Friday, April 20, 2007

Drum Machine Animation

Here are two Drum Machine Animations that I find especially appealing. The first is an amazing 3d animation using a myriad of different percussive instruments. It's made by the group called Animusic who have a few dozen instrumentals available on Google Video and You Tube.

They use a program called Midimotion, which according to Animusic's web site is "is analytical, note-based, and involves a pre-process (as opposed to being reactive, sound-based, and real-time)."



The second animation is of a different genre entirely. This is "Drum Machine" created by Tokyo Plastic, and award winning Flash animation company. It plays off the traditional Taiko culture, and if you've seen Taiko performances before, you'll appreciate this piece much more. To view a better quality version of this animation, go to their web site Tokyo Plastic.