Comments on: Auto-drummer

By: Shawn Jones

Shawn Jones — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:30:04 +0000

The other night, I saw the band Captured By Robots here in Gainesville. He takes it to the next level. Really cool show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-Z22QuEXnE
http://www.capturedbyrobots.com/

By: shbazjinkens

shbazjinkens — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:24:36 +0000

Whoever built this, look into force sensitivity..

It doesn’t sound better than synth MIDI drums to me.

http://www.resonancestudio.com/craigsblog/?page_id=174

This guy put a lot of thought into his set, I’ve seen it a couple of times and it’s much better.

By: TinFoilHats

TinFoilHats — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:04:35 +0000

“Steve features two sticks for each drum and symbol [sic]”

I’ll bite…. Does it disable one of the two sticks when it plays Def Leppard songs?

By: Nathan

Nathan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:40:22 +0000

The guy that made this is a drummer for the band that uses this robotic drummer. They have both a real drummer and the robot drummer. For extra beats and stuff, and a more electronic sound. And it would seem that the dynamics are programmed into Live… But I’m not totally sure about that.

By: hogiewan

hogiewan — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:31:37 +0000

as mentioned a real drummer should have exact timing, but will also vary the dynamics of each hit – that’s where the groove comes from.

By: Viadd

Viadd — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:04:23 +0000

For another drumbot with a lot more cute.

By: Harvie

Harvie — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:10:20 +0000

I wanna see “Amen break” ;)

By: Jeff Wallin

Jeff Wallin — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:18:37 +0000

@Caleb Kraft

While similar they are not the same thing.

Programming in error means the computer has less control.

Programming variation means teaching the computer how to control the sticks in more ways.

What your saying could mislead others into believing that drummers should naturally add human error.

The whole point of a percussion education is to remove that human error.

By: rob

rob — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:42:09 +0000

DONT MESS WITH OUR ROCK IN ROLL! HUMANS ONLY NO ROBOTS PLZ! Since you know, blue collar labor force is constantly being replaced by robots….. and blue collars love rock and roll……

By: Nathan

Nathan — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:25:38 +0000

This is the blog of the guy that made it. Might find more information there..
http://www.thebwack.com/

By: Jeremy C

Jeremy C — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:17:18 +0000

Nice – that’s a really solid build. The 2-drum stick setup is quite nice as well.

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:55:37 +0000

The software in the first video looks like Ableton live…

By: StramgeRover

StramgeRover — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:05:44 +0000

Of course it doesn’t sound human. That’s not a drum part a human would ever play (unless the human was a douchebag). Program in a decent groove and I’ll bet it would sound much better. Then some velocity variations…

Love to hear how it would do if the sticks ‘floated’ a little bit, so the don’t hit exactly the same spot every time.

By: Caleb Kraft

Caleb Kraft — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:07:00 +0000

@jeff, wallin,
well, it’s really a matter of terminology. Programming in “variation” would just be another way to word it.

I also realized it has no control over it’s attack. it doesn’t vary it’s volume

By: Jeff Wallin

Jeff Wallin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:37:34 +0000

God i hate how everyones solution is to program error. That is not the problem. The problem is the velocity and angle of the sticks hitting the drum. If you can program it to have a hundred different ways of hitting the head then it may sound human.

Humans natrually hit it at the right time, but what matters is how they hit it.