Optical Measurement of Acoustic Drum Strike Locations

Janis Sokolovskis, and Andrew McPherson

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

This paper presents a method for locating the position of a strike on an acoustic drumhead. Near-field optical sensors were installed underneath the drumhead of a commercially available snare drum. By implementing time difference of arrival (TDOA) algorithm accuracy within 2cm was achieved in approximating the location of strikes. The system can be used for drum performance analysis, timbre analysis and can form a basis for an augmented drum performance system.

Citation:

Janis Sokolovskis, and Andrew McPherson. 2014. Optical Measurement of Acoustic Drum Strike Locations. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1178943

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{jsokolovskis2014,
 abstract = {This paper presents a method for locating the position of a strike on an acoustic drumhead. Near-field optical sensors were installed underneath the drumhead of a commercially available snare drum. By implementing time difference of arrival (TDOA) algorithm accuracy within 2cm was achieved in approximating the location of strikes. The system can be used for drum performance analysis, timbre analysis and can form a basis for an augmented drum performance system.},
 address = {London, United Kingdom},
 author = {Janis Sokolovskis and Andrew McPherson},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1178943},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {June},
 pages = {70--73},
 publisher = {Goldsmiths, University of London},
 title = {Optical Measurement of Acoustic Drum Strike Locations},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2014/nime2014_436.pdf},
 year = {2014}
}