The Pneumatic Practice Pad

Eric Sheffield, Sile O'Modhrain, Michael Gould, and Brent Gillespie

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract

The Pneumatic Practice Pad is a commercially available 10'' practice pad that has been modified to allow for tension changes in a matter of seconds using a small electric air pump. In this paper, we examine the rebound characteristics of the Pneumatic Practice Pad at various pressure presets and compare them to a sample of acoustic drums. We also review subjective feedback from participants in a playing test.

Citation

Eric Sheffield, Sile O'Modhrain, Michael Gould, and Brent Gillespie. 2015. The Pneumatic Practice Pad. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1179178 [PDF]

BibTeX Entry

@inproceedings{esheffield2015,
 abstract = {The Pneumatic Practice Pad is a commercially available 10'' practice pad that has been modified to allow for tension changes in a matter of seconds using a small electric air pump. In this paper, we examine the rebound characteristics of the Pneumatic Practice Pad at various pressure presets and compare them to a sample of acoustic drums. We also review subjective feedback from participants in a playing test.},
 address = {Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA},
 author = {Eric Sheffield and Sile O'Modhrain and Michael Gould and Brent Gillespie},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1179178},
 editor = {Edgar Berdahl and Jesse Allison},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {May},
 pages = {231--234},
 publisher = {Louisiana State University},
 title = {The Pneumatic Practice Pad},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2015/nime2015_286.pdf},
 year = {2015}
}