RATTLE RUN
A chrome ball travels on an S-shaped brushed-aluminum music machine with a brass bell, clack bars, fan, spring, and lamp.

AN INDEPENDENT KINETIC MUSIC TOY / 001

BUILD IT.
DROP IT.
HEAR IT RUN.

A 12-SECOND KINETIC MUSIC TOY.

ONE BALL / FIVE MECHANISMSSCROLL TO BUILD ↓
01 — THE MACHINEREADY TO PLAY
MACHINE PREVIEW · SCROLL INTO THE BUILD BAY
RATTLE RUN / PROTOTYPE 0112 SEC
BALL POSITION 0.00sSPRING 48%SEED 290926

02 / BUILD BAY

BUILD BAY

DRAG A PART / SNAP IT / PRESS RUN

POINTER: DRAG TO A SNAP MARK · TOUCH: HOLD 180MS OR TAP TO ADD · KEYBOARD: TAB + ENTER

TRACK / 0—12 SEC5 / 24 PARTS
START12 SEC / RETURN
0:000:030:060:090:12
SELECTED MODULEKICK1.15 SEC · WOOD

CLICK A PART OR DRAG IT TO THE RAIL.

03 / LIVE TRANSPORT

RUN!

0.00 / 12.00 SEC
CLACK!DING!WHUM!
104 BPMLOOP 12.0SIDLE

SPACE / TAP TO PLAY · R REWINDS · SOUND IS UNLOCKED ON FIRST PLAY

CONTACT LOGIMPACTS WILL APPEAR AS THE BALL REACHES EACH PART.

04 / ADJUST THE MECHANISM

TUNE THE
MACHINE

A full studio view of the yellow tempo wheel, magenta spring, and chrome ball on a machined aluminum ramp.INPUT → PHYSICAL CHANGE → SOUND RESULT
INPUT→PHYSICAL CHANGE→SOUND RESULT
104 BPM / 48%104 BPM = 577MS BEAT SPACING · SPRING MIDBALANCED TONE

05 / CONTACT HAS CHARACTER

MAKE IT
YOURS

WOOD / RUBBER / STEEL / FELT
Not a color swap. Change the surface, damping, collision, and pitch.

KICK · MATERIAL

KICK · WOOD · WARM / DEEP

ROUGHNESS 0.78REBOUND 0.42PITCH MAP 0.88×
Five distinct full-size modules: kick drum, brass bell, clack bars, fan, and light switch, each with machined fasteners.
FIVE MECHANISMS / FOUR CONTACT MATERIALS / NO SILENT SWAPS

WOOD / WARM, DEEP

RUBBER / TIGHT · STEEL / SHARP · FELT / SOFT

STEEL / CLEAR, RINGING

WOOD / WARM · FELT / DAMPED · RUBBER / DRY

STEEL / BRIGHT, PLUCKY

WOOD / MARIMBA · RUBBER / MUTED · FELT / ROUND

PLASTIC / AIRY, WHOOSH

STEEL / BUZZY · RUBBER / DEEP · FELT / SMOOTH

STEEL / CLICK, BRIGHT

WOOD / WARM · RUBBER / THUD · FELT / MELLOW

06 / KEEP THE NOISE

SAVE THE
RUN

Module positions, materials, tempo, spring tension, seed, and the 12-second contact timeline travel with the loop.

RATTLE RUN / LOOP FILEV1.0
PARTS05TEMPO104 BPMLOOP12.00SSEED290926

LOCAL BROWSER SAVE · LINK STORES THE MACHINE STATE IN ITS URL · NOTHING IS UPLOADED

07 / PASS THE MACHINE ON

REMIX THE
WORKSHOP

FOUR RUNS. ENDLESS VARIATIONS.
PLAY A PREVIEW OR CLONE ONE INTO YOUR OWN WORKSPACE.

A full view of four precision-built music mechanisms riding a brushed-aluminum workshop conveyor.
ONE LINE / MANY MACHINES / MADE TO BE REMIXED
01

BEAT CONTRAPTION

by KET LOOP

SEED 104042 / 5 PARTS / 112 BPM
02

SPRING THEORY

by RILA S.

SEED 720312 / 5 PARTS / 88 BPM
03

BRASS BLOSSOM

by AERO LAB

SEED 330507 / 5 PARTS / 96 BPM
04

NIGHT SWITCH

by JUNO WORKS

SEED 140811 / 5 PARTS / 76 BPM
A dense full-size kinetic music machine with a bell, clack bars, fan, lamp, magenta spring, and chrome ball.

NO TWO RUNS SOUND THE SAME

ONE BALL.
ENDLESS NOISE.

RATTLE RUN

A FREE INDEPENDENT BROWSER CREATIVE TOY.
BUILD. PLAY. SHARE. REMIX.

KEYBOARD HELP

SPACE Play / Stop

R Rewind

← → Nudge selected module

DELETE Remove selected

Z / SHIFT + Z Undo / Redo

MADE WITH NOISEFOR THE JOY OF MAKING

PRIVACY · YOUR RUN STAYS IN THIS BROWSER. SHARING USES THE LINK; NO ACCOUNT OR UPLOAD.

ACCESSIBILITY · KEYBOARD CONTROLS, VISIBLE FOCUS, SOUND TOGGLE, FLAT TRACK FALLBACK, REDUCED-MOTION SUPPORT.

OPEN SOURCE · BUILT WITH NEXT.JS, THREE.JS, REACT THREE FIBER, MATTER.JS, AND WEB AUDIO.

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