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Research and references

The instruments and interfaces I looked at during the project.

My research focused on the relation between playing and sound, physical controls, and instruments that could be modified by their users.

Electronic drum kit
Desktop production controller
Akai MPC
Electronic wind instrument
Rubber-pad electronic drum kit
Hybrid drum-kit format
Evans Sensory Percussion
Drum sensing with a computer
Playing-zone sensing
ATV aFrame
aFrame underside
Playing the aFrame
aFrame controls
Software synthesizer interface
Keyboard and computer setup
Drum-machine controls
MPC sequencer interface
Acoustic noise box with springs
DIY sound object
Percussion noise box
Handmade analogue sound interface
Hardware synthesizer keyboard
Analogue synthesizer controls
Rack effects processor
Keyboard-based electronic music studio

Original context notes from 2024

These are the reference images preserved from the original research page. They document the project’s influences; they are not images of Messier ’57.