Quintron playing Drum Buddy
The
Drum Buddy, invented by
New Orleans Ninth Ward one-man band
Quintron, is a light-activated
oscillating drum machine which operates on the principles of an
optical theremin. An electronic instrument developed in the Spellcaster Lodge QElectronics laboratory, only 44 units hand-assembled by Quintron exist.
Its four voices – Space, Snare, Bass and Kick, are triggered by activating a
photoelectric cell either intermittently or with an on/off
DIP switch in combination with exposure to light.
The Drum Buddy is outfitted with a light fixture on a periscopic pipe fixed to its base. The fixture's bulb can be controlled by means of a
dimmer switch. The bulb hangs above a rotating platen upon which a number 10 can (the large size common to coffee, canned vegetables and some sauces) prepared with holes and non-reflective paint is placed. As the can rotates, its holes pass the Drum Buddy's photoelectric cells, firing drum-like tones and theremin or
Moog synthesizer-like chirps or buzzes.
Accomplished purveyors of the Drum Buddy can operate the instrument freestyle by "scratching" the can back and forth against the resistance of the platen's motor or by performing short solos on the
bass channel's 12-point
chromatic scale.
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