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# This proves all musical instruments should have particle effects
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/crazy-interface-turns-you-desktop-rock-star/
- Published: 2014-02-26T19:43:42.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T16:27:29.000Z
- Description: Physical touch is something that’s been sorely missing as music has become more digital. You’re not going to see a producer going all Pete Townshend on his $10,000 dollar studio equipment. But a weird and wonderful acoustic research project by Felix Flair turns any hard surface into a tactical music
- Author: Noah Waldman
- Tags: News, music, Music Videos, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

Physical touch is something that’s been sorely missing as music has become more digital. You’re not going to see a producer going all Pete Townshend on his $10,000 dollar studio equipment. But a weird and wonderful acoustic research project by Felix Flair turns any hard surface into a tactical musical instrument, bringing back some digital-physical contact.

[The installation, called *Contact*](http://www.creativeapplications.net/processing/contact-by-felix-faire-turns-any-hard-surface-into-an-interface/?ref=killscreen.com), uses some fancy-pants tech like contact microphones, passive sonar, and waveform analysis to recognize precisely where and with what part of the hand a surface has been hit. The beating is then digitally and head-noddingly turned into music. Wrist and fingernail hits trigger classic 808 Kick and Clap sounds, and the audio can be recorded and played back with a custom built loop pedal. It also uses projections to create a custom light-show based on the music played, which looks as awesome as the tech behind it sounds.

Watch below to be dazzled by the world’s wildest drum kit/kitchen counter.