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Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.58,0:00:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cyber capos everyone, are you as excited as I am right now?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.54,0:00:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You should be! I think the cyber capos are going to be really really cool if we can pull this off.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.56,0:00:26.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a capo is a device that sits on the strings of a music instrument and make them shorter and
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.49,0:00:30.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,holds down the strings to the fretboard by itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.42,0:00:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what's so cyber about our capo is that it's four individual capo's, one capo per string on the bass guitar
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.52,0:00:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So capo or capodastro has been used since
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.88,0:00:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1646 by Giovanni Doni or something like that. I read on Wikipedia
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.78,0:00:49.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they didn't have a cyber capo
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.65,0:00:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm very happy for this idea. This has been an idea that has been long in the running and
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.98,0:01:00.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The main idea is that it will save the resource
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.93,0:01:03.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have least of when playing the Marble Machine X - my hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.96,0:01:07.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will be able to set all the four strings to the notes
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.48,0:01:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want them to play and
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.48,0:01:13.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then leave the bass guitar and go do other things with my hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.14,0:01:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pull the muting lever or play the vibraphone manually, or
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.74,0:01:22.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,speed up and speed down the Machine, whatever. And whenever I want the bass guitar to change chords
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.40,0:01:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can just slide the individual capos around into a new configuration.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.50,0:01:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or I can also play the bass strings manually higher than the capos
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.08,0:01:34.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Normally the loose strings on a bass guitar is E, A, D, G
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.02,0:01:40.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So one way to use these cyber capos is just to set the lower notes to what I want them to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.11,0:01:44.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe I want the lower notes to be a G-major chord, or
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.24,0:01:51.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe I want the A string to play C. It's going to be very very useful and very very fun.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.08,0:01:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ha, ha! Only on Wintergatan Wednesdays!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.52,0:02:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here you can see there's a hole in the head of this bass guitar and this comes from the fact that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.60,0:02:10.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're using a five stringed bass guitar with only four strings
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.44,0:02:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this hole is where the fifth tuner used to be and now I can use this hole for a mounting bracket
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.00,0:02:21.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You saw I made a bracket with tape. If you can avoid making measurements
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.26,0:02:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always try to avoid making measurements,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.60,0:02:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just take real world measurements, so to speak.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.00,0:02:32.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That speeds up the process a lot. And I'm making some test fingers here
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.85,0:02:34.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just adding them to the linear bearings
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.60,0:02:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, with this measuring arm here, I can make sure the linear bearings are parallel with the strings.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.34,0:02:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I can see up here it's touching perfectly height wise. We go here, we need to shim the neck upwards.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.10,0:03:07.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This value is pretty close.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.63,0:03:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First I was just planning to weld the bracket on here and have it non adjustable
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.12,0:03:16.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now I realized that I will be very happy with an adjustable bracket
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.84,0:03:23.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm making this bracket adjustable in every direction in the most idiotic way you can and I love it
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.13,0:03:29.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just making the holes oversized so it can go side to side and then I'm just gonna use
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.66,0:03:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shim washers underneath it to adjust the height. It's really really the
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.99,0:03:39.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simplest way I can think of of getting control in like four directions.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.74,0:03:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, here you can see the height control and here you can see the sideways control and this will be very
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.64,0:03:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,important to make the linear bearings perfectly parallel with all the four strings
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.80,0:03:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now I'm adjusting the linear rails parallel in this direction to the neck.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.30,0:04:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going to do it parallel to the string. I think it's more important that it's parallel to the wooden neck.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.10,0:04:05.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Going to push down the string
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.62,0:04:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm measuring with my
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.99,0:04:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,temporary fingers and I'm seeing that there's more space here, three millimeters,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.29,0:04:16.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and here's flush.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.48,0:04:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Means that we should remove some washers here.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.40,0:04:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Taking one of these out.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.19,0:04:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the height here is adjusted, we can start to check
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.05,0:04:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this way. Our test point is touching the string.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.54,0:04:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Push it all the way up.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.84,0:04:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Camera is fooling that angle a little bit. It's actually
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.47,0:04:47.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quite good in real life. I'm super happy about the airy design.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.68,0:04:53.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's very bare minimum of parts. In addition to this big m10 bolt
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.38,0:04:59.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have these two m5 screws that are also clamping down to prevent this from sliding
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.65,0:05:02.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I tapped threads in the metal underneath and then,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.71,0:05:08.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to over-engineer this I have these set screws and they have a little sharp point
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.50,0:05:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so once I clamp this down, they will really
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.03,0:05:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prevent this part from sliding.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.37,0:05:19.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is not going anywhere and I left this bolt very long because it's gonna be
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.66,0:05:23.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a support for later, to support the head from the Marble Machine X frame
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.65,0:05:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this right here is the first capo arm made from spring steel and this arm sits here
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.65,0:05:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and touches the string here. When I was checking these tests
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.12,0:05:44.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was never really happy with how parallel they were with the strings and I thought just
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.19,0:05:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, I made some kind of miscalculation here, but I thought it was in OK range
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.49,0:05:51.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now I know why they're not parallel. I made a mistake
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.70,0:05:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me show you. So first of all, here's the strings and we measured how much they're flaring out earlier
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.08,0:06:00.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we're seeing it kind of from this perspective now
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.62,0:06:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's the linear rails and without thinking I made this parallel with E,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.10,0:06:12.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this with A but I know that that's not how the plan is. Because if you look at the routing, to reach the strings
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.63,0:06:14.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to go from this linear rail
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.76,0:06:20.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the E string. From this one, over that arm, to the A string.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.00,0:06:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this linear rail has to be
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.85,0:06:26.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,parallel with A string,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.24,0:06:33.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this one has to be parallel with E string and that was why they are not parallel.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.90,0:06:40.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I recalculated these distances to the new set up and this is the number of extra washers
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.65,0:06:48.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need to put in between the spacing. So I use these washer stacks to make this system adjustable. So that turned out good.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.41,0:06:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, here's the new setup and now you can see that the two middle linear rails are flaring out much more.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.10,0:06:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the test arm is now on the E string
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.76,0:07:04.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sitting on the second linear bearing, the black line is above the string.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.65,0:07:07.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we travel down the neck
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.32,0:07:13.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it stays above the string. We nailed it!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.82,0:07:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is par là. So I made this finger tip out of black Delrin and I cut two m3 threads in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.76,0:07:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Delrin is a good bushing material. It can slide over surfaces without
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.77,0:07:28.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting torn up.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.49,0:07:39.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, so I want to add downward pressure
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.15,0:07:43.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not pushing enough on the string. The way I'm doing that is to add
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.96,0:07:47.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,washers between the delrin and the spring steel
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.65,0:07:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I think it's adding a little bit too little pressure
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.40,0:08:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Bass & singing]
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.30,0:08:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You and me are gonna have a lot of fun together.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.82,0:08:13.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now, three shim washers
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.30,0:08:22.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[bass]
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.80,0:08:30.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uhh, I invested in some SM57's and check this out, these are the line boxes for the bass guitar
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.40,0:08:33.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Deep talking bass. Here we go. Flat wound.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.04,0:08:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you listen here,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.58,0:08:40.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can hear the wound. And here's the new flat wound.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.98,0:08:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's almost completely flat. So if I want the sound of the flat wound, which I think I want, they will
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.36,0:08:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wear down these delrin fingertips much slower.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.22,0:08:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I never tried these line boxes, but there's two channels,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.52,0:09:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I need two of these for the four channels of the bass guitar
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.96,0:09:05.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Marcus, the drummer from Wintergatan, recommended these. So it's going to be very fun to try them.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.62,0:09:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.13,0:09:08.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the purpose of this arm was to test
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.28,0:09:12.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if the spring steel was strong enough and if the delrin seems like a good material choice,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.66,0:09:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think it's yes on both.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.98,0:09:19.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we've done this and I can now make the correct arms all four of them
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.78,0:12:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[piano]
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.70,0:14:05.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Marble Machine X testing]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.31,0:14:12.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cyber capos, everyone. I love this. This is only a prototype because the linear bearings are too short
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.87,0:14:15.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't really play the high notes with the system,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.73,0:14:23.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I wanted to show you all these sketches from the team, because behind the scenes we have been working hard on a more complicated
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.23,0:14:31.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,version with an on and off systems you could click the capos up and down to have them go on and off the strings and
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.30,0:14:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the end I think we actually didn't reach a good solution,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.18,0:14:39.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I decided to try a simplified prototype.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.02,0:14:42.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I want to give a huge shout out
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.78,0:14:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the whole fantastic Marble Machine X team for pouring so much love and heart into this design discussion.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.28,0:14:55.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe we can solve the on/off in future versions and, as always, I want to say a huge
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.46,0:14:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thanks to all the Wintergatan patrons and Youtube members for
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.47,0:15:06.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,supporting this crazy pipe dream. With the cyber capos we're one step closer to having this machine actually playing some music.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.67,0:15:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's getting there. It's taking very much time, but it's getting there.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.96,0:15:14.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you so much for watching and see you on the next Wintergatan Wednesdays