[sdiy] Foot-stompin' music (idea wanted)

[Happy Harry]

OK... but the weight of the average human being...
ahhh screw the average... THIS one will put 185lbs
on the foam (with guitar - no cries of 'fatso' please...)

I think the foam will break down too fast...

H^) harry


>From: Tim Ressel <madhun2001 at yahoo.com>
>To: harry <harrybissell at prodigy.net>, synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>Subject: Re: [sdiy] Foot-stompin' music (idea wanted)
>Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 00:13:35 -0700 (PDT)
>
>There is the old standby: sandwich some of that black
>static foam between two plates, then sense the
>resistance. Use a differentiator to detect transients.
>This has been used with limited success with drum pad
>sensors.
>
>--TR
>
>--- harry <harrybissell at prodigy.net> wrote:
> > Howdy fellow synth-geeks (if you are not a geek just
> > delete this now...)
> >
> > I'm looking for some ideas for sensing technology.
> > The concept is a floor
> > mat that you can tap your feet on to trigger drum
> > sounds.
> >
> > I've built prototypes using optical and FSR
> > sensing... both methods require
> > you to have your feet in a particular location for
> > the method to work.
> >
> > I'm looking for a larger area solution. Ideal
> > methods would be thin, silent,
> > not too heavy (less than 20lbs or so, so a slab o'
> > metal is not out of the
> > question)...
> > have variable output with foot impact, velocity,
> > pressure, whatever.
> >
> > I'm considering an FSR array with the individual
> > pads or'ed together... If I can
> > get the sensors.  However the company that makes
> > them only offers a design kit
> > that would be prohibitively expensive to purchase
> > that way...
> >
> > Price is a semi-object. If it worked well maybe a
> > couple hundred dollars would
> > not be too much to fund the development.
> >
> > I'd prefer not to instrument the shoes, a'la Joe
> > Paradiso at MIT (who you should
> > look up just for his synth, BTW)... because I'd like
> > to hit footswitches without
> > triggering a drum event.
> >
> > What'll it be ? Capacitive, Inductive, Magnetic
> > Proxy, Fiber-optics...
> > some collection of old VF displays or slinkys (a'la
> > electric peasent ;^)
> > Surface Acoustic Waves... RF... theremin technology
> > ??? Tesla coils?
> > Metallic shoes ???
> >
> > Go wild... all reasonable ideas accepted
> > (and unreasonable as well if they are funny
> > enough...)
> >
> > H^) harry
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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