Art Concept of an late 19th/early 20th century "Vocal-Oid" Coin-op mechanical contraption

[Solinus]

I don't draw often, but after seeing Miku Barbershop Quartet and https://vxtwitter.com/kenwheeler/status/1995289269087375463, I decided to make a concept of a coin-operated Vocaloid music machine based off the mechanical self-playing orchestrations of the 19th and 20th centuries. The design of the "vocaloid" in the middle is not based on any actual vocaloid.

 

[Bookworm2]

That looks really cool! If you can, I'd love to see it with more detail!

 

[Vector]

Orchestrions are cool, for those unfamiliar. They operate on the same principle as a player piano: air is blown against a paper scroll with holes punched in it (which looks very similar to a MIDI roll), and that triggers mechanical actuations to play physical instruments. This would include drums, organs, etc.


Orchestrions are also the conceit used in the MMO Final Fantasy XIV for replaying music in player housing: you collect rolls of music from boss fights or quests and play them in the orchestration in your house/apartment.

 

[MagicalMiku]

Nice art!! And yes, it also reminded me of the punched card, which was the medium for some musical instruments and early computing age:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_card