It takes a lot of BALLS to make a Video like this
This is a great video. You will understand / appreciate the title after you watch the video.
From the first Animusic DVD. Pipe Dream has been voted one of the 50 greatest animation projects ever (by 3D World). A group of percussion instruments perform music by way of metal balls that fly out from pipes.
on May 14th, 2006 at 5:42 am
true
on May 14th, 2006 at 5:47 am
nice
on May 14th, 2006 at 8:40 am
daym…too good
on May 14th, 2006 at 9:06 am
If you get the DVD, also check out “Accoustic Curves”. It’s another really great song, even if the visuals aren’t quite as spectacular.
on May 14th, 2006 at 11:08 am
What the hell are you babbeling about? It takes BALLS to make this? It takes precision, good timing and a lot of animating.
Balls have honestly nothing to do with it.
on May 14th, 2006 at 2:16 pm
Uh u do get the pun of ‘balls’ this video is showing u idiot..
Interesting video fun to watch if ur blowed
on May 14th, 2006 at 2:53 pm
inconsistent. if you pay attention to other “instruments” which aren’t the main focus of the viewpoint camera, they aren’t making sounds at the correct times/registering the sounds. the main thing is the crash on the drum set.
on May 14th, 2006 at 3:33 pm
BALLS because if you didn’t notice every sound was being struct with a BALL. idiots…
on May 14th, 2006 at 6:41 pm
man fuck you!
on May 14th, 2006 at 8:30 pm
@ mish
hahahahahaha what a dumbass mother fucker
on May 14th, 2006 at 9:25 pm
If I remember correctly this was one of ATI’s Radeon 9700 promotional videos…
http://www.rapidnewswire.com/5146-cannedoxygen-0245.htm
Hey, it’s the first link! I win.
on May 14th, 2006 at 9:26 pm
I meant:
http://www.ati.com/developer/demos/r9700.html
Yay for not double checking what I type
on May 14th, 2006 at 11:03 pm
This is amazing. Great work and dedication needed to achieve this.
on May 15th, 2006 at 4:41 am
man..it is so lagggg..i can bary watchit fuckers
on May 15th, 2006 at 10:04 am
who the fucking weirdos create this fucking animations???
who ever create this motherfucking video. . .
two thumbs up for you fuck!
on May 15th, 2006 at 10:07 am
what i am sayin is..
its fucking so great!
on May 15th, 2006 at 3:43 pm
well impressed!!!!
on May 18th, 2006 at 12:11 pm
I’ve seen this elsewhere, but I have to say - excellent piece of animation. The timing required, the synchronization, the tune itself being excellent - just one hell of a presentation. I just wish it weren’t a Google video here, so that I could fullscreen it. :)
on May 18th, 2006 at 5:06 pm
The ATI download page linked above has a link to an AVI version.
on May 29th, 2006 at 9:30 am
awsome lol
on May 31st, 2006 at 5:06 pm
Outstanding!
Negitive comments should be kept to themselves.
on June 12th, 2006 at 10:42 pm
That was just bloody brilliant! Thanks for sharing!
on June 14th, 2006 at 9:13 pm
if i remember correctly i saw this video on TechTV a couple years ago before they merged with G4 and self-destructed.
on June 20th, 2006 at 2:42 pm
Quoting what A said (comment number 7) The instraments are actually all pretty much dead on. The cymbal only looks inconsistant because it falls to a background effect. It is still there if you listen for it though. The timing may be a little shakey, but only by fractions of a second. And honestly you have to give the creators props for it, they did an excellent job.
Loved it!
on June 29th, 2006 at 8:32 am
AWESOME !
on July 20th, 2006 at 7:04 am
To Joe,
If you listen to the commentary on the DVD itself, they say that the animations are actually driven by the music, and not the other way around. Essentially, whenever a MIDI note is played, it triggers the appropriate animation. For Pipe Dream, they had to actually make 3 layers of MIDI notes, one for the initial launch of the ball, the actual played note, and the after effect of the ball returning to the “catch” chute (or next instrument).
This method is used for ALL their animations. This way, all the animators ahvbe to make is an instrument that is animated for a given range of notes. That way, the instruments sue the computerized method of “Reading Sheet Music”
just my 2 cents.
PS: BUY THIS DVD. Stuff like this needs to be supported.
on July 22nd, 2006 at 3:20 am
MARVELLOUS =D enjoyed :D
on July 31st, 2006 at 7:32 pm
hahahaha at what mish said! what a fanny.
on August 6th, 2006 at 1:23 am
its damn good mate
on August 16th, 2006 at 2:13 pm
1 word= marvelous
on August 23rd, 2006 at 8:44 am
awesome video…
on August 24th, 2006 at 3:25 am
You son of a btch!
Im so fcking jealous of whoever made this animation!!
Excellent!
on August 31st, 2006 at 11:52 pm
As a vibraphonist (yes, that’s a word, and yes, there was a vibraphone in the clip), I find this to be utterly amazing. I wish I had thought of it first!
PERCUSSION ROCKS!!! SO DO BALLS!!!! Yeah!
Ha ha!
on September 5th, 2006 at 1:16 am
toooooo good..!
on September 5th, 2006 at 9:47 pm
I love watching things like that combine different realms of knowledge: engineering, graphic design, and music. Truly an inspiring piece of work.
on September 13th, 2006 at 2:01 pm
fantastic job man…..
on October 9th, 2006 at 6:58 pm
Interesting animation, but too bad the music is completely uninteresting. :-/
on October 13th, 2006 at 9:59 am
this animation rocked. literally. you have to appreciate the time, effort, and creativity it took to make something this detailed. As far as animations go, it is near perfect.
on November 13th, 2006 at 1:56 pm
OMGZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ fantastic! The music is gr8, timing is gr8, and the idea of animating a music video is fantastic. I would never have thought of doing that in my life! Pure legend.
on February 15th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
Is that a real time simulation…………………I dont think so….even if it is pre-rendered…it was great…nice piece of work…!!!!