MR-808 - mechanic drum robot

MR-808 - mechanic drum robot from Sonic Robots on Vimeo.

"Let's get physical: MR-808 is the first drum robot that reproduces the drum sounds of the 80s - in the real world.
The robot installation MR-808 is a replica of the famous 1980s electronic drum machine TR-808 – with robots playing the drum sounds! I (Moritz Simon Geist) have been playing electronic music for several years now, and at some place I was bored of the electronic music production process. With binary logic, everything is possible.
So I decided to go back to the roots of sound generation – the physical sound generation – but combine it with the electronic music structure we like so much.
I liked the idea so much, that I couldn’t stop building my own drum robots, and ended up replacing all the electronic sounds of a whole drum computer, placed in a 3,3 x 1,7m² case. I am very proud to present the “MR-808” – a mechanic replica of the famous 1980s electronic drum machine TR-808!
Read on: http://sonicrobots.com/mr808-eng/
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MR-808 - mechanic sound robot (all drums, miced)
A mechanic relay controlled via arduino (bass sound)
Gameboy - Arduinoboy hardware (8 bit chiptune sound)
Everything was programmed in Ableton, only equing and compression has been applied.
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Filmography: David Campesino
Music: Moritz Simon Geist"

via Boing Boing

Update:


Rise Of The Toys from Science Fiction Children on Vimeo.

"Let's get physical: SCIENCE FICTION CHILDREN perform "Rise Of The Toys"
The Track features the MR-808: the first drum robot that reproduces the drum sounds of the 80s - in the real world! The robot installation MR-808 is a replica of the famous 1980s electronic drum machine TR-808 with robots playing the drum sounds.

Read on:
www.sonicrobots.com/mr808-eng/ -- Technique
www.sciencefictionchildren.com -- Band

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Cinematography:
David Campesino
Philipp Baumgarten

Rise Of The Toys
Written by Science Fiction Children

Band:
Art Hustle
Moritz Simon Geist
Dr. Valentine
Katharina Hoffmann

Performed at Sputnik 2.0,
Dresden 2012

Only reverb, equing and compression has been applied to the tracks."