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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{nime2015_esheffield,
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}
}