Wearable MIDI Drum Pads and Controller
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MIDI drum pads that can be mounted to clothing that connect to an Arduino located in the belt buckle.
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Ever wish you could tap on a piece of clothing and hear drum sounds? More than likely the answer is no but doesn't that sound fun?
Originally, I created this design with the intent of adding drum pads to a pair of jeans but the piezo pucks could be attached to just about any article of clothing or piece of fabric. For my application, I connected 6 of the piezo sensors to an Arduino located in an electronics enclosure that acts as a belt buckle. The printable piezo pucks and buckle box are designed to have 3.5mm audio jacks installed so that everything can be hooked up with standard 3.5mm patch cables.
The printable files are just enclosures and additional wiring and components are required.
To assemble each piezo puck you will need:
1x PiezoPuckBody.stl
1x PiezoPuckLid.stl
1x PiezoPuckHoop.stl
1x 27mm Piezoelectric Sensor
1x 5.1V Zener Diode
1x 1MΩ Resistor
1x 3.5mm Audio Jack
6x M3 Bolts
6x M3 Threaded Heat Inserts
To assemble a buckle box you will need:
1x BuckleBoxBody.stl
1x BuckleBoxLid.stl
1x Arduino Nano
6x 3.5mm Audio Jacks
4x M3 Bolts
4x M3 Threaded Heat Inserts
With this design using piezoelectric sensors and an Arduino, this concept is not limited to only MIDI applications. Piezo sensors mounted to clothing with a wearable Arduino I'm sure could be used to control something else novel or feel free to remix the design to better suit your project.
More information about this project and detailed assembly instructions can be found in this video:
Schematics and Arduino code can be found here: https://github.com/iturnknobs/MIDIclothes