Imperial March on Lego motors

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Lego motor DUO plays Star Wars: The Imperial March. Enjoy!
Bass: Lego Buggy motor (5292c01)
Baritone: Lego 9V Heavy Mini-Motor (71427c01)
The music is generated with PWM signals of varying frequencies. The same thing that causes the annoying whining noise you may have noticed with Lego Rechargeable Battery Box, SBrick and BuWizz. Guitar Pro tab, Raspberry Pi and Python code needed. Read more in my blog:
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  • @Alphaghosty
    @Alphaghosty Жыл бұрын

    Imagine putting the grey one in a Lego r2d2 and have have it talk for him would be amazing 😊

  • @weylinwest9505

    @weylinwest9505

    Жыл бұрын

    I was thinking the same thing!

  • @Hopp5ann

    @Hopp5ann

    Жыл бұрын

    yes

  • @red_benny123

    @red_benny123

    Жыл бұрын

    AGREED

  • @danboy12342

    @danboy12342

    Жыл бұрын

    I would like but it's 420 soooooo

  • @superchroma

    @superchroma

    Жыл бұрын

    Ok, but, get this, what about using a little speaker instead.

  • @3lyas
    @3lyas Жыл бұрын

    Impressive.

  • @Hopp5ann

    @Hopp5ann

    Жыл бұрын

    yes

  • @doctortwilight

    @doctortwilight

    Жыл бұрын

    Most impressive.

  • @crusader2604

    @crusader2604

    Жыл бұрын

    Impressive, very nice. Let's see Paul Allen's Imperial March.

  • @noaht6723

    @noaht6723

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@crusader2604 beat me to it

  • @smoczywojownik5169

    @smoczywojownik5169

    Жыл бұрын

    Impressive...very nice...

  • @tidmouthmilk12
    @tidmouthmilk12 Жыл бұрын

    Never thought I'd see a LEGO version of hard drives playing music but here we are I guess. 👏

  • @E-Box

    @E-Box

    Жыл бұрын

    I've never seen an HDD version of FDDs playing music, but I live under a rock. I have seen dot matrix printers play music, though.

  • @roanv

    @roanv

    Жыл бұрын

    @@E-Box The flopatron! It's mostly floppies, but a few scanners and hard drives as well kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZX-HkpSqYKW7nrw.html

  • @gustiwidyanta5492

    @gustiwidyanta5492

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@E-Box Floppotron II uses HDDs for percussion.

  • @davep5698

    @davep5698

    Жыл бұрын

    Now to just eat the worlds supply of Lego motors and make the block-o-tron

  • @Sha.ll0w

    @Sha.ll0w

    Жыл бұрын

    Now we need to play the Interstellar main theme with lego motors, HDD's and electric arc drives combined!

  • @SenatorJesus
    @SenatorJesus Жыл бұрын

    I've seen this before. In ten years we'll have the LEGOTRON 3.0 playing an entire symphony orchestra with LEGO parts

  • @danboy12342

    @danboy12342

    Жыл бұрын

    Lego x floppy x hdd x toothbrush Mashup when?

  • @orjis

    @orjis

    Жыл бұрын

    @@danboy12342 don't forget tesla coils!

  • @JamesTDG

    @JamesTDG

    Жыл бұрын

    I think a better name would be the brickotron

  • @GioJonnhyK

    @GioJonnhyK

    Жыл бұрын

    @@JamesTDG please no...😂 😥😥😥 leave the original floppotron alone!

  • @SGRebooted

    @SGRebooted

    Жыл бұрын

    The blockotron

  • @danielwalker26
    @danielwalker26 Жыл бұрын

    This is exactly how Floppotron started. Please do more.

  • @WarioNumberOne

    @WarioNumberOne

    Жыл бұрын

    Device Orchestra as well!

  • @thefrenchtechman

    @thefrenchtechman

    Жыл бұрын

    That's exactly what I was thinking

  • @BT25440

    @BT25440

    6 ай бұрын

    YES

  • @mephisto7549
    @mephisto7549 Жыл бұрын

    He actually calculated how long the string has to be so Vader stops there exactly at the end. Pure dedication.

  • @mikkolukas

    @mikkolukas

    Жыл бұрын

    ... or just played the song once, cut the string and placed Vader there.

  • @ponponpatapon9670

    @ponponpatapon9670

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mikkolukas can you elaborate? i don't see how that'd make lego Vader perfectly stop near the lego motor any easier.

  • @dkbmaestrorules

    @dkbmaestrorules

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@ponponpatapon9670 attach string to motor, play song once. String winds up. With string wound up, tie Vader to string in the position you want him to finish. Then simply unwind the string and play the song again and he will finish in exactly the spot you wanted.

  • @NFSHeld

    @NFSHeld

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dkbmaestrorules I think it was almost done this way, but probably the string was cut off before Vader was tied to it. The knot shortened the string, and that's why Vader is lifted a bit in the end as if the string's half a centimeter too short.

  • @Benjamin-mq6hu

    @Benjamin-mq6hu

    Жыл бұрын

    That's definitely not the most impressive thing about this

  • @fonesrphunny7242
    @fonesrphunny7242 Жыл бұрын

    Okay, hear me out: - Double or tripple the motors. Their response will be slightly different, creating an unison/chorus effect. - Keep everything on a piece of wood as resonance body. - Get hold of a "contact microphone" (probably not the right term for it) to pick up the piece of wood directly - Make multiple recordings, with the motors and mic being in different positions. Since you're sending "notes" from an external app, the timing should be 99% reproducible. Mixing the different tracks would give it some "volume" (not in the sense of loudness, but broadness ... if that makes any sense)

  • @coolchannelyt

    @coolchannelyt

    Жыл бұрын

    FR

  • @mbcommandnerd
    @mbcommandnerd Жыл бұрын

    THAT’S SO COOL!!! You need to make more songs using LEGO motors, because somehow, they actually sound good!!!

  • @builderbasti9773

    @builderbasti9773

    Жыл бұрын

    Theoretically you could even play something like Rush E if you just had enough motors :D

  • @mbcommandnerd

    @mbcommandnerd

    Жыл бұрын

    @@builderbasti9773 I’d pay good money to see someone make that happen! RUSH E is epic on piano as it is, but on LEGO motors!?!? That’s a whole NEW kind of awesome!!!

  • @jandecreates8251

    @jandecreates8251

    Жыл бұрын

    this is absolutely halirious

  • @theyeetus1428

    @theyeetus1428

    Жыл бұрын

    I have a feeling you'd like the Floppotron.

  • @mikkolukas

    @mikkolukas

    Жыл бұрын

    He need more motors - and more googley eyes!

  • @highdriver100
    @highdriver100 Жыл бұрын

    When i was in engineering school we had a water facility simulator, essentially just two tanks with a speed variable pump in between and some valves controlled by a logic controller. me and my friend were bored in between classes so we made a program that used the pumps pwm controller to play old macdonald. Ah the good old days when life was simple.

  • @gmrgamingrm
    @gmrgamingrm Жыл бұрын

    The sound the lego motors made INSTANTLY reminded me of the motors you hear in Floppy Drive music. Well done!

  • @shaunosmorrison8385

    @shaunosmorrison8385

    Жыл бұрын

    Going back quite a few years now the OG floppy drive Imperial March

  • @gmrgamingrm

    @gmrgamingrm

    Жыл бұрын

    @@shaunosmorrison8385 yes! Though I was watching yt at that time I sadly didn't come across that video at the time it was made.

  • @gmrgamingrm

    @gmrgamingrm

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TheFlyingEnginer Oh believe me I already know about it lol. Been keeping up with that channel since not long after the Floppotron 2.0 was made.

  • @charlie_nolan

    @charlie_nolan

    Жыл бұрын

    Basically the same thing

  • @gmrgamingrm

    @gmrgamingrm

    Жыл бұрын

    @@charlie_nolan Pretty much yeah

  • @jblen
    @jblen Жыл бұрын

    *1st day of band practice* "So what do you play?" "Lego motors"

  • @LoonerFlight
    @LoonerFlight Жыл бұрын

    I LOVE the crazy things people use to make music. Amazing!

  • @bacon.cheesecake
    @bacon.cheesecake Жыл бұрын

    Oh my god, Darth Vader getting pulled is by one of the motors was brilliant! So funny

  • @jmpattillo
    @jmpattillo Жыл бұрын

    Do not underestimate the power of the motor controller

  • @chribster
    @chribster Жыл бұрын

    I would just like to point out this is exactly how the Floppotron started... and I for one cannot wait...

  • @ThatGuy-vr3wj
    @ThatGuy-vr3wj Жыл бұрын

    Just coming up with this idea is amazing! Then actually showing the motors run at real time instead of just editing it! (The time of coding it took) And the Darth Vader was the cherry on top 🤣👍

  • @dnoodspodu1159

    @dnoodspodu1159

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep, 01:17 what a plot twist!

  • @mikkolukas

    @mikkolukas

    Жыл бұрын

    "Just coming up with this idea is amazing!" --- the idea is not new at all. Encapsulation the motors with LEGO plastic is.

  • @hurtthenotegaming6109
    @hurtthenotegaming6109 Жыл бұрын

    NICE! I didn't think I would start my day by hear lego motors sing the Imperial March! good stuff!

  • @Kadeo-ms6qw
    @Kadeo-ms6qw Жыл бұрын

    Having the motor pulling Darth Vader was a nice touch.

  • @DaCouchWarrior
    @DaCouchWarrior Жыл бұрын

    We slowly going from Lego Engineering to Lego Music. Wow.

  • @oscarguzman3017
    @oscarguzman3017 Жыл бұрын

    Hearing the simplified version of this song with basically midi notes gives me a higher appreciation for this song. Truly a banger.

  • @loganjsmith_
    @loganjsmith_ Жыл бұрын

    This was far more impressive than I was expecting. Nice job!

  • @TomResnick
    @TomResnick Жыл бұрын

    0:27 What a fantastic approximation of R2-D2 - Honestly, if you were to "simulate" all of R2's beeps and whistles with this motor, it could practically pass for an entirely new droid "speaking" in Binary. Very cool!

  • @TheMugbearer
    @TheMugbearer Жыл бұрын

    The Force Is Strong With This One! Now you can create your own subgenre of mechanical music, similar to floppy disc reader music!

  • @nikospapageorgiou57
    @nikospapageorgiou57 Жыл бұрын

    Many things have been made with Legos, but I never thought I'd see and hear a symphonic orchestra... MOST IMPRESSIVE!

  • @jaimegomezgarcia7599
    @jaimegomezgarcia7599 Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely fantastic. I have seen many interpretations of the StarWars symphony, but this one is unique. Plus, you bring together two passions: SW and Lego. Bravo! Greetings from Spain.

  • @bababooey8111
    @bababooey811110 ай бұрын

    A wonderful performance by the LEGO Motor Duo

  • @Jenny_Digital
    @Jenny_Digital Жыл бұрын

    Well done! I especially ❤’d the bit where Vader edges across on the thread. Thank you.

  • @antequeragames5554
    @antequeragames5554 Жыл бұрын

    I wonder why two lego motors can play better music than I can

  • @hongkongshoey67
    @hongkongshoey67 Жыл бұрын

    Love this, reminds me of an old youtube video i revisit from time to time. The imperial march performed by floppy drives.

  • @piotrnod6489

    @piotrnod6489

    Жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZX-HkpSqYKW7nrw.html

  • @Jatch25
    @Jatch25 Жыл бұрын

    Almost spit out my drink with the quick camera cuts.

  • @oskarsieka233
    @oskarsieka233 Жыл бұрын

    Masterful. So much emotion.

  • @generalbacon7476
    @generalbacon7476 Жыл бұрын

    Next we'll have the lego device orchestra and it will be glorious

  • @paavorajamaki7429

    @paavorajamaki7429

    Жыл бұрын

    Both channels are finnish btw xD

  • @hoodbaxter
    @hoodbaxter Жыл бұрын

    So cool I would want to see more of the Lego motor duo

  • @darthnihilius9055
    @darthnihilius9055 Жыл бұрын

    Worth the 30 second mandolorian ad

  • @xplodingmojo2087
    @xplodingmojo2087 Жыл бұрын

    Waveforms are magic. Either if they’re powering a speaker, or a PWM controlled motor.

  • @KostianPk
    @KostianPk Жыл бұрын

    Всегда восхищался упорством некоторых людей в интернете! Браво!

  • @mullokakkarin
    @mullokakkarin Жыл бұрын

    I wondered if you'll do something flopotron style like that - i finally got my answer 😂

  • @mazack00
    @mazack00 Жыл бұрын

    MORE of this please! Hardware music his hilarious and awesome

  • @darth_dan8886
    @darth_dan8886 Жыл бұрын

    This might just be the best motor rendition of the Imperial March I've heard to date.

  • @cocoeclipse32
    @cocoeclipse32 Жыл бұрын

    I can already tell this will be amazing! Edit: Just finished the video. I was right. 11/10 performance!

  • @Bricks.Master.Builders
    @Bricks.Master.Builders Жыл бұрын

    Very impressive 🤩

  • @NobleCubes
    @NobleCubes Жыл бұрын

    Dude how! Brilliant

  • @LEGOMan64
    @LEGOMan64 Жыл бұрын

    This gives LEGO Star Wars a new meaning

  • @jones_da9005
    @jones_da9005 Жыл бұрын

    what a masterpiece

  • @Erix963
    @Erix963 Жыл бұрын

    It's a masterpiece

  • @quantumblur_3145
    @quantumblur_3145 Жыл бұрын

    My good old friend Lego Motor 2. This one's going straight into the decade-old Floppy Drive Music playlist

  • @dominark2730
    @dominark2730 Жыл бұрын

    The best thing i have ever seen!🤩

  • @doctortwilight
    @doctortwilight Жыл бұрын

    The grey motor sounds like one of the synths used in the Portal 2 soundtrack

  • @AirConBoi1902

    @AirConBoi1902

    Жыл бұрын

    Omg, it does!

  • @rewindfpv9414
    @rewindfpv9414 Жыл бұрын

    May the bricks be with you

  • @kirkistief
    @kirkistief Жыл бұрын

    My life is better for having watched this. Thank you.

  • @ShawnF6FHellcat
    @ShawnF6FHellcat Жыл бұрын

    Vader inching closer and closer was a nice touch.

  • @deep-spaghetti
    @deep-spaghetti Жыл бұрын

    it must've been really annoying to calibrate the length of that string, great work!

  • @_evildoer

    @_evildoer

    Жыл бұрын

    You mean playing it exactly 1 time and seeing how far it moved? Ya... real pain waiting less than 2 minutes...

  • @STORMWINDKILLER

    @STORMWINDKILLER

    Жыл бұрын

    @@_evildoer you must be fun at parties

  • @mikkolukas

    @mikkolukas

    Жыл бұрын

    actually no

  • @MegawackyMax
    @MegawackyMax Жыл бұрын

    Now do Doom E1M1!!

  • @Conk110
    @Conk11011 ай бұрын

    BEC is a lego masterbuilder that somehow got into reality

  • @alacer8878
    @alacer8878 Жыл бұрын

    The perfect start to my morning.

  • @user-jr2yq1yl9q
    @user-jr2yq1yl9q Жыл бұрын

    Контент которого мы не заслуживаем, но в котором нуждаемся

  • @ArtdesTests
    @ArtdesTests Жыл бұрын

    Abosulte madlad! Sooo cool They also sound like coming straight out of Portal 2's soundtrack

  • @MicronOnline
    @MicronOnline Жыл бұрын

    This is giving me flashbacks to the stepper motor music from years ago. I remember the one channel used to make a good few videos. Thank your making this video B.E.C 🙏🙏

  • @bbbenj
    @bbbenj10 ай бұрын

    So imaginative!

  • @user-dw2zq9jo5z
    @user-dw2zq9jo5z9 ай бұрын

    Dude made the new trending Lego device

  • @Delerane
    @Delerane Жыл бұрын

    "How is that possible ?!" Amazing. Truly amazing.

  • @DrummerBlade.
    @DrummerBlade. Жыл бұрын

    WOW. I would have NEVER thought to do that! It sounds amazing...

  • @K113-A
    @K113-A Жыл бұрын

    your creations are impressive, you must be very proud

  • @cloudedarctrooperdtq3532
    @cloudedarctrooperdtq3532 Жыл бұрын

    It took me a second to realize what that cacophony of plips from the grey one was. I'm honestly impressed you managed to make a motor sound like r2d2

  • @goldieryry2401
    @goldieryry24018 ай бұрын

    Vibrato was a nice touch

  • @PiotrBarcz
    @PiotrBarcz10 ай бұрын

    Pretty neat! I've also seen videos this one guy did years and years ago where he used a dot matrix printer to play midi files

  • @yukinakamoto30
    @yukinakamoto3011 ай бұрын

    this video saved my day

  • @fileshka_official9577
    @fileshka_official9577 Жыл бұрын

    Sounds like the turret choir from portal❤❤❤ its awesome ❤❤❤❤

  • @l.j.turner185
    @l.j.turner185 Жыл бұрын

    This is the most random idea ever and I absolutely love it ❤❤❤❤

  • @samschellhase8831
    @samschellhase8831 Жыл бұрын

    definitely sounds like the Robot Chicken Star Wars theme

  • @domi77gaming
    @domi77gaming10 ай бұрын

    damn these "daft punk" guys are better than I expected!

  • @bmk48
    @bmk48 Жыл бұрын

    Motor + brick + string = Imperial March from Star Wars played by Lego

  • @kymmoulds
    @kymmoulds Жыл бұрын

    Well done and a BIG thumbs up.

  • @dannypipewrench533
    @dannypipewrench533 Жыл бұрын

    I know an electrical engineer who would absolutely love this.

  • @OscarOlim
    @OscarOlim Жыл бұрын

    We need more. This is amazingly done.

  • @jakeilano6821
    @jakeilano6821 Жыл бұрын

    I loved the Star Wars bit it was amazing.

  • @maximusDAbiker
    @maximusDAbiker Жыл бұрын

    I couldn't stop grinning like a child that whole time!

  • @TikTikboom173
    @TikTikboom173 Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely amazing

  • @LSG_Squadron
    @LSG_Squadron Жыл бұрын

    _"Oh, you can play an instrument? What instrument do you play?"_ _"Its complicated"_

  • @gagepurcell
    @gagepurcell Жыл бұрын

    We need more of this!

  • @LorenHelgeson
    @LorenHelgeson Жыл бұрын

    Most impressive. Your skills are now complete.

  • @NYAJoeSchrader
    @NYAJoeSchrader10 ай бұрын

    "Impressive, most impressive"

  • @ateslabattery115
    @ateslabattery11510 ай бұрын

    This is where the floppotron started too...

  • @CommandoPigeon4
    @CommandoPigeon4 Жыл бұрын

    That was one of the best songs I have ever heard

  • @snyn_
    @snyn_ Жыл бұрын

    There is only one word for this: yes.

  • @wrench8677
    @wrench8677 Жыл бұрын

    Perfect timing. This came up in my feed as I’m just finishing building the legs of my ucs atat

  • @pabloroldanpuebla8611
    @pabloroldanpuebla8611 Жыл бұрын

    Oh boy, this man discovered the flopotron, now we getting infinite possibilities

  • @largewallofbeans9812
    @largewallofbeans9812 Жыл бұрын

    listening to this cured my blindness thank you mr bistt

  • @bbgun061
    @bbgun061 Жыл бұрын

    Vader and the vibrato were nice touches!

  • @panzer_tank
    @panzer_tank4 ай бұрын

    "what instrument do you play?" brick experiment: lego motors

  • @pythoncr
    @pythoncr8 ай бұрын

    Haha, this is a fun way to play!👍

  • @PunakiviAddikti
    @PunakiviAddikti Жыл бұрын

    This is the same technique drones use to make noise without a speaker. And it can get really loud with powerful motors.

  • @adam.pedzikiewicz1999
    @adam.pedzikiewicz19999 ай бұрын

    Very impressive, sounds like the GBA soundfont

  • @vovan-ve
    @vovan-ve Жыл бұрын

    Floppotron 3.0: Finally! A worthy opponent!

  • @HunterJE
    @HunterJE Жыл бұрын

    When I noticed the string on the "bass" motor knew something great was coming XD

  • @machineryworking4589
    @machineryworking4589 Жыл бұрын

    **I LOVE the crazy* things people use to make music ‍sound. Amazing Video! & great Video*

  • @milesmcallister8542
    @milesmcallister85429 ай бұрын

    If the empire kept the droid army

  • @TeraV
    @TeraV Жыл бұрын

    This is true engineering, solving problems nobody knew needed solving.

  • @ageary
    @ageary Жыл бұрын

    Should have put a Lego lightsaber in the motor would have looked awesome ...great job.

  • @douglasscott6301
    @douglasscott6301 Жыл бұрын

    The force is strong with this one.

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