I hacked a singing fish.
Ғылым және технология
I brought a 90s classic fish back to life to sing various songs. Here is a video of the process behind the fish that were made famous on Tiktok.
Note: I call it a Billy Mouth Bass as a nick name.
Items That were not a Banana:
-Teensy Microcontroller by PJRC /w Breadboard
-2x 18650 Batteries
-18650 battery holder
-2 Channel Motor Driver 5v/12v
-28 AWG Jumper cables
Link to Arduino Code: tinyurl.com/p62a5f3k
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The short of the Sea Shanty singing fish had me giggling for 10 minutes after watching it when I thought about it again, i decided to look you up to find the story behind it
@armastat
Жыл бұрын
Same. When they went to the chorus I just died laughing. I think mostly because I remember how my dad bought one - but from that point forward he hated them. Never could clearly explain why. He would of really freaked over a wall of them.
@hellomrjelloyay
8 ай бұрын
its nort a banana
"Not qualified" however you have qualified your skills with a wall of MIDI sync'ed faux fish, and no amount of $$ can pay for a qualification like that - never stop learning!
Arts degree: knows Arduino, knows wiring, knows audio wavelength splits, alters existing animatronic Dam.
Funny thing is that the company behind the fish actually made one that’s compatible with Alexa.
@space_x_event_live
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah I mentioned that at the end of the video 😅
@ahkani
2 жыл бұрын
Not as responsive though
@CandaceProulx
2 жыл бұрын
Not being sold on Amazon anymore. :(
Hey, I've collected singing fish for a few years now and I just want to warn you. The fish with only two motors contain a part in the central mechanism called the whistle piece, which often break under stress and heavy use. It's more likely to happen on the older ones, like cool catfish and jaws. I think you'vee done a really good job at bringing new life to them all, but if that piece breaks you need to get it custom made. Oh, and three motor fish don't use it, so they should be fine! Sorry for the long comment and have a great day! Brandon
@RiFirestone
2 жыл бұрын
Is there a potential that the part could be 3d printed? I think that would be super neat
@gemmyhamstercollection966
2 жыл бұрын
@@RiFirestone Yeah, I know people who do it's just awkward due to how tiny it and shipping etc.
@RiFirestone
2 жыл бұрын
@@gemmyhamstercollection966 Ohhhhh I see, that makes sense!
@bluecraney1
2 жыл бұрын
Well has anyone got a model of one?
@gemmyhamstercollection966
2 жыл бұрын
@@bluecraney1 ik someone but idk if he'd give it out
Idea of mine: a voice call in which each participant’s voice connects to a bass
@dabosslaya
8 ай бұрын
I don't know thats a little fishy
Ok, now I want to do this as a Christmas gag!!! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
I just want to thank you for the clarification on what was and wasn’t a banana because I was having a hard time trying to figure that out myself
1:23 HAHAHAHAHA i laughed so hard at this, because in México in some parts we call this cables "Bananos" that actually mean "banana"
@anitacrumbly
2 жыл бұрын
It's also funny because we do have a cable in English called banana cables that look like the rainbow one he was holding I think it's been decades since building a PC so I might be wrong but I do know we have banana cables too 😊
@space_x_event_live
Жыл бұрын
That’s hilarious I just picked an object at random
Great video but could it maybe be a bit more in depth on the wires? Maybe a closer view and maybe the note coding as well? :)
So glad I found you! PLEASE upload your tiktoks as KZread shorts, you're missing out on so much money! I've seen your content stolen a lot recently and it always does well, a lot of tiktokkers have had this issue but the original channels often overtake the imposter accounts! I wish you all the best because this is absolute genius
Love this so much and love your sincerity and willingness to teach others!! Keep up the great work and if you're ever willing to do more tutorials I'll definitely watch
THANK YOU, i’m happy it came out just before christmas because my cousin wants one like this and now i can make it
Thank you for sharing this how-to and your story! Love it. Can’t wait for my fish wall.
Could you give a wiring diagram or show how you hooked multiple fish up to work together?
@Hellsong89
Жыл бұрын
Not a expert, but i'm guessing its all in the code. Each fish is sent same audio witch gets processed and there is just code limiting witch parts that particular board does not play. Not sure if there is software around that can do it automatically, but guess its possible by audio analyzing certain sounds. Really dont know much about coding side, witch is why most of my ideas are grounded. I'm more of mechanical engineer than software.
The cats added a lot to this video. I'd love to see more how-to videos!
I never realized how many variations of this fish existed…. This market is wild lol great work Kevin!
"It's a singing fish - have fun with it"
Your vids are fun man. Good on you for not just thinking about money (trying to sell your content to other people), and instead trying to teach people and spread the fun
I'm a fan of yours already!! Wow! That's just genious!
This is so great! Thanks for sharing! Can’t wait to try this out one day!
This is alot inspiring. Im glad i got to see your channel
You are good and humble person, thanks for the effort
Simply brilliant good luck with your channel
Your videos are gold man
Ok you are the definition of an underrated god on KZread bc only 605 followers?
This is so cool. I love those fish.
This gives me hope for the future of humanity.
This is really awesome! 😍
Great video! Nice job!
Thanks for the clear visuals. LOL
this deserves more like and views
First of all, I love how you have so many interactive cat toys, the fish for your cat. I bought the goldfish colored one, my male cat likes it, but it's scared of it at the same time. This he'll go up to where y'all smack it, and then he'll run away. 😁 this video, I was dying because I was visually imagining the wall of fish talking and singing in my male cat just pretty much 💩 on himself. This is all I need a simple geeky guy, who likes cats and likes to make average objects do funny things.😹
Great job!
My 12 year old daughter asked for a Billy Big Mouth Bass for Christmas and I couldn't figure out why. She said she saw one on KZread. When I asked her which song she would like it to sing, she said "Wellerman". I wasn't familiar with it, so I looked up the song and that's how I found this video. Now I really want a Billy Big Mouth Bass! I am developing a Robotics course for high school students that includes Arduino and I think the students would love this.
You can sell the fish with the program that turns music into the mouth movements.
This is awesome
I saw your furby short and honestly I would kill to have a furby talking as my Google home like the fish you had talking as Alexa. 😭
You are amazing!!!!!!!
I am just looking for that "Material Gworl" singing fishes.
@IvelTheInvader
2 жыл бұрын
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Please make something with the Sea of Thieves and singing fishes. You will become the hero of that community
He is a humble genius!
I hate how KZread algorithm doesn't recommend this to more people 😠
Thanks for sharing this info, but I was wondering if you could do a video showing how you setup the software side of this? Thanks!
I just found this and it's great
Honey, you are so much fun, it's ridiculous! 🤣🤣🤣
Y the Heck has this so few likes, this should blow up as your tiktok did!!!!!!
what a wholesome guy
I need videos of the fish choir singing full songs, but I dunno if that's possible on KZread
Thank you man!
0:00 him just throwing fish at the start 😂 😂😂
THE BEST!!
Bless you Kevin
Do you have to have the stem files to be able to sync the mouths to individual vocal tracks? i guess if it's alexa playing some song it found, it wouldn't be coming through as a stem file, so i have to wonder what the actuators are triggering on. you can perform a near-real-time FFT on the audio and obtain spectral data on what "notes" are the most pronounced at any given time, but that doesn't work as effectively with sounds that don't have a distinct pitch/harmonics to them like drums, which may introduce some degree of noise in the spectral data.
That's one of the coolest things ever
I love seeing a fish in a schematic.
I love you this is too beautiful
I want one of these in the living room. 😂
You really should have affiliate links. You deserve commissions for the content
I want this for mother's day. Thank you baby Jesus it's a hillbilly miracle
What's the process for setting up new songs? Do you have to manually pick which notes sync to which motor movements for each new song?
I just love you
This shit rules dude.
Dude we need a 2 hour in details guide that is wel lid.
I love the videos mwoth the fish so much
I know you're downplaying your skills, but what you have is extremely valuable.
Can I commission one? Like for real? My dad is a hard person to shop for and a bass singing his favorite Korean songs would be a 10/10 gift.
Hey! just found this video, and its amazing. i was wondering, do you need to download any libraries for the arduino code. becouse whenever i verify the code that you had, it came up with some errors. i was thinking it might be because i didnt had the correct library's downloaded.
@nightshade1982
Жыл бұрын
also. would it matter if i used a arduino mega 2560 instead of a teensy microcontroller?
I love it bro. You think I could make it work with my raspberry pi pico ?
Your are underrated
i will empty my bank account for the catfish
this is how skynet needs to be designed
sick lighting, batman
How do you hack the singing fish? I’d love to learn this
do you mind showing what you did in better lighting
Now i want my own singning fish! 🐟👄🐟
Ty
Dude you should get together with the guy that did something kind of like this with Furby's, he had like 100 of them linked together to all go at once.
@kitwhite2640
2 жыл бұрын
Thats a scary thought 😹😹😹
I see the original Big Mouth Billy Bass units for sale at garage sales and thrift stores all the time for like $1.00 would this work on the original units as well?
@VTOffRoadAdventures
2 жыл бұрын
It should. They all operate the same.
so COOL !!!!!!!!
I found your drivers license
Great
Can I not just buy one already done??? 😭
Stop it! My Alexa is listening to you. 😂
You should get into light-o-rama lights and animatronics
U need to improve that lighting in that studio. lol
We are working with bad lighting
@space_x_event_live
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I’m new at this. 😅
Great Video! I would love to do this by my self.... but.. I am to stupid for it. But if you sell this I would take at least 3 of them for a minimum of 70 Dollar per Fish + shipping to germany.
I want to know. How many did you have to buy until you were successful or am I just overly complicating things? Cause I want to try.
What's the blue fish on the wall called?
Im Not Good at these things but I want one Ima try until I get It.
Step Two, you need a Computer Science degree 😭😱🤣👏
*The Gemmy Community wants to know your location*
What software do you use to control the movements?
You have to do Rasputin next
I request a video to Bohemian Rhapsody of singing fish.
보니까 원래 저게 버튼 누르거나 사람 지나가면 소리나면서 움직이는 건데 스피커랑 연결해서 생선합창단 만드신듯
Cool
I HAVE A BIGMOUTH BILLY BASS
So are all of the songs you make them sing programed with midi? Do they work by pressing the buttons?