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

[Terrence McWee]

"D.D.R" stands for "Dance Dance Revolution," I believe. (I'm a high 
school teacher and have some Japanesse students that're *WILD* for that 
game.)

T.Mcwee

On Thursday, May 30, 2002, at 12:46  AM, j vallier wrote:

> The newest rage in Asia are the "synchronized dancing" video/arcade 
> games and I have seen them creeping into our neck of the woods as well. 
> This technology although I am not quite sure what it is, has to be 
> cheap and robust. My wife says they're called "D.D.R." in Korea. 
> Perhaps look for manufacturers links related to these (Konomi, 
> Bally, ???) and you'll find a dealer that sells spare parts... ?!?
>
> A shot in the dark but HTH
>
> Jeff
>
>
>> From: harry <harrybissell at prodigy.net>
>> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>> Subject: [sdiy] Foot-stompin' music (idea wanted)
>> Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 23:37:12 -0400
>>
>> 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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