{"id":22713,"date":"2018-08-07T15:57:45","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T13:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/?p=22713"},"modified":"2018-08-07T15:59:11","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T13:59:11","slug":"the-oddball-turns-the-classic-bouncy-ball-into-a-drum-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/the-oddball-turns-the-classic-bouncy-ball-into-a-drum-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"The Oddball Turns the Classic Bouncy-Ball into a Drum Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While the tech industry has helped contribute some massive improvements to the music world, no one is yet to reinvent a particular instrument&#8230; until now.<\/p>\n<p>Introducing the\u00a0<strong>Oddball Drum Machine <\/strong>by <strong>Oddball Studios, <\/strong>the device is essentially a drum-machine inside of a traditional bouncy-ball. Using pressure-sensitive haptic technology inside of the ball, users can trigger sounds by throwing, catching, bouncing, and even just tapping it in order to activate their pre-programmed sounds, such as cymbals, bass, snare, etc.<\/p>\n<div class=\"arve-wrapper\" data-mode=\"normal\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-lmoUfasyK6s\" style=\"max-width:702px;\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">\n<div class=\"arve-embed-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.250000%\"><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/lmoUfasyK6s?iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=1&amp;autoplay=0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" frameborder=\"0\" name sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/lmoUfasyK6s?iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;autoplay=0\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>By pairing it with the accompanying Oddball app, you can select from a range of drum sounds you want, and begin crafting your own beat, using loop, record and overdub functions built into the software.<\/p>\n<p>The project was launched on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1535627339\/oddball-the-drum-machine-crammed-in-a-ball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kickstarter<\/a> and has already\u00a0raised over $117,000 of its original $39,000 goal (as of the time of writing) \u2013 so expect this innovation to become readily available in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Check out how it works below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"arve-wrapper\" data-mode=\"normal\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-JkFpnjj-ONo\" style=\"max-width:702px;\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">\n<div class=\"arve-embed-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.250000%\"><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/JkFpnjj-ONo?iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=1&amp;autoplay=0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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