Project by Rebecka Möller and Edward Lindén
Abstract The project aimed
to discover how a drum set of two virtual toms would been realized using a Leap
Motion sensor controller. There are a few other studies that experiments with
Leap Motion and let it generate sonic output, although a simple tom drum model
is a quite unexplored ground. The gesture input via Leap Motion transmitted the
data into Max/MSP where it was processed and applied on the Sound Design
Toolkit patch where the tom sounds where obtained and modified. The
interactions of the toms consisted of strike velocity and decay/resonance
alteration dependent on the vector magnitude from the centroid of the drum. A
slim scratching interaction availability was also implemented at the virtual
surface of the drum. When evaluating the final product, it is mentioned as
trustworthy in sound and gesture input as a real tom, although the Leap input
sometimes bugs in its gesture input read. The virtual toms are handy to bring
with you to its limited size consisting of a Leap Motion and a computer. A
future development is to ensure the product to be totally bug-free..