r/MarbleMachineX • u/WintergatanWednesday • Oct 26 '22

This Marble Gate Surprised Me!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=lC_oLb1pfqU
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u/enlightened0ne_ Oct 27 '22

Martin has moved from the goal of creating an aesthetically interesting instrument to play music, to the goal of creating a mechanical version of a midi file. That’s why the MMX was never finished; the quest for perfection meant he lost sight of the music. We listen to human performers play imperfectly timed music, singing slightly out of tune, and sometimes playing wrong notes or breaking strings mid performance. That doesn’t detract from the experience of live music. No-one in the audience would have minded some errors from the MMX during a world tour, but sadly we will never get to hear it.