Guitar Extension Pad

Inspiration

While Playing Guitar an idea came in mind that what if I could play Guitar and Drum at same time and then I started working on this and after different hit and Trials I was able to have a simple Prototype of my Project which would allow any guitarist to play Drum beat along with Guitar.

What it does

It is hardware based device which triggers particular drum sound when the piezo is pressed.So, A guitarist can play his chords as well has hit those Piezo Keys at the same time creating perfect sync between the Drum and Guitar while playing Guitar.

How I built it

First of all, I programmed my Arduino Board so that Piezo Key Press is detected properly. I watched serial monitor to detect that Key Presses. Then Later on on Fl Studio which is an Digital Audio Workstation, I set sound of Drum to be triggered whenever the Piezo is Pressed by making Arduino Detect as a Midi Device. Then I Mapped those keys to two different Drum Sounds so that Whenever the Key is Pressed the drum sound will be triggered.

Challenges we ran into

The main challenge was to Map the Key press of Piezo to Digital Audio Workstation and also It took a bit of time to figure out how to trigger the sound with the key press of Piezo.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

I am proud that I was able to build a working prototype of a useful Device in short period of time and I really enjoyed building it.

What we learned

I learned how to map those Piezo Keys with the DAW and then program Arduino Board to Detect Key Presses.

What's next for Surprise Guitar Extension Pad

Currently It is dependent on Fl Studio Software but I was planning it I could have that sound stored in a memory card and then trigger than Independently without use of softwares.