An 8-bit accordian made of Commodore 64s

[beschizza]

Originally published at: An 8-bit accordian made of Commodore 64s | Boing Boing

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[tyroney]

Another delightful creation, however suspect the form it takes…

I couldn’t help but laugh when he said commodordian. (missed a d in the name/link in the article)

[jaded]

This made me extremely happy!

[knoxblox]

So fun!

(Is pumping the bellows actually necessary? Does it matter?)

[smilr]

Yes actually - toward the end of the video he discusses the physical build and method of operation. The bellows suck/blow air through a hole which has a microphone placed next to it. The signal from the microphone is used to adjust the output volume of the commodordian.

[Richard_Kirk]

I am so glad my world has things like that in it. An extra respectful tip o’the hat to the fates for putting it in my world, but not too close.

[kmoser]

Imagine touch-typing with both hands simultaneously strapped to keyboards which you can’t see, while pumping the keyboards apart and together to power the whole thing. Now imagine designing and building such a device.

[williamkattwill]

I’d have gone with the name commocordion if for no other reason than to confuse the uninitiated into thinking it’s a term for a kamikaze accordion player.

[Jerry_Sneede]

So much more of his works here: https://linusakesson.net

For instance, this little bit starting at 9:10 I turned my C64 into a Theremin (with a spoon, a clamp, and six more components). - YouTube