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August 2, 2014 5:16 AM

The beatbox flash creation has reached it's 3rd iteration - Incredibox v3 has been released. Previously
posted by episodic (9 comments total)

Oh, man, that's fun!
posted by pjern at 5:50 AM on August 2, 2014

This came out in 2013. Why did I not know this came back again. Why why why.

I investigated a little, and my suspicion was correct - the maximum length of each loop doubles with each new version.
posted by BiggerJ at 6:07 AM on August 2, 2014

Well, kind of. I think. Maybe. The change of tempo in 3 complicates it a bit. I'm no musicologician.
posted by BiggerJ at 6:15 AM on August 2, 2014

2013? This is way old mate, 2005 maybe?
posted by marienbad at 6:19 AM on August 2, 2014

Oh, man. This makes me feel like a musical genius in a way that is almost certainly not real.
posted by obfuscation at 6:45 AM on August 2, 2014 [4 favorites]

I wonder how long I can entertain myself just by watching this do its thing on Shuffle.

Probably longer than I really want to admit.
posted by obfuscation at 6:50 AM on August 2, 2014

Ha! I remember making a track called German Cat Had Deadly Strain of Bird Flue for Aural Times with a similar toy back in 2006, except that it was a trio of sheep musicians, and also it didn't keep super solid time if I remember right.

And holy butts, even it's even still up and functional. SHEEP BEATS. Let's see if I can line it up with Incredibox in some weird polyrhythm situation.
posted by cortex at 6:55 AM on August 2, 2014 [1 favorite]

Very fun - thanks for this.

If you want old school, check out the Infinite Wheel Dub Selector - nine dubbly flavors!
posted by jammy at 8:08 AM on August 2, 2014

Neat. Hey, look how good I am at this! If you want to add a little melody, try Tonematrix; in certain registers they blend quite nicely.
posted by Lorin at 10:06 AM on August 2, 2014