Project:The Augmented Bass

Augment me!

Description

The idea is to augment a bass guitar to

1. extend the range of sounds it can make
2. control realtime effects with it.

Goal 1: Drum triggering

Triggering drum sounds while playing. For example, having low-pitched notes trigger kick-drum sounds and high pitched ones trigger snare-drum sounds.

Goal 2: Control via inclination

Making the neck's inclination control an effect. For example, tilting it up increases a reverb's room size.

Hardware

• A cheap Cort bass, doesn't sound too good but looks pretty.
• Contact microphones.
• Accelerometers.

Interested parties (add yourself)

• Ariel

Prior art

• Some notable Augmented instruments projects.
• Augmented Tubas, Guitars, Kalimbas.
• Bootsy

Notepad

We need to talk about the mappings.. Which gesture controls which effect?

Milestones

November 3rd

• Bass and contact microphones brought to Hackspace.
• Brainstorming.

--Ariel 02:07, 28 October 2011 (UTC)