17.7M views · Mar 18, 2008 · 3:29 · 1 HN recommender · 4 mentions · discussed 2019–2024
'Pipe Dream' is the best-known piece from the first Animusic DVD, a computer-animated music video in which fantastical machines play music. The animation is driven by MIDI data.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN people bring it up whenever music-playing machines or robot bands come up, as the classic CG precursor.
“Have you watched the Animusic series ( ) ... especially Pipe Dream -”HN comment, 2024
“Have you watched the Animusic series ( ) ... especially Pipe Dream -”
Animusic series highlight, especially Pipe Dream.
Have you watched the Animusic series ( link ) ... especially Pipe Dream - this video Be sure to watch the "Creating the Animusic DVDs" pair of videos. link
“Animusic: CG animations of fantastic machines playing music. The animation is parameterized to the MIDI input.”
CG animations of fantastic machines playing music, parameterized by MIDI.
See also: The Floppotron: Music played on old floppy drives, hard drives, and scanners. link Animusic: CG animations of fantastic machines playing music. The animation is parameterized to the MIDI input. Attempts to build real-world working models of these machines or machines like them have been made, with varying levels of success: this video Compressorhead: An all-robot heavy metal band. Famous for Stickboy, the band's four-armed, headbanging drummer, or at least Stickboy is what I remember most about the band. link
“Inspired, I presume, by those awesome ray-traced animations from the early oughts?”
Ray-traced animation of music machines that inspired the commenter's ideas.
Inspired, I presume, by those awesome ray-traced animations from the early oughts? I had started sketching ideas on how to make that a reality (pneumatics and magnets mainly) but never got beyond concept. Specifically this one: this video
“Reminds me of a real world Animusic video”
Animated precursor to real-world robot bands.
Reminds me of a real world Animusic video this video Also, at first I thought was going to be the person (or persons) that have their own restored Rock-Afire-Explosion bands and then reprogram them to play contemporary songs.
