Larry
"Uncle Larry"
Here's your chance to dream up stuff that isn't here yet. Or just humor me.
Like just today I thought that they could make a double pedal where the slave pedal isn't connected by mechanical linkage. I'm imagining a system where the slave pedal would send a signal down say a fiber optic cable that, depending on how hard you hit the slave, would match the force entered by the slave to the slave beater on the master pedal. With zero latency. I would accomplish that by utilizing 2 "electromagnets inside the master pedal that either repel or attract each other at a speed
that depends on the amount of current introduced. Which is regulated by the user.
Obviously this needs electric.
I also imagine a tuning system using electromagnets. Just turn the batter or reso dial on the drum and the head is perfectly tensioned all the way around through magnetic attraction. No lugs or rods. Just an electromagnet an inch down from the bearing edge, all the way around the shell, top and bottom. The ferrous hoop would pull the head over the bearing edge as it tries to travel towards the magnet. No more drum dials, reso-tunes, tune bots or rattles. The drum would be lighter with little to no holes in the shell. Head changes would be stupid easy. Rack toms get their power from the tom tree so you don't see wires hanging down. Snares get their power from the snare stand. Floor tom tom tom tom tom toms get their power from the legs There would be some problems to solve, but it could work.
Like just today I thought that they could make a double pedal where the slave pedal isn't connected by mechanical linkage. I'm imagining a system where the slave pedal would send a signal down say a fiber optic cable that, depending on how hard you hit the slave, would match the force entered by the slave to the slave beater on the master pedal. With zero latency. I would accomplish that by utilizing 2 "electromagnets inside the master pedal that either repel or attract each other at a speed
that depends on the amount of current introduced. Which is regulated by the user.
Obviously this needs electric.
I also imagine a tuning system using electromagnets. Just turn the batter or reso dial on the drum and the head is perfectly tensioned all the way around through magnetic attraction. No lugs or rods. Just an electromagnet an inch down from the bearing edge, all the way around the shell, top and bottom. The ferrous hoop would pull the head over the bearing edge as it tries to travel towards the magnet. No more drum dials, reso-tunes, tune bots or rattles. The drum would be lighter with little to no holes in the shell. Head changes would be stupid easy. Rack toms get their power from the tom tree so you don't see wires hanging down. Snares get their power from the snare stand. Floor tom tom tom tom tom toms get their power from the legs There would be some problems to solve, but it could work.