Make the world your drum kit with these tiny MIDI-controlled machines

Turning household objects into musical instruments isn’t exactly a novel idea — at one point or another, most of us have tried making an impromptu drum kit out of pots and pans and glasses of water. But a new set of gadgets named Dadamachines aims to make the creation of this sort of tinkling, tapping music as straightforward as possible.

Dadamachines are essentially mechanical beaters controlled by MIDI. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes; from little jackhammers as long as your thumb, to larger arms capable of wielding drumsticks and mallets. A control panel named the Automat acts as a central hub, with MIDI outputs that connects the beaters and hammers to hardware or software of your choice.

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