[HN Gopher] The Commodordion
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The Commodordion
Author : cowtools
Score : 302 points
Date : 2022-10-21 17:44 UTC (5 hours ago)
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| 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
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