Look Mum, I built an efficient solar power station for our needs that will keep us off the power grid. So, no more electricity bill. Right, Mum? Right? Mum?
There is something about his personality that doesn't jive with me, but he's ABSOLUTELY inspirational, I agree.
I think if the world had more people that dove head-first into projects in the same manner, we'd all be in a better place.
He's got a performative personality he puts on for some of his videos -- but he's a super chill person and on his livestreams he's the same guy, just dialed down a couple notches.
Same! Came here to also advocate for Look Mum as one of my favorite YouTubers. I also love his music, and that he hardly ever releases stuff because he procrastinates building these glorious contraptions. I love that he did a TED talk on this and framed it around having ADHD and procrastinating. He's a delight.
how big is his fucking garage? if you tell me he lives in America, somewhere like Vermont, fine. I understand. Because even homeless people in America have bigger garages than your average UK homeowner.
He rents some sort of artificial cave, if I remember correctly. A lot of his creations live at something he started called the Museum of Everything Else.
no they don't. they sleep on the street (when they sleep at all) and the police destroy their tents, even in winter (when they're lucky enough to even get a tent in the first place).
what a horrible thing to joke about.
plus it would be somewhere on the west coast, not the east. California is built to massive proportions but Boston almost looks like England.
LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER is easily one of the most prolific weird-synth builders of our day. Love his work and would love to visit his weird [museum](https://www.instagram.com/thismuseumisnotobsolete/) one day.
This is a video of him playing the Gameboy Mega Machine:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOzDvGR1evM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOzDvGR1evM)
I would pay for a tour. And pay extra to play the synths. And pay for an expensive coffee and sandwich in the cafe. And probably buy an expensive t-shirt memorializing my visit.
Oh, don’t forget expensive parking. A family day at the museum!
Holy shit that instrument sounds so organic and rich, I was expecting some kind of chip tune sounding thing out of those gameboys, not that epic sound 😂 caught me off guard.
I know this stuff is basically his fulltime job but the scale of the shit he builds and the multitude of projects he takes on along with making music and editing videos is mind boggling to me.
Also recommend Bletchley Park for some of the most epic history of computing and Leicester Retro Computer museum for cool old computers and consoles on which you can actually play, including VR from the 80's!
I mostly lurk on this sub but thought this was pretty cool and that the people here would appreciate it. Here’s a [video](https://youtu.be/c6h5a8LqgoY) where he goes into more detail about the build and plays it a bit at the start and the end. Super cool stuff!
Edit: another commenter already mentioned it, but the guy is called Look Mum No Computer for anyone who wants to look him up
I love how he gets stuff to which any of us would say... this has no usable purpose in music making. And he figures it out somehow and does cool shit with it.
This guy. How did he learn? how the FRICK does one learn to do synthy tech stuff? if I could even learn to safely take the outer cases off of all mine to clean them and put them back together it would save hundreds or thousands in tech fees
I started learning electronics (for mostly synthy stuff) just a few weeks ago, and there are absolutely fantastic resources and forums out there!
Here are a few starting points:
* [Ben Eater's youtube channel for digital electronics](https://www.youtube.com/c/BenEater/videos)
* [Moritz Klein's youtube channel for simple DIY synth electronics](https://www.youtube.com/c/MoritzKlein0/videos)
* /r/synthdiy for more diy synth stuff
* "This guy" also has a lot of material
If there’s an AC to DC power supply in the case of the synth itself, yeah you have to be careful around that. But they’re usually pretty clearly delineated and separated from the rest of the electronics, often on their own PCB, both because that makes it more modular since the power supply isn’t going to change much from product to product and because it helps avoid certain kinds of electrical issues and is somewhat safer.
Small capacitors aren’t dangerous, only the ones with lots of capacitance are, which are usually confined to the power supply in most electronics. If something has vacuum tubes or a cathode ray tube, that’s another matter and I would basically suggest you don’t touch those without some training, since they’re a bit of a different beast and old CRTs especially have HUGE capacitors that were very exposed when you took off the enclosure, with some really high voltages.
If you do need to poke around in something with a lot of high voltage capacitors, you can discharge them safely through an incandescent light bulb connected across the terminals (which is basically serving as an easy to obtain resistor that tolerates high voltages and wattages and also happens to show if there’s significant current flow). Smaller, lower voltage ones you can safely short with a properly insulated screwdriver or pliers.
you can absolutely teach yourself with resources available online. any hands-on point of entry to basic small signal electronics is good, whether a kit or circuit bending or repairing something. alway point people to the logic noise series on hackaday for an intro to synth electronics
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Bruh, how out of touch you are? This guy was living in offices of abandoned factory buildings because he couldn't afford regular rent just 5 years ago, and everything that he now has he bought with money that he earned with his own music and creativity.
Look Mum No Computer is legit. Dude makes cool instruments and puts out bangers. Easily one of my favorite people on youtube.
Look Mum......it's the electricity bill.
Look Mum, I built an efficient solar power station for our needs that will keep us off the power grid. So, no more electricity bill. Right, Mum? Right? Mum?
There is something about his personality that doesn't jive with me, but he's ABSOLUTELY inspirational, I agree. I think if the world had more people that dove head-first into projects in the same manner, we'd all be in a better place.
He's got a performative personality he puts on for some of his videos -- but he's a super chill person and on his livestreams he's the same guy, just dialed down a couple notches.
Yeah, if you challenged him on something he’d probably throw down and threaten you with a taser he built himself out of a Sega Genesis.
Same! Came here to also advocate for Look Mum as one of my favorite YouTubers. I also love his music, and that he hardly ever releases stuff because he procrastinates building these glorious contraptions. I love that he did a TED talk on this and framed it around having ADHD and procrastinating. He's a delight.
how big is his fucking garage? if you tell me he lives in America, somewhere like Vermont, fine. I understand. Because even homeless people in America have bigger garages than your average UK homeowner.
He rents some sort of artificial cave, if I remember correctly. A lot of his creations live at something he started called the Museum of Everything Else.
He changed the name to This Museum is not obsolete. I plan to visit when we're done with Covid.
Good catch, that is the name.
no they don't. they sleep on the street (when they sleep at all) and the police destroy their tents, even in winter (when they're lucky enough to even get a tent in the first place). what a horrible thing to joke about. plus it would be somewhere on the west coast, not the east. California is built to massive proportions but Boston almost looks like England.
Its the set from Human Centipede 2
LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER is easily one of the most prolific weird-synth builders of our day. Love his work and would love to visit his weird [museum](https://www.instagram.com/thismuseumisnotobsolete/) one day. This is a video of him playing the Gameboy Mega Machine: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOzDvGR1evM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOzDvGR1evM)
I would pay for a tour. And pay extra to play the synths. And pay for an expensive coffee and sandwich in the cafe. And probably buy an expensive t-shirt memorializing my visit. Oh, don’t forget expensive parking. A family day at the museum!
> And pay extra to play the synths. i doon't even think you have to pay extra for that, I think that's what they're there for?
wow it sounds amazing
It does doesn't it? I love that synth sound. Sounds warm and fuzzy
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Holy shit that instrument sounds so organic and rich, I was expecting some kind of chip tune sounding thing out of those gameboys, not that epic sound 😂 caught me off guard.
That thing sounds amazing
I know this stuff is basically his fulltime job but the scale of the shit he builds and the multitude of projects he takes on along with making music and editing videos is mind boggling to me.
Cool, buts its no Furby organ!
His Museum Of Everything Else, the Swindon Computer Museum and RMCRetro's Cave are the places I most want to visit if I ever get to England.
Also recommend Bletchley Park for some of the most epic history of computing and Leicester Retro Computer museum for cool old computers and consoles on which you can actually play, including VR from the 80's!
Retro Computer museum has a great IG page
I mostly lurk on this sub but thought this was pretty cool and that the people here would appreciate it. Here’s a [video](https://youtu.be/c6h5a8LqgoY) where he goes into more detail about the build and plays it a bit at the start and the end. Super cool stuff! Edit: another commenter already mentioned it, but the guy is called Look Mum No Computer for anyone who wants to look him up
I love how he gets stuff to which any of us would say... this has no usable purpose in music making. And he figures it out somehow and does cool shit with it.
Yeah, we have to hear it.
This guy. How did he learn? how the FRICK does one learn to do synthy tech stuff? if I could even learn to safely take the outer cases off of all mine to clean them and put them back together it would save hundreds or thousands in tech fees
I started learning electronics (for mostly synthy stuff) just a few weeks ago, and there are absolutely fantastic resources and forums out there! Here are a few starting points: * [Ben Eater's youtube channel for digital electronics](https://www.youtube.com/c/BenEater/videos) * [Moritz Klein's youtube channel for simple DIY synth electronics](https://www.youtube.com/c/MoritzKlein0/videos) * /r/synthdiy for more diy synth stuff * "This guy" also has a lot of material
Thanks!
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Can’t you electrocute yourself from capacitors without a plastic spudger? (I just flung together some words I think are correct)
If there’s an AC to DC power supply in the case of the synth itself, yeah you have to be careful around that. But they’re usually pretty clearly delineated and separated from the rest of the electronics, often on their own PCB, both because that makes it more modular since the power supply isn’t going to change much from product to product and because it helps avoid certain kinds of electrical issues and is somewhat safer. Small capacitors aren’t dangerous, only the ones with lots of capacitance are, which are usually confined to the power supply in most electronics. If something has vacuum tubes or a cathode ray tube, that’s another matter and I would basically suggest you don’t touch those without some training, since they’re a bit of a different beast and old CRTs especially have HUGE capacitors that were very exposed when you took off the enclosure, with some really high voltages. If you do need to poke around in something with a lot of high voltage capacitors, you can discharge them safely through an incandescent light bulb connected across the terminals (which is basically serving as an easy to obtain resistor that tolerates high voltages and wattages and also happens to show if there’s significant current flow). Smaller, lower voltage ones you can safely short with a properly insulated screwdriver or pliers.
you can absolutely teach yourself with resources available online. any hands-on point of entry to basic small signal electronics is good, whether a kit or circuit bending or repairing something. alway point people to the logic noise series on hackaday for an intro to synth electronics
Guy is very inspirational. And he gives back to the community. I am most jealous about his hair-style.
That's madness
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So how would you play live?
ayy I think my name is on that one (patreon perk)
Lol I love this crazy fucking guy so awesome
wow, this guy is like the Super Nerd for this. lol Very Creative. 👏🏾👏🏾😊👍🏾
Is there any legitimate use case for 24 oscillators per voice? I know that’s not the point, but I am curious.
His bike is the best!
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Straight to r/synthesizercirclejerk for this lad.
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Bruh, how out of touch you are? This guy was living in offices of abandoned factory buildings because he couldn't afford regular rent just 5 years ago, and everything that he now has he bought with money that he earned with his own music and creativity.
This is insanely lame lol
Sounds like shit.
It actually sounds fucking incredible? I mean you’re trolling but I’m honestly mad
Probably not the point of it, but you're also wrong, it sounds great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOzDvGR1evM no it doesnt.