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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How the Muting System Works - Marble Machine X #112
Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.50,0:00:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Welcome everyone to Wintergatan Wednesdays problem-solving episode 400 million.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.10,0:00:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you listen to this mechanical noise...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.46,0:00:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[sharp noises]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.10,0:00:11.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You hear it's quite agressive.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.94,0:00:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[cranking and slamming noises]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.46,0:00:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today I'm gonna try to get rid of that mechanical noise. It will arrive far after the instruments are playing so—
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.96,0:00:24.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DZSH— [registrator slams], it will be a little bit annoying mechanical noise.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.58,0:00:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see this one has a bolt here:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.36,0:00:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[bolt clicks]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.22,0:00:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the guiding bolt that runs in this slot,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.60,0:00:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to keep this lined up and it's also these bolts that makes this big sound.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.84,0:00:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[bolt clicks louder]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.58,0:00:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the 3D-print is stopped by this bolt.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.04,0:00:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So these bolts are super important for the lining up of the grey sliding parts.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.04,0:00:52.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to find a solution to keep the gray parts
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.80,0:00:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,straight, lined up over the hole underneath them.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.20,0:01:00.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I need to find a stop that stops them without making this huge bang.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.22,0:01:02.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[bolt bangs]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.30,0:01:07.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I actually have room underneath here to put this massive flat bar...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.28,0:01:11.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have that as acting as a stop for all the gray parts at once.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.46,0:01:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[♪ Wintergatan - Work Music In F Major (Unreleased) ♪ ]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.38,0:01:16.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[angle grinder buzz]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.48,0:01:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[high-pitched buzz]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.74,0:01:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, I also see some boston screws not being loctited here.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.24,0:01:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, this one is coming off. That's... not good.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.56,0:01:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[registrator clicks]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.48,0:01:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[registrator clicks]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.62,0:01:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, good, these are aligned perfectly over the openings, so no marble will get stuck underneath them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.84,0:01:55.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need to open each and one of these boston screws and I need to dab some
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.36,0:02:00.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,permanent Loctite in here. And I'm gonna make it world tour safe and safe to record albums on.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.02,0:02:03.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Putting Loctite in 38 bolts...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.36,0:02:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sounds so much faster than what it actually is.\N[laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.08,0:02:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, so now when we've started on this Loctite mission
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.58,0:02:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought I should just walk the line all the way and also take care of these screws.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.84,0:02:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Per channel I have... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, six places to add a dab of Loctite.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.48,0:02:27.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First I put a tiny dab of Loctite in here...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.58,0:02:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I have this boston screw.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.42,0:02:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I'm putting a dab on top here.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.92,0:02:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we have an M3 set screw. It's clamping down on the boston screw.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.04,0:02:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A little dab inside the boston screw. This link goes on...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.94,0:02:51.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This set screw is clamping the boston screw.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.90,0:02:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just make sure the links are loose so they're not loctited in place.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.44,0:02:59.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a short M4 hex bolt,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.74,0:03:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a tiny click of Loctite on the threads.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.54,0:03:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I can tighten this really tight.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.58,0:03:10.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Repeat, thirty-eight.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.42,0:03:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[♪ Wintergatan - Work Music In F Major (Unreleased) ♪ ]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.32,0:03:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[angle grinder whirrs]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.88,0:03:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, I did a quick sound check with this felt.\N[muted knocking on metal]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.22,0:03:38.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's just too hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.46,0:03:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I put this felt on, and I started to run out of space and I was like: "Argh..."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.40,0:03:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I constantly had the idea that I should be able to make a simpler solution, and I think I might have found it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.60,0:03:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.98,0:03:56.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's our savior.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.94,0:04:00.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Martin sings a single note]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.74,0:04:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So instead of this...\NThis.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.62,0:04:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[bolt clicks]\N[screw rattles]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.60,0:04:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I'm gonna take this small little piece of foam right in there.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.56,0:04:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And listen now...\N[screw rattles]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.18,0:04:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Et voilá!"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.70,0:04:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is just a simplest solution ever,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.48,0:04:27.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because this part doesn't even need to be glued in — its held in place automatically.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.64,0:04:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[muted bolt clicks]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.98,0:04:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So compare that to:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.96,0:04:33.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[sharp bolt clicks]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.18,0:04:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I just have to cut 38 of these.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.78,0:04:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this solution has, like, zero impact on any part. There's no glue,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.88,0:04:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,completely reversible if this would turn out to not work somehow.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.06,0:04:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All channels are padded,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.04,0:04:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and before testing, I thought that I take the opportunity to explain to you exactly
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.74,0:04:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how this muting system works, because once the marble divider is on here,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.60,0:05:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you won't be able to see this like this ever again.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.62,0:05:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here we have six levers:\Nvibraphone, kick drum, snare drum...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.34,0:05:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hihat, cymbal, bass guitar.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.12,0:05:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The movement is transmitted from my lever here, both to this row here and onto this row up here.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.66,0:05:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when the vibraphone is activated when it's playing, we have a physical connection...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.52,0:05:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going on over here. So when this is lifted...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.02,0:05:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you can see the channel is moving.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.88,0:05:35.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As soon as I let go of the lever, that connection is broken. So now I can move this...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.26,0:05:37.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But nothing is happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.64,0:05:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Same here for the kick drum channel.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.62,0:05:43.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now it's not activated, as soon as I let go of this...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.70,0:05:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The channel starts moving.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.40,0:05:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm really proud of the fact that I've managed to have one lever control both this and this row.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.88,0:05:58.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I put so much effort into the muting system,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.82,0:06:02.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just because it was the muting system that failed on the first machine.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.44,0:06:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This system has actually worked since the very beginning. I never had to change...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.74,0:06:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,any of the designs for this.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.14,0:06:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, all the channels are now in a muted position,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.26,0:06:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which means we will only see the registrators move, but none of the channels are activated.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.62,0:06:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look in the back:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.72,0:06:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, only the registrations were moving — nothing else.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.42,0:06:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's activate the big vibraphone, and this channel.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.04,0:06:40.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uh... this channel.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.80,0:06:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's do the opposite!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.50,0:07:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here you can see the hooks that is the breaking and activation of the mechanical connection.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.18,0:07:11.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[metallic slam]
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.94,0:07:18.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's what happens when we mute an instrument group, and that's what happens when we activate it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.42,0:07:24.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see if a programming pin activated this, it will pull the channel.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.12,0:07:29.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when it goes down, it will not pull the channel.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.24,0:07:34.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This system is also designed to handle the following edge case:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.46,0:07:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's say the instrument loop is muted [metallic slam] like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.58,0:07:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this is still moving due to the registrators being hit by the programming pins.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.52,0:07:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So imagine a pin is just hitting this, and at the same time I'm unmuting this instrument group.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.28,0:07:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then we have this situation, but when the pin let's go
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.74,0:07:56.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything sort out itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.84,0:08:05.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why we have these diagonals on these hooks. It's basically only for that specific edge case.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.76,0:08:11.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's try to cut some registrators, shall we?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.16,0:08:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm super nervous to mess up this expensive PUM Delrin material.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.92,0:08:19.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[♪ Wintergatan - Helping Out In Eb Major (Unreleased) ♪ ]
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.46,0:08:24.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[CNC machine whirrs]
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.76,0:08:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[muffled speaking]
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.04,0:08:43.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Delrin blocks fall onto wood]
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.30,0:08:53.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[CNC machine whirrs]
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.62,0:09:01.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[CNC machine whirrs]
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.02,0:09:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Toby came in and saw me cutting and asked: "Do you have a fence?" and I was like: "Yeah!"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.60,0:09:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then he said: "I think you're gonna get some safety comments if you don't use a fence."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.68,0:09:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm gonna be totally honest, I never thought about using the [blows away dust]
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.92,0:09:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fence for safety like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.22,0:09:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, being the stupidest person in the room is the best situation you can find yourself in,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.18,0:09:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'cause that's where you're learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.16,0:09:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[♪ Wintergatan - Helping Out In Eb Major (Unreleased) ♪]
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.08,0:09:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Martin humming a melody]\N[♪ PewDiePie - B*tch Lasagna ♪]
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.88,0:10:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have all my registrators, and I have all my fingers. Thanks Toby.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.04,0:10:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am attaching the registrators here and they have the same
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.96,0:10:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,color code as the droplet knobs on the front of the machine.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.54,0:10:16.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[cranking noise]
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.36,0:10:19.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[registrators clicking]
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.88,0:10:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So all this work started with some few channels being stuck, and me wanting to fix this mechanical sound.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.00,0:10:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have loctited every single screw in this whole assembly, also back there. And...
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.54,0:10:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have fixed the sound, and it's time to put the marble divider back in place.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.40,0:10:59.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So everything you have seen me done so far is, like, work that is un... invisible from the outside. So,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.22,0:11:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's so much... problem solving going on...
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.46,0:11:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this project, that is really not visible on the finished product.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.24,0:11:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ ♪ Wintergatan - Proof Of Concept ♪ ]
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.42,0:11:47.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These videos are brought to you by our backers through youtube channel memberships or Patreon.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.32,0:11:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you so much everyone who are supporting, and thank you for believing in this crazy dream,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.64,0:11:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is the Marble Machine X, and thank you so much for watching. See you on the next one!