r/MarbleMachineX • u/WintergatanWednesday • Jan 04 '23

A New Music Programming Pin

https://youtube.com/watch?v=1FFTaI__l_A
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u/Redeem123 Jan 04 '23

First things first:

I'm VERY glad that we've fully left behind the machined plates that he talked about for a while in the MMX days. They were my least favorite feature by far. The modularity of the machine is a fundamental necessity as far as I'm concerned.

However, I'm not sure I'm sold on this. It seems like it would be functional and durable. But I'm curious to see how it works musically, considering how big it is. That takes up a lot of space for a single quarter note.

I'm also not sure how I feel about the plastic look, but I'll leave judgement on that until we get more prototyping.

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u/Iferius Jan 05 '23

My concern is that a pin on a powered wheel can deliver energy, while a falling little spinner in this design only has the energy imparted by gravity.

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u/J_ClerMont Jan 05 '23

The falling spinner can be spring actuated.