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BeatBearing demo

A tangible rhythm sequencer. Ball bearings are used to trigger (Roland TR-808) drum sounds. Visual feedback is provided from a CRT display underneath to indicate the current time and the state of e...  
 
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musicman1232 (1 day ago) Show Hide
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omg thats really cool
kemojr124 (5 days ago) Show Hide
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where do i get 1
Anticrombie918 (1 week ago) Show Hide
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whats the advantage to this over a drum machine without balls or a regular drumset or an electronic one. i mus be missing something
egis27 (5 days ago) Show Hide
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not about advantage, just a different way of producing sound
cracknigga (1 week ago) Show Hide
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hm, why create beats with free vst plugins and a free sequencer, when you can toss around metal marbles...
Trackmanijak (1 week ago) Show Hide
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yeah, it actually uses sounds from fl studio
dalevanmail (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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Frickin' awesome conversation piece, to say the least... but can you adjust the tempo?
peterdbennett (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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This version is a very stripped down research prototype, so there's no hardware tempo control. You can easily adjust the tempo with software though, and it's easy to add a dedicated knob/slider if you want to build you own version (see the BeatBearing website for link to MAKEzine instructions)
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That looks sweet i want it!
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Just a joke man....

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