Tangible drum machine

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Tangible drum machine

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Here are instructions for building a drum machine with a tangible visual interface. A camera above the paper drum board reads the positions of physical objects and translates them into sounds, as indicated on the labels on the objects. It looks fairly easy to make, with most of the components from paper and card.


The d-touch Drum Machine

4 thoughts on “Tangible drum machine

  1. D-touch says:

    Hello. 
    Thanks to the feedback and comments we received from people all over the World, we learned about a number of ways to improve the d-touch drum machine and sequencer applications.We have recently launched a new release of the d-touch drum machine and d-touch sequencer with lots of new features. Always fully and freely available from the Web.For more information http://d-touch.org/audio/whatsnew/

  2. D-touch says:

    Hello. 
    Thanks to the feedback and comments we received from people all over the World, we learned about a number of ways to improve the d-touch drum machine and sequencer applications.We have recently launched a new release of the d-touch drum machine and d-touch sequencer with lots of new features. Always fully and freely available from the Web.For more information http://d-touch.org/audio/whatsnew/

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Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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