Make drum beats with Skittles

11Jul08

Using a webcam, some cardboard, and a bag of skittles, kyle mcdonald created this tangible interface for a beat sequencer. The skittles are dropped onto the rows which correspond to a drum channel and each skittle represents an 1/8th note.

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  1. 1 windancerjess on July 13, 2008 said:

    That’s awsome! It actually sounds like you are actually playin’ the drums, and when I say that I mean it ’cause I play the drums so yeah.

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  2. 2 kataztrophy on July 14, 2008 said:

    First the mentos bomb, now this. What happened to just eating candy?

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  3. 3 Kyle on July 17, 2008 said:

    windancerjess, I play drums too :) I did a performance with this that actually had some variations I might play on “real drums”. Listen here: http://gzbasement.net/recordings/Open%20Mics/2008-01-18/14.mp3 and skip to 1:30.

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