[coderatlarge]

Thanks! The pads are very much like I was thinking. Maybe I could tilt a unit like this on a desk. At this price point it might get expensive to build up a keyboard , but something to think about.

I don’t know anything about MIDI though I’ve heard the term before. I’ll look it up.

[highhedgehog]

Yeah I think MIDI is your best option. Essentially you have to have a piezo connected to the surface your hitting, than I guess I would investigate linking it to an Arduino that recognizes and processes the hits and transforms it in MIDI data

[coderatlarge]

Thanks - it seems there are some electronic drumset products for sale with about 8 targets on them that could be good candidate starting points.