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Created as a visual element for stage performances, the latest project from Love Hultén is an audiovisual sculpture called Slagwerk-101 – a set of percussion instruments driven by MIDI-controlled solenoids.Continue ReadingCategory: Music, TechnologyTag… Continue reading Swedish retro designer turns MIDI percussion into boxy art
Though I mostly play guitar these days, I began my musical journey playing drums. I wasn’t particularly good but could pound out a timely beat and bring on the noise when needed. One of the downsides of bin bashing was hauling kit around. Full kits are… Continue reading Drum Roller makes your full kit portable
Cardboard is generally used as packaging, to house new instruments during transit for example. But we’ve seen a number of gear innovations that are actually built using cardboard over the years, including a full-size Stratocaster, an amp in a… Continue reading Rhythmo reveals build-it-yourself beat machine in a cardboard box
The concept behind DIY electronic drum kits is fairly simple — small piezoelectric elements are used to generate a voltage when the drumpads are struck. That’s easy enough, but the mechanical design can be a difficult problem to approach. To solve that, [ryo.kosaka.10] decided to design an E-drum pad made with paper & 3D printed parts.
As far as E-drum triggers go, it follows the basic rules — a piezo element used as a trigger with some foam used for damping. For the striking surface, a Tama-brand mesh drum head is used. Being an off-the-shelf drum head, it has a …read more
The concept behind DIY electronic drum kits is fairly simple — small piezoelectric elements are used to generate a voltage when the drumpads are struck. That’s easy enough, but the mechanical design can be a difficult problem to approach. To solve that, [ryo.kosaka.10] decided to design an E-drum pad made with paper & 3D printed parts.
As far as E-drum triggers go, it follows the basic rules — a piezo element used as a trigger with some foam used for damping. For the striking surface, a Tama-brand mesh drum head is used. Being an off-the-shelf drum head, it has a …read more
Electronic drums are pricey, but the drums themselves are actually very easy to make. By simply putting a few piezos on some rubber mats, you can make a set of electronic drums. The real trick, and the expensive bit, is in the drum module. This module has inputs for the high hat, snare, toms, and bass drum to turn the repetitive thwaking of a stick on a rubber mat into drum sounds.
For his Hackaday Prize entry, [Jeremy] isn’t building a set of electronic drums. He’s building a drum module, complete with touchscreen interface and a GUI.
This isn’t [Jeremy]’s …read more
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