Visualizing Drum Styles with Bouncing Balls

I synchronized drum and cymbal hits on a drum set to bouncing balls in a 2-D physics simulation.

The ball positions were not generated automatically, I found where to put them through trial and error. In the future I am looking into possible ways to automate this process.

This was particularly tricky to do because the simulation is non-deterministic, so sometimes when I would try to record the screen or put my CPU under load, the physics would behave differently.

Hopefully this helps people who want to see the difference between different drum styles in a more visual way. Thanks for watching!

[prodyoru]

this looks like one of these "90% will fail this satisfying game" ads

[MxCrompli]

Interview: What instrument do you play?

Him: *B a l l s*

[LARAUJO_]

1:41 I like how the balls smacking into each other are the drumsticks

[fureversalty]

1:43 when the balls collide with each other, making a drum stick click is frickin genius

[kaix_]

It's 4 am, I woke up to a pigeon trying to fly into my room and I find this in my recommendations.

I love life

[Wintergatan]

Animusic Meets Line Rider! Doodlechaos, love your work.

[thenewpatticakes]

"If you beat level 6 you are legally genius"

[The_GreenHub]

i love that the amen break is just its own genre

[Taikamuna]

_2:29__ Is it possible to learn this power?_

[peterfreundl]

"Bro"
"Yeah?"
"Dont tell anyone.. but I've been skipping leg day."
*Black Metal* "Blasphemy."

[josepisco]

Trust me this has a good pentential to become some 3 million views video that ppl watch at 3 am because its in their recommendation

[the_mhellkitty]

Can we just appreciate the level of determination it must’ve taken him

[johntibz]

Initially:
"That's not Black Metal"
Then:
"That's Black Metal".

[Nitrxgen]

0:57 upset me, there's no hi-hat visuals but there's audio

[KrischKrisch]

1:13 "Out in these streets. Where I grew up!"

[huhneat]

2:22
(Guy on the drums having a mental breakdown)

[steyrn_]

2:01 : "Dad can I have drum coach?"
2:22 :"Dad can I have new Drum heads?
2:29 :"Dad can I have new Drum set?
2:30 :"Dad can I end my life?"

[brightblackhole]

i loved the part where the DIGITAL CIRCLE RENDERS collided, that was really well thought out

[Daniel_du_Pre]

0:56 the start of that reminded me of something a little bit different

[Serpter]

1:13 Low quality “Track racer 3D games” be like