“Silent Drum” by Oliver
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- Silent Drum
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The Silent Drum is a transparent drum shell with an elastic head. When it is pressed, the membrane adapts to the shape of the hand. The shapes are captured by a video camera and sent to a computer, which analyzes them and outputs the tracked parameters. By mapping these parameters, the physical movements of the performer are translated into sound. The controller itself is completely silent when played. The silent drum produces a large amount of variables only if the input is complex. Its design is based on a simple, effective hierarchical logic: there are no fingers without a hand, no hand without an arm, no arm without a body. It reports continuous variables and extracts discrete variables. Sound events, bounded by discrete variables, are used for score control, triggers, mapping changes, etc. Continuous variables are used to shape sound morphologies.
