Emulation of at least one sound of a drum-type percussion instrument

A method for emulating at least one sound of a drum-type percussion instrument using at least one striking element instrumentalised by an electronic device attached in a removable manner to said at least one striking element and comprising at least one sensor designed to provide at least one piece of information, referred to as stroke information, on a stroke of a user with said at least one striking element, the at least one sensor having at least one gyroscope-type sensor providing information on spatial coordinates of the striking element at the time of the impact of the striking element in a striking area,

• said method implemented by computer-based means comprising:
• a) an initialisation phase comprising:
• defining, on at least one tangible support, at least one striking area, the at least one striking area being defined by the user using said gyroscope-type sensor providing information on spatial coordinates of the striking element at the time of the impact of the striking element in the at least one striking area, the spatial coordinates being associated with a center of the striking area and with a periphery thereof;
• allocating, in a database, said at least one striking area previously defined with a drum kit element associated with a predetermined sound;
• b) a playing phase comprising:
• after a stroke by the user with said striking element in said at least one striking area, acquiring at least one stroke signal generated by said at least one sensor and comprising said at least one piece of stroke information, said gyroscope-type sensor providing information on spatial coordinates of the striking element at the time of the stroke;
• processing said at least one stroke signal, taking into consideration the spatial coordinates of the striking element, in such a way as to spatially locate said stroke in order to detect said area struck and to determine, by comparing with said database, the drum element corresponding to said area struck;
• generating a sound signal comprising information on a sound virtually generated by said stroke of the striking element in said area struck.