The Electronic Peasant shared this hands-on demo of the ThunderWave Ribbon Controller, a DIY analog percussion ribbon controller.
The ThunderWave is a unique controller that features three rows of ribbon controllers, which can be used to control anything that works with control voltages.
It’s a hardcore DIY build, but details, including schematics are available at the EP site.
I was a little skeptical at first, but this really is quite impressive. It’s cool that it seems like you could adapt it to lots of different applications. Very cool.
Nice project ! Interesting ideas, thanks for sharing it
Nice Work! I’ve been dreaming of an MPE stye percussion controller for a long time. I currently use a malletkat and would love it if it could do different things as you move around the bar. Or if it had a ribbon strip across the top like this and do glides,bends, or relative untuned notes.
You should check out the Marimba Lumina for more control. http://absolutedeviation.com/marimbalumina.html
I’ve drooled over that for years! I saw one demoed many years ago. Each mallet can have a different sound and you can strike the bars in diff places. Amazing.