[sdiy] "Bongo machine"

[Paul Perry]

At 09:45 AM 29/11/02 +1300, "Dominic Tarr"  wrote:
>now what would be really cool here would be to use mix up a 
real set of bongos, and have a 'robot' to trigger them. 
... would a solonide have enough power to get a good slap?
> 
A 'big' solenoid would.
But a lot of the 'sound' of the bongo comes from the angle it 
is hit at, kind of 'bending' the note by changing the tension during the strike.
Good luck doing that with a simple striker!

For a show, I'd cheat by using sampled bongo sounds & a dummy bongo smacker ;D

paul perry MElb AUstralia