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This little arduino controlled Drummerbot was created by Steffest, and is called the My Little Arduino Drummerbot. Just like the name implies, this little robot can play the drums either by itself or along with you.…
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March 29th, 2012 by: Conner Flynn
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ThinkGeek has been offering up some cool shirts that you can wear that play digital music for a while now. If you need a companion shirt for your t-shirt band to go with your synthesizer and guitar shirts, the new Electronic Drum Machine Shirt is the ticket. The shirt is…
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December 10th, 2011 by: Shane McGlaun
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Compared to air drumming, making decent beats by tapping real objects is a lot of fun and a lot closer to the actual thing, but even if you’re insanely good at it doesn’t mean you’ll be great with an actual drum set. But a new iOS app called TableDrum… can
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August 19th, 2011 by: Lambert Varias
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I’m a sucker for robots playing musical instruments. But despite the technical skill it took for the team to get a PR2 robot programmed to play both keyboard and drums at the same time, he just seems a little lonely up there on the stage without some other robot companions.…
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August 21st, 2010 by: Technabob
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YouTube user/Xbox player/Jimmy Fallon soundalike Sina117 was busy playing a video game when suddenly he heard thumping, crashing beats. The sound wasn’t coming from the game; he realized that it was his washing machine. Now I’m sure you’ve heard dryers and washing machines make sounds – knocking or metallic noises…
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August 8th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias
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Music geek/artist Steve Averill created this crazy contraption, a plywood robot that can play drums.
Spruce Deuce gets his rhythm by using a set of arm and wrist servos, controlled by a Highly Liquid MD24 MIDI servo controller.…
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July 8th, 2010 by: Technabob
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While word on the street is that future versions of Rock Band might actually teach you how to play real instruments, modder Andy Lunn couldn’t wait that long and figured out a way to make real music with his Guitar Hero… drum kit.
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December 12th, 2009 by: Technabob
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Activision has a real obsession with heroes… at least, the musical kind. They’ve just filed a trademark for Drum Hero. But can’t we pound on plastic drums already…? In several different ways? I guess it really needs its own brand. Of course, a new trademark doesn’t mean the
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November 12th, 2009 by: Alisha K.
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Mods and hacks aren’t always about looking good; often the more clever and crafty individuals among us will bend their minds to making something more versatile in order to fill a need. In this case, a wheelchair-bound Guitar Hero… enthusiast needed to find a way to circumvent the kick pedal
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March 3rd, 2009 by: Alisha K.
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Wii gamers rejoice! It was only a matter of time before it happened. EA has gone on record to say that the insanely popular Rock Band… franchise is on its way to Nintendo’s great white console.
In a third-quarter financial conference call today, Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello mentioned in
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January 31st, 2008 by: Technabob