | Very cool! It's funny, over the years I've seen high-tech digital | Roland accordions used in very trad venues where I wouldn't | expect them. | | But TBH when I saw the thread I was expecting something a little | more like Keith Cary's Commodium (a mandolin made from a metal | bedpan)... | | https://www.fretboardjournal.com/features/odd-jobs-the-fanta... | kstrauser wrote: | Bravo. Bravo, sir. I flat-out giggled with glee during that | amazing video! | johnklos wrote: | That is so dumb. I love it! | danrochman wrote: | Amazing - bravo!! Is Weird Al Yankovic on HN? Because he REALLY | should see this. | amanj41 wrote: | this would have fit in perfectly in the white and nerdy music | video | bergenty wrote: | What a sad project but amazing implementation and vision. | Awesome! | mdp2021 wrote: | Your use of the term 'sad' seems to not match that of many of | us. | | I was not informed about its history, so I checked, and | discovered that it means "satiated" - so the current use of | 'sad' comes from the idea of the discomfort that being burdened | by too much nourishment brings. | | You must mean that the project is very "satiating". Good: | surely it can fill us with a most fulfilling nourishment. But I | would have used the most unambiguous term. | dwringer wrote: | Toward the end, the article states "unfortunately I won't be | playing this instrument very often, and I most definitely | won't practice for hours to improve my left-hand technique. | This rather undermines the potential for the Commodordion as | a viable musical instrument." | | I believe there is a certain element of sadness in that. | However it's hopeful that he will continue experimenting with | the lessons learned, so I wouldn't describe it as sad. | [deleted] | scrozier wrote: | Not knowing in advance who Akesson is, I was prepared for this to | another bad attempt at music-adjacent technology. Then I watched | and listened to his performance...wonderful! | pwrrr wrote: | Amazing indeed! Linus always comes up with mindblowing stuff. A | true genius! | Caitlynmeeks wrote: | This is the best thing ever! Wow! Great work! | adhoc32 wrote: | Only respect for this mad guy. Not only did he build it he also | played it in public. | joemi wrote: | This is so much better in the video than what I thought it would | be from just the pictures. Which of course makes sense since it's | Akesson. He's one of the people behind the Teenage Engineering | Pocket Operators, after all. | gimmeThaBeet wrote: | I remember Linus videos with the pocket operators, somehow | didn't internalize that he worked for teenage engineering, and | in retrospect it feels like the most plainly obvious thing in | the world. _Of course he does._ | raphar wrote: | Intro to Pocket Operators | | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFD9_8H7lPA | | Cool stuff | jrd259 wrote: | I am delighted to live in the era where such hackery occurs and | is also so easily shared. | tommek4077 wrote: | This is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen - and I have | kids. | bityard wrote: | This is pretty impressive! | | I play piano accordion (but not particularly well). I started | watching the video first and was a little troubled that the | bellows appeared to be home-made, crappy looking, and not nearly | as effective as they could be. Aftermarket bellows are not hard | to find and are not even that expensive if you get them from | China. But then I saw that he made them out of _floppy disks_ and | decided that was pure genius. | | This also made me realize that a computer keyboard pretty closely | resembles the right hand of a chromatic button accordion, so I | assume that's how it's laid out. | | Anyway, he certainly plays this cobbled-together instrument far | better than I'll ever play my analog accordion. There are MIDI | and other "digital" accordions out there but they are either | extremely expensive or limiting in terms of what you can do with | them, or both. This gives me hope that one day I could possibly | build my own programmable digital accordion. | Grothendank wrote: | Yooo, his performance is immaculate, had me dancing to the | entertainer like it was 1913. Yeee! | MaintenanceMode wrote: | This is truly bananas and wonderful. As an "old" that had a | Vic-20 and a commie 64, this just warms the heart. | fancyPantsZero wrote: | This made my day. Absolutely magnificent! My hat's off to you | sir. | jrochkind1 wrote: | This is completely insane. | felipelalli wrote: | lol ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-10-21 23:00 UTC)