Automated drum testing with room linear robots

The company feinarbyte is developing an automated drum test that uses a drylin® room linear robot. The robot can do what a person cannot: during a drum test, it is important that a cymbal be struck with uniform force at defined spots. This is the only way to achieve comparable stop angles and comparable sound recordings.

Musikhaus Thomann offers a comparison of drum cymbals and their sounds in a web application.
For a precise comparison, it is absolutely necessary to play at exactly the same defined points on the cymbal with exactly the same impact force during the tests. A sound recording is made for each stop-dog. The test results can only be evaluated in the same way by accurately repeating the striking force and striking position. 
The number of different cymbals, striking positions and striking hardnesses multiplies, resulting in a particularly high recording effort. In addition, even experienced drummers fail to perform percussion tests that require exactly the same repetitions. A programmed robot system could be the solution here. However, these are often cost-intensive and require programming skills.

The solution is a drylin® room linear robot system. The low-cost robot system is not only cost-effective, but also suitable for non-programmers and offers an easy introduction to automation for a wide range of industries.
The robot can be flexibly adapted and easily reprogrammed, for example for different impact positions and impact hardnesses per cymbal. Thomann's online percussion tests can therefore be carried out with confidence. The low cost of the robot system makes the installation doubly worthwhile. After all, it can be assumed that customers are more willing to purchase instruments from online retailers if they have a good opportunity to test and compare products. This simplifies the purchase of drums via the online shop and minimises returns.