Patent ID: 8389848
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: G10D,G10H

Abstract:
1. An electro-mechanically assisted bass drum pedal apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a foot plate to accept a force from a drummer's foot; a first sensor to measure a frequency that the force is exerted on the foot plate; a second sensor to measure a magnitude of the force that is exerted on the foot plate; a user interface which enables the drummer to select from a plurality of algorithms; a computing environment configured to accept inputs from the first sensor, second sensor, and user interface to calculate an output, wherein the computing environment further selects, based on said output, a rhythmic pattern and tempo that can be modified on the fly; an actuator which accepts the computing environment output to generate a mechanical force, wherein a magnitude of the mechanical force is a function of the measured magnitude of the force that is exerted on the foot plate; and a beater which accepts the mechanical force and translates it to a force which is exerted upon a bass drum, wherein the beater is able to repetitively strike the bass drum with the rhythmic pattern and tempo determined by the user interface selection as long as the foot plate is held down.