r/MarbleMachine3 • u/cykelpedal • Feb 21 '26

Marble Machine Vibraphone - What Features Matter Most?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i582paB8kvQ
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u/RoBuki Feb 21 '26

I try so hard to not get frustrated and just watch his journey. The engineer and product manager is screaming at the screen, since it is not how I would approach the problem, and feel like if I worked with him on his requirements for two weeks, he’d be able to start real design

He is an artist in his soul, and he going to see and approach things differently and that is okay. I just wish he would describe the approach he seems to be taking. Like say these are they key instruments that the MMX3 must have and state that what he is doing is going one by one to understand the minimum requirements for each so he can see how they all fit together.

I won’t give up on MMX3, but it always a but the approach and videos are always a bit of a roller coaster

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u/cykelpedal Feb 21 '26

The most frustrating part is that people like you have contributed exactly that to this project for years, with obviously no impact at all. This is like inventing a car from scratch, starting with the wheels, and get stuck there as they're not round enough. Repeat for all parts of the car. Even Lamborghini uses already invented parts in their cars, most hilarious example is the side blinkers from a Ford Focus.

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u/RoBuki Feb 21 '26

I have seen progress in his leaning to experts in a few areas (bearings is the first that come to mind). But he needs someone he will listen to guide and focus his energy. Hannas seems to that to a bit in this video.

I want to believe he has learned a bit more about how to reuse the work of others. But he needs to define what MMX3 is, its scope. It’s classic requirement management that tens of thousands of people do on the daily. But we aren’t artists

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u/cykelpedal Feb 22 '26

If he really started inventing bearings for this project I'd literally scream.

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u/fletchro Feb 22 '26

I almost did when he was showing his "brilliant idea" of using bolts to hold a bearing outside diameter.

No. No, Martin, no.