Aerozendrum?
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:02 pm
I like my new Aerodrums, but real drummers use way too much energy to play. With my Zendrum (zendrum.com), I have eight sticks (the pinky doesn't have much use), plus sometimes the palms and heels of my hands. I play rolls with the same finger trills as keyboard. It's just a lot less movement than drumming--no feet necessary--while being able to play many more sounds simultaneously, like percussion with one hand while playing the jazz kit with the other. As a non-drummer, Aerodrums are a novelty for me and maybe someday I'll sit down at a physical drum kit and surprise my friends.
But I'd really like to lose the sticks and play Aerodrums like Zendrum, or at least play a much more compact kit with my hands and maybe do rolls with thumb and pinky by twisting the wrist back and forth. Is that practical with the current software and level of visual detection? Is there some particular brand of reflective tape to make this work? I've thought of wrapping thimbles in the tape and putting one on my thumb and at least one other finger. The balls on the sticks are so big, though. Will the aerodrums work using a reflective surface not much bigger than a fingertip?
But I'd really like to lose the sticks and play Aerodrums like Zendrum, or at least play a much more compact kit with my hands and maybe do rolls with thumb and pinky by twisting the wrist back and forth. Is that practical with the current software and level of visual detection? Is there some particular brand of reflective tape to make this work? I've thought of wrapping thimbles in the tape and putting one on my thumb and at least one other finger. The balls on the sticks are so big, though. Will the aerodrums work using a reflective surface not much bigger than a fingertip?