A master thesis from Aalborg University
DAD Digitally Active Drum: Digitally Active Drum
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Term
4. Term
Education
Publication year
2017
Submitted on
2017-06-01
Pages
115 pages
Abstract
Despite the ever growing variety and popularity of commercially available electronic percussion instruments there are still a significant number of gigging musicians who prefer to use acoustic drums. DAD is a digitally active drum that provides sonic capabilities associated with digital musical instruments in the form of an acoustic snare drum allowing full use of acoustic drumming gesture vocabulary. By using an in-built loud speaker and audio exciter system, a Bela Cape and Beagle Bone Black, near field photoelectric sensors and a synthesis and effects patch built in pure data, a prototype of a an acoustic - electronic crossover instrument has been built. This prototype has been evaluated by five drummers and two co-performers in both group and solo settings in order to determine it’s effectiveness and it’s potential role in professional music making.
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