MIDI Kickdrum
I made an MIDI controlled kick drum out of a car door lock actuator, relay, kick drum pedal, Daisy Seed and orchestrated it with Cycling '74 Max.

I made an MIDI controlled kick drum out of a car door lock actuator, relay, kick drum pedal, Daisy Seed and orchestrated it with Cycling '74 Max.



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Initial Research: Electromechanical Sound
For my booth at Syracuse Maker Faire I’m building a robot (read “motorized” - robotic just sounds way better) kick drum and a step sequencer. This document is me sharing my initial research into these areas. I’m also going to try some new-to-me features of Ghost CMS in this post.

More power - strike that - more directed power
The stepper motor isn’t fast enough and I don’t have the power/money budget to push it there. My takeaway from this short journey into mechatronics is the human body is truly an amazing creation.
