"If you were at MakerFaire this year you may have seen me rolling around with my bass guitar made out of a Commodore 64 on roller skates" what a time to be alive
How the elephant got into the pajamas we'll never know. Great instrument Jeri. I feel like you undersold the FPGA part to keep it short. There's a lot inside there! Thanks for sharing.
This video is perfect, organized in a structure of "intro-pieces- how it works-assembly-demostration" under 3 minutes. At the begining I thought "maybe she just combined the c64 and a bass and thats it, no electronics" but it surprised me as she actually uses the sound chip of the c64 and the buttons! This was a joy to watch and I don't know how I didn't watched it sooner.
My issue was never with how or if you could cut em, mine was if the wire comes off how the fuk are you supposed to get it reattached? Is not solder ill tell ya that...
That...is by FAR the coolest thing I've ever seen!! Circuit bent stuff has always caught my attention and you took it way beyond what I thought was even remotely possible!
I know she did this way long ago, but how many people would kill to hear her actually play full rock songs with this. Maybe make an EP and release it. I'd buy it!
I'm sorry I got here so late, this is brilliant, wonderful and hilarious all at the same time. Excellent use of the C64 carcass and SID chip. Just brilliant in your execution. Kudos.
So weird how RU-vid picks an OLD video to favor, then puts it in everyone's recommendations. Sort these comments by "newest first" and look at the time stamps. One after another very recent. A blessing if you're the one favored, but given how many RU-vidrs get the opposite treatment (vids intentionally removed in recommendations, vids demonitzed for no reason, etc), it's just another annoying thing YT does
"Press play on tape"...I was a little kid during the 80's...still have the Commodore 64 (not working, sadly) somewhere at my parents house. I didn't have the heart to threw it away...such cool memories...seems like 300 years ago.
@@Mnnvint Yeah, probably. The point was in the heavy blinking of colors on the TV screen but the problem was the computer not the TV ofc. You could actually load a game but it was impossible to play it. The colors were all mixed and blinking.
...and just for the record my favorite C64 game was Turrican 2. Incredible graphics/game play if you consider the very first and basic games for a C64.
As someone who had a Commodore64 when they were new, played many analog synthesizers (and still do) and plays many instruments, including electric bass guitar. This is 100% BRILLIANT ! I hope you can find a way to sells these somehow.. even without the Commodore64 and have the SID I.C.'s inside a generic keyboard, with the bass parts.
2 Questions: Will you build one for me? Will you marry me? This is the coolest video I've seen in YEARS! C64 was my 1st programmable electronic instrument! And this design is GENIUS!
That was 8-years ago! What a freakin’ genius that’s easy on the eyes. Her wielding FPGA like it was an Arduino UNO is mind bending. And she taught herself! 🤦♂️
Awesome!!! Can you explain how you are converting the sound of the strings and sending it to the audio chip? Are you detecting the frequency with the help of the FPGA? Is it polyphonic? Thanks a lot!
Holy smokes!!! You should make those on custom orders. I want one, and i know plenty of other musicians who are also C64-enthusiasts who would love to own one of these. Best video i've seen in years!😍
“...and then compared it and send it to the FPGA. The FPGA scans the Commodore keyboard...” -Uh oh “...board has some linear power supplies, so the audio is nice&clean” -Ah good, that put my mind to rest: we wouldn't want any distortion or interference in the signal, would we?
