Comments on: Violinist plays Mario soundtrack in real time http://boingboing.net/2010/06/18/violinist-plays-mari.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/18/violinist-plays-mari.html#comment-817167 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-817167 There is no nes picture but a famicom only released in japan. japanese have different consoles from us There is no nes picture but a famicom only released in japan. japanese have different consoles from us

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/18/violinist-plays-mari.html#comment-814098 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-814098 WOW!!!! this is amazing!!!! WOW!!!! this is amazing!!!!

]]> By: cjp http://boingboing.net/2010/06/18/violinist-plays-mari.html#comment-814105 cjp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-814105 Ow. I've had many blisters over the years both from playing Mario and the violin. This video is like a PTSD flashback to the pain. Do your Mario skills transfer to anything useful in real life? No, that only happen with WOW. http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2007/12/boy-survives-mo/ Ow. I’ve had many blisters over the years both from playing Mario and the violin. This video is like a PTSD flashback to the pain.

Do your Mario skills transfer to anything useful in real life? No, that only happen with WOW.
http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2007/12/boy-survives-mo/

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/18/violinist-plays-mari.html#comment-813852 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-813852 I have nothing but respect for this man. I have nothing but respect for this man.

]]> By: Micah http://boingboing.net/2010/06/18/violinist-plays-mari.html#comment-813858 Micah Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-813858 My money is on the game being a pre-recorded video of a game rather than a real-time live game. Note that there is a DVD player in the picture but no NES. My money is on the game being a pre-recorded video of a game rather than a real-time live game. Note that there is a DVD player in the picture but no NES.

]]> By: benher http://boingboing.net/2010/06/18/violinist-plays-mari.html#comment-813866 benher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-813866 Holy Crap! He does Dragon Quest too! I wonder if he does bar mitzvahs... Holy Crap! He does Dragon Quest too! I wonder if he does bar mitzvahs…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/18/violinist-plays-mari.html#comment-814125 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-814125 its a Famicom with a disk drive. There's an option there to record chunks of playtime and replay it. Too bad it never came out stateside. The funny thing is that if you were to dissect a grey box USA nintendo, and remove the metal cartdridge loader portion, and directly plug in the drive unit - it works! its a Famicom with a disk drive. There’s an option there to record chunks of playtime and replay it. Too bad it never came out stateside.

The funny thing is that if you were to dissect a grey box USA nintendo, and remove the metal cartdridge loader portion, and directly plug in the drive unit – it works!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/18/violinist-plays-mari.html#comment-814126 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-814126 There's a group on Athens, GA (with Members of math-rock bands Cinemechanica, We Versus the Shark, among others) that plays the game soundtrack and sound FX live while another person does a speedrun. I've seen then do MegaMan, but they've done other games (Pitfall and Metroid, I think). There’s a group on Athens, GA (with Members of math-rock bands Cinemechanica, We Versus the Shark, among others) that plays the game soundtrack and sound FX live while another person does a speedrun. I’ve seen then do MegaMan, but they’ve done other games (Pitfall and Metroid, I think).

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/18/violinist-plays-mari.html#comment-813887 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-813887 It's not real time the second level screen said he had 4 lives not 1. It’s not real time the second level screen said he had 4 lives not 1.

]]> By: HairySammoth http://boingboing.net/2010/06/18/violinist-plays-mari.html#comment-813888 HairySammoth Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-813888 It's the white morning suit that really makes it. It’s the white morning suit that really makes it.

]]> By: PauloButt http://boingboing.net/2010/06/18/violinist-plays-mari.html#comment-813901 PauloButt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-813901 I think you're right. Notice how he grabs the hidden 1-up mushroom but it's game over the first time he dies. That's not how it works. I think you’re right. Notice how he grabs the hidden 1-up mushroom but it’s game over the first time he dies. That’s not how it works.

]]> By: lolbrandon http://boingboing.net/2010/06/18/violinist-plays-mari.html#comment-813903 lolbrandon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-813903 I love that he's dressed up in a fancy suit. You just can't play the violin in a t-shirt and jeans! I love that he’s dressed up in a fancy suit. You just can’t play the violin in a t-shirt and jeans!

]]> By: virgilsoames http://boingboing.net/2010/06/18/violinist-plays-mari.html#comment-813910 virgilsoames Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-813910 It might be recorded, but I doubt it. The device looks like the Famicom (original version of the NES) with the Disk Drive attachment (never came out here :( ). http://www.n-sider.com/media/database-hardware-famicomdisksystem01.jpg It might be recorded, but I doubt it. The device looks like the Famicom (original version of the NES) with the Disk Drive attachment (never came out here :( ).

http://www.n-sider.com/media/database-hardware-famicomdisksystem01.jpg

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/18/violinist-plays-mari.html#comment-814938 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-814938 Isn't that a VIOLA (as opposed to a violin)? Isn’t that a VIOLA (as opposed to a violin)?

]]> By: alllie http://boingboing.net/2010/06/18/violinist-plays-mari.html#comment-813921 alllie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-813921 Does playing Mario Brothers produce any skills that are transferable to real life? Does playing Mario Brothers produce any skills that are transferable to real life?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/18/violinist-plays-mari.html#comment-813923 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-813923 Who cares if it's prerecorded or not?! It's great fun and he did a fantastic job! Who cares if it’s prerecorded or not?! It’s great fun and he did a fantastic job!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/18/violinist-plays-mari.html#comment-813925 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-813925 Nah, at the beginning you can see the 'Play' display box in the lower left, so I think it is recorded and not live. Still pretty great though! Nah, at the beginning you can see the ‘Play’ display box in the lower left, so I think it is recorded and not live. Still pretty great though!

]]> By: hdon http://boingboing.net/2010/06/18/violinist-plays-mari.html#comment-814439 hdon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-814439 Watching Super Mario Bros. on a wide screen with that awful stretches-more-at-the-edges scaling algorithm makes me sad :( Watching Super Mario Bros. on a wide screen with that awful stretches-more-at-the-edges scaling algorithm makes me sad :(

]]> By: Purplecat http://boingboing.net/2010/06/18/violinist-plays-mari.html#comment-813931 Purplecat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-813931 Look closely, there's a subtle cut at around 1:10 That's what allows the out-of-place "game over" Look closely, there’s a subtle cut at around 1:10 That’s what allows the out-of-place “game over”

]]> By: rechnen http://boingboing.net/2010/06/18/violinist-plays-mari.html#comment-815473 rechnen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-815473 I can't describe how awesome this is! I can’t describe how awesome this is!

]]> By: Amagineer http://boingboing.net/2010/06/18/violinist-plays-mari.html#comment-814200 Amagineer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-814200 What we need here, is a TEAM of violinists (Or perhaps a full orchestra) so that the music isn't interrupted for sound quality and such. Then we can make playing videogames look like it's meant for the rich :D What we need here, is a TEAM of violinists (Or perhaps a full orchestra) so that the music isn’t interrupted for sound quality and such. Then we can make playing videogames look like it’s meant for the rich :D

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/18/violinist-plays-mari.html#comment-815486 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-815486 I think I see a famicom system actually. I think I see a famicom system actually.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/18/violinist-plays-mari.html#comment-813952 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-813952 Either way that is pretty good whether it was real time or not. Either way that is pretty good whether it was real time or not.

]]> By: Drhaggis http://boingboing.net/2010/06/18/violinist-plays-mari.html#comment-813975 Drhaggis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-813975 For a real challenge, he should play along with a modern game, such as Guitar Hero. For a real challenge, he should play along with a modern game, such as Guitar Hero.

]]> By: caesar female http://boingboing.net/2010/06/18/violinist-plays-mari.html#comment-813989 caesar female Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-813989 He's fab. Love the humble bow at the end. He’s fab. Love the humble bow at the end.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/18/violinist-plays-mari.html#comment-814501 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-814501 Still slightly more impressed with the Super Mario Beatboxer... http://www.frequency.com/video/super-mario/120886 Still slightly more impressed with the Super Mario Beatboxer…

http://www.frequency.com/video/super-mario/120886

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/06/18/violinist-plays-mari.html#comment-814005 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-814005 Wow, that was amazing. As a Mario fan, I am totally loving this! Wow, that was amazing. As a Mario fan, I am totally loving this!

]]> By: noah django http://boingboing.net/2010/06/18/violinist-plays-mari.html#comment-814038 noah django Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-814038 It doesn't surprise me that this game is pre-recorded. My suspicion that it was seems to be confirmed by the other posters, but I think any disappointment that it's not live is missing the point. By being able to practice to the recorded game, he can showcase not only his skill with the music, but his uncanny duplication of the sound-effects, which would be extraordinarily difficult (IMO impossible, though I don't play violin) to do in real-time what with hand-placement and coming back to the score from the sound-effect interruption. What he's really doing is using the game like sheet music--yes, sheet music that he's practiced to. I say bravo. It doesn’t surprise me that this game is pre-recorded. My suspicion that it was seems to be confirmed by the other posters, but I think any disappointment that it’s not live is missing the point. By being able to practice to the recorded game, he can showcase not only his skill with the music, but his uncanny duplication of the sound-effects, which would be extraordinarily difficult (IMO impossible, though I don’t play violin) to do in real-time what with hand-placement and coming back to the score from the sound-effect interruption.

What he’s really doing is using the game like sheet music–yes, sheet music that he’s practiced to. I say bravo.

]]> By: headphonegirl http://boingboing.net/2010/06/18/violinist-plays-mari.html#comment-814331 headphonegirl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-814331 oh so beautiful. Nice rendition oh so beautiful. Nice rendition

]]> By: zunjine http://boingboing.net/2010/06/18/violinist-plays-mari.html#comment-814079 zunjine Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-814079 Perfect way to start a Saturday. Brilliant. Perfect way to start a Saturday. Brilliant.

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