Vibes Motor Unlimited

More Effects. More Control. No Limits.

Control your motor from the panel, a phone app, a remote browser, or even the wave of your mallets! Many exciting new FX built in... or imagine your own!

NEW: Conductor/Sequencer Master Unit

One Screen. Every Instrument.

The new Master control station

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Something genuinely new for the vibraphone.

A whole new world of FX and control you've never had before.

Coming Very Soon

DIY Plans Available for Purchase

In July 2026

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A brand new device to rule them all

Ultimate Control King!

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What is it?

A Complete Motor System
for the Vibraphone — Reimagined

The vibraphone motor hasn't changed much in decades. A switch, a knob, one effect. That's it. Vibes Motor Unlimited changes everything — a complete DIY system with more controls and interface options, giving you capabilities no commercial instrument has ever offered.

Whisper-quiet and perfectly synchronised fans. Control from a physical panel, a dedicated phone app, or a remote browser from anywhere in the world — or all three together. Touchless motion sensing lets you trigger effects without touching a thing. Synchronize a whole ensemble of vibraphone motors — ANY MEMBER can be synced to the group, have independent control, or control the whole group.

Go beyond vibrato. Way beyond. Choose from a growing library of programmable effects, or design and program your own. Variable speeds, tremolo, rhythmic patterns, auto-fade, timed sequences — if you can imagine it, you can build it. Complete plans, all files, and direct support from the designer himself.

Perfectly Synchronised Fans

Whisper Quiet

Programmable FX

Panel Controls

Android Phone App

Remote Browser Control

Bluetooth Connectivity

Touchless IR Sensing

Auto Fan Zeroing at Startup

Variable Vibrato Depth

Tremolo & Rhythm Effects

Auto-Fade Programs

DIY — Common Parts

Retrofits Most Vibraphones

Direct Designer Support

About the Designer

Hi, I'm Jim McCarthy

I'm a freelance musician, composer, educator and instrument builder — and I've spent most of my career deeply immersed in the world of percussion. I hold a Masters degree in Music Performance from the University of Adelaide, and my work has taken me from concert stages and recording studios to building my own unique Contra-Bass marimbas and running web-based businesses for fellow instrument builders. Percussion instruments are my passion — designing, building and pushing them further is what I do.

About the Project

The Ultimate Vibes Motor System

My obsession with the vibraphone motor goes back decades. Frustrated by a system that offered little more than a single modulation effect with almost no real control, I set out to build something better. In 2017 I built the Masterclass Vibraphone I perform on today and began developing the motor system it deserved. By the end of 2018 I had a fully functioning, whisper quiet, and perfectly synchronized prototype — a genuine breakthrough!

Seven years later, the system has been truly perfected. Every flaw addressed, every limitation overcome, and a whole new world of control and programmable effects added on top. The result is something that has never existed before for the vibraphone — and this package puts it in your hands.

When you buy these plans, you're getting direct access to me — not a support ticket system. I want your build to succeed.

— Jim McCarthy