"Pipe Dream" - Animusic.com

AnimusicLLC · 17.7M views · 2008-03-18 · 3:29

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Overview

'Pipe Dream' is the best-known piece from the first Animusic DVD, a computer-animated music video in which fantastical machines play music. The animation is driven by MIDI data.

On Hacker News

HN people bring it up whenever music-playing machines or robot bands come up, as the classic CG precursor.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2019–2024

Topics

Animation & visual effects Music performance & songs Computer graphics & rendering

What people said

shagie · 2024-03 · Recommendation
Have you watched the Animusic series ( [LINK] ) ... especially Pipe Dream - [VIDEO] Be sure to watch the "Creating the Animusic DVDs" pair of videos. [LINK]
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jonathankoren · 2023-01 · Reference
Reminds me of a real world Animusic video [VIDEO] Also, at first I thought was going to be the person (or persons) that have their own restored Rock-Afire-Explosion bands and then reprogram them to play contemporary songs.
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retzkek · 2021-07 · Reference
Inspired, I presume, by those awesome ray-traced animations from the early oughts? I had started sketching ideas on how to make that a reality (pneumatics and magnets mainly) but never got beyond concept. Specifically this one: [VIDEO]
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