Curtis Poad's Mouse Hack

For my mouse hack project, I decided I wanted to play with the idea of combining a musical instrument with visuals that respond based on what the person is playing. I ended up using my own snare drum and made a program that would create ripples of coloured rings each time you hit the drum.

The mouse is located underneath the drum and has two wires coming up the side with one attatched to the drum skin surface and the other attatched to the underside of the drum silencer pad. Both wires have tin foil connected to them so when the player hits the drum, the two pieces of tin foil connect and trigger the rings to appear on screen.

To take this project further, I would make an entire drum kit trigger different visuals depending on what piece of the drum kit you hit. Also I would make it more dynamic by changing the triggering devices and allow for different visuals depending on how hard you hit the drums.