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

[Osamu (Sam) HOSHUYAMA]

Hello List,

DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) is a very popular game in Japan. 
DDR controllers are available for reasonable price, though they're 
not pressure or velocity sensitive though.
   (e.g. http://www.baysoftgames.com/baysoftgames/dandanrevhar.html)

DIY of DDR controllers (Unfortunately all I found are in Japanese.):

   http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ochax/home/ddrc.htm  (Pokemon stomping toy)
   http://fweb.midi.co.jp/~sforzato/DDR2/making.html   (Micro SW)
   http://www.tcn-catv.ne.jp/~kumaneko/DDR.htm   (Foil on top plastic 
       board and bottom metal board)

Hope this helps,
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Osamu (Sam) HOSHUYAMA      houshu at rogers.com
                              Ottawa, CANADA
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Terrence McWee wrote:
> 
> "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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