// How To Play //

On Desktop

Play a set of sounds and animations with the keys on your computer keyboard. The active keys vary for each OnomatoPedal(OP), and are displayed colorized on the screen. Newer OPs also have 'stems' which are layers/channels of the background music that can be muted/unmuted separately while playing.

On Mobile

Tap 'Play' at the bottom of the screen to enter Play Mode. The musical track will start, and you will see the drum pads. You can tap the drum pads along with the background music, or mute the music to just play the pads.

// OnomatoPedal? //

OnomatoPedal(OP) is an audiovisual playground inspired by Onomatopoetic words and the music effects pedals of the world famous EarthQuaker Devices.
OP started as a fun project among friends, and becoming a experimental collaboration platform between musical artists and multimedia visual artists who create interactive animations. This non-profit, open-source art project, crafted by artists, allows for commercial use of samples, music, and code under the Creative Commons (Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License). The sound sources can be downloaded from each OP's page.
Twenty-two OPs were released between 2020 to 2021 as version 1 OPs, inspired by Japanese onomatopoetic words. Version 2 OPs started to be released from Oct 2023, offering more diverse interactions in both music and visuals. OP welcomes participation from musicians and generative artists. If you're interested, please contact PatternBased.

// Credit //

Onomatopedals

Music by Puffy Shapes, Low in the Sky, Gnosotros, Microstructures, Full Blown Kirk, Taka Tozawa, Billy Dixon , Corey Farrow, Patrick McNulty, Kevin Carr, Joe Golden, Corey Haren, Cory Juba, Jamie Stillman, Ben Vehorn, Michael Tolan, Krista Tortora, Josh Weatherspoon, Jack Randall, Brett Lashua, Ralph Carney, Karl Vorndran, Curt Brown, Jacob Trombetta, Jeff France, Joseph Minadeo, Delia Nakamura and Hainbach

Animation by oqlolpo, and Siori Kitajima

Recorded and produced in Tokyo, Kyoto, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Berlin, Akron, Morongo Valley, and Nagasaki

OnomatoPedal, The album is available at the PatternBased Bandcamp.

OnomatoPedal App

Created by PatternBased

Design and Code by Siori Kitajima
Fork this project on github

Music production/curation by Joseph Minadeo

Pedal circuits by Jamie Stillman

Pedal graphics by Matt Horak and Jamie Stillman

Japanese Onomatope description by An Illustrated Dictionary of Japanese Onomatopoetic Expressions by Taro Gomi, published by Kodansha Ltd,

Acknowledgement

Made with amazing tools including p5.js, Tone.js, Paper.js, Howler.js, VCV Rack, Bfxr, NI Polyplex, Ableton, OP-1, Arturia, Omnisphere, Output, Fractal Bits and TTSMP3

Thank you ♥ Julie Robbins, Jamie Stillman, Luke Zollinger, Geoff Crowe, Uri Garcia, Anna Blumenthal and everyone at EarthQuaker Devices, Shu Suetake, Takeshi Enjouji, Keita Tanaka and everyone at Yamaha Music Japan, Yugo Kitajima, Laura Apetroaei, Szigeti Lorand, Admiral Potato, Chiho Okada, Corabelle and Orlando.