Abstract
Despite the ever growing variety and popularity of commercially available electronic percussion (EP) instruments, there are still a significant number of active musicians who prefer to use acoustic drums. Digitally active drum (DAD) is an enhanced snare drum that provides sonic capabilities associated with digital musical instruments in the form of a traditional acoustic drum allowing full use of acoustic drumming gesture vocabulary. By using an in-built loud speaker and tactile sound transducers system, a Bela Cape and Beagle Bone Black, near field photoelectric sensors and a synthesis and effects patch built in Pure Data (PD), a prototype of a hybrid acoustic - electronic instrument has been made. This prototype has been evaluated by five expert drummers and two co-performers in both group and solo settings in order to determine its effectiveness and potential role in professional music making.
Highlights
Many musicians embrace the products of newly developed technology because of the new dimensions for personal expression they provide
The research presented in this paper focuses on a snare drum because it plays a central role in the contemporary acoustic drum kit
In order to guard against the possibility of studying musicianship rather than testing Digitally active drum (DAD)’s potential as an instrument, a range of drummers with different abilities were sourced, including a dedicated novice musician who was in a position to test entry level expressive possibilities in a way that neither a complete beginner nor arguably a professional musician could
Summary
Many musicians embrace the products of newly developed technology because of the new dimensions for personal expression they provide. Beginners and professional musicians alike often have a digital drum kit, but they are not universally seen as a substitute for an acoustic instrument. No attempt was made to provide either a highly portable instrument or to limit the instruments acoustic volume Another contribution is the extension of evaluation methods, including those used in prior work[25, 26]. Triggers can be attached directly to acoustic drums and used to trigger an output in response to the acoustic input. Hybrid Systems preserve the acoustic qualities of the instrument in terms of interaction, sound output or both
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