[HN Gopher] 8-bit Bolero
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8-bit Bolero
Author : Aissen
Score : 321 points
Date : 2025-12-19 11:38 UTC (1 days ago)
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| fodmap wrote:
| That Commodore C64 accordion made me laugh.
|
| Ah it's called The Commodordion
| https://linusakesson.net/commodordion/index.php
| pavel_lishin wrote:
| It's kind of incredible!
|
| A direct youtube link for the lazy:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6z5__6rP58
| sivers wrote:
| And don't miss the Qweremin:
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| https://linusakesson.net/qweremin/
|
| Brilliant.
| opello wrote:
| Wow, there are multiple things like that!
|
| Qweremin: C64 Theremin:
| https://linusakesson.net/hardware/theremin/index.php
|
| Qwertar: C64 Keytar: https://linusakesson.net/music/glyptodont-
| live/index.php
|
| Very neat!
| kkkqkqkqkqlqlql wrote:
| > 0 regrets
|
| That's the most important number in stores like this one.
| emptybits wrote:
| Yes! Linus must really burn himself up, conceiving and
| executing masterworks like this! But saying "0 regrets"
| hopefully means he hasn't lost motivation for his next crazy
| project!
| lll-o-lll wrote:
| Had to check the article because I read that as "greater than
| zero regrets".
|
| <= 0 regrets
| aldousd666 wrote:
| I love projects like this. finally someone found a new use for
| those dot matrix printers.
| ramses0 wrote:
| Radiohead: Nude - https://youtu.be/CgB5DU0uEdg
| darkmighty wrote:
| :')
| thomassmith65 wrote:
| According to a possibly apocryphal story from the premiere
| performance, a woman was heard shouting that Ravel was mad. When
| told about this, Ravel is said to have remarked that she had
| understood the piece.
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bol%C3%A9ro
| mlsu wrote:
| And, Ravel did eventually go mad. There's a lot of discussion
| about whether the recurring patterns in the song had something
| to do with his neurological condition.
|
| https://bigthink.com/high-culture/bolero-ravel-dementia-2/
| xxr wrote:
| "Initially, Ravel was to create a variation on the music of
| Isaac Albeniz, but copyright laws prevented him from doing
| so." [your article]
|
| "[Koji Kondo] had planned to use Maurice Ravel's Bolero as
| the title theme as it perfectly matched its speed, seeing as
| under Japanese copyright law, music is released into the
| public domain 50 years after the composer's death. However,
| Kondo was forced to change it in November 1985, late in the
| game's development, after learning that it had only been 47
| years and 11 months after Ravel's death."[1]
|
| Funny how things rhyme.
|
| [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda_(video_
| gam...
| ericio wrote:
| RadioLab did an excellent episode [1] about Bolero, where it
| asks the question if it was a leading indicator of Ravel's
| madness.
|
| 1. https://radiolab.org/podcast/unraveling-bolero
| layer8 wrote:
| It's probably not a coincidence that the climax starts at 13:37.
| Centigonal wrote:
| 0% chance that's a coincidence coming from lft
| teddyh wrote:
| If I recall correctly, Bolero (the music piece) has a special
| meaning in the very early Swedish hacker scene, often used as a
| sort-of in-joke.
| Snild wrote:
| Sounds interesting. Tell me more?
| drivers99 wrote:
| Listened to this exact video this morning when it was among the
| newest videos in my YouTube subscriptions. I've had it stuck in
| my head since then.
| Eupolemos wrote:
| Did you hear his "A mind is born"? It is amazing outright,
| IMHO.
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWblpsLZ-O8
| jfvinueza wrote:
| so good
| abetusk wrote:
| For anyone wanting to know, the keyboard layout is that of a
| chromatic button accordian [0] [1].
|
| I guess there's a C64 "executable" that he's made available but
| no source so I don't know what the exact keymapping is. I did
| find a few different resources that show the layout in action [2]
| [3].
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| [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwsZ41pA_Vo&t=58s
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| [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatic_button_accordion
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| [2] https://okathira-dev.github.io/client-web-api-
| sandbox/button...
|
| [3] https://www.rmwinslow.com/tones/
| YesBox wrote:
| Beautifully done! What more can I say?
|
| Those disc drive sounds are so cool
| ramses0 wrote:
| Radiohead: Nude - https://youtu.be/CgB5DU0uEdg
| Tcepsa wrote:
| I am so happy that people make things like this <3
| consumer451 wrote:
| Ha! I almost posted this here but I thought maybe I was posting
| too many music videos on HN.
|
| I am part of the _LOAD "*", 8, 1_ generation, and this is really
| freaking cool.
|
| One of the funniest things in the video is the variety of neck
| tie configurations, one for each part.
| jachee wrote:
| LOADING. . . READY > RUN
| ageitgey wrote:
| This guy's other video where he covers Clowncore's 'Computers' on
| computers is one of the most impressive, incredibly niche things
| I've ever seen on YouTube. He's a serious talent.
| arthurdenture wrote:
| This is way more pleasant than the kazoo version by famous
| children's author Sandra Boynton.
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U14IBek-wNU
| Rochus wrote:
| Great music survives everything ;-)
|
| That's such a good idea with this old equipment. And you can see
| that the guy tried hard not to laugh. And surprisingly, the
| arrangement sounds great. Hilarious.
| tantalor wrote:
| Several mentions of "the automaton" but no idea what that is.
| It's a bit vague.
|
| The photo of "the automaton" appears to be a melamine white
| particleboard panel.
|
| https://www.linusakesson.net/music/bolero/boxes-large.jpg
| Sharlin wrote:
| It's the "percussion section"
| https://linusakesson.net/music/bolero/automaton-large.jpg
| temp0826 wrote:
| Linus never fails to impress. A true virtuoso
| nebula8804 wrote:
| He has come a long way since Craft. What a total rock star. In
| that time I have done nothing as awesome with my life (other than
| enjoying his productions). Heres to 17 more years of awesomeness!
| LanceH wrote:
| I miss dynamic range in music.
| nrhrjrjrjtntbt wrote:
| Nostalgic for Torvill and Dean too
| disqard wrote:
| Amazing! Thanks for sharing.
| codezero wrote:
| This is my favorite song, and I'm delighted to hear it as a
| chiptune! amazing work!
| B1FF_PSUVM wrote:
| Why do I get reminded of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells?
|
| (Yes, I've heard the Ravel before, I mean the presentation style,
| e.g. Oldfield: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdMtqKZ6GrY )
| guenthert wrote:
| I too was waiting for the 'grand together' announcement.
| timfsu wrote:
| Possibly best thing ever on Hacker News. There is something quite
| appealing about the simplicity of Bolero
| kpilars wrote:
| If you like bolero look at this f guy :
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy5Ve3338-E
| swiftcoder wrote:
| The theremin built out of a bar clamp is delightful
| chris_st wrote:
| Thanks, that _absolutely_ made my day!
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