{"product_id":"drum-hat","title":"Drum HAT","description":"\u003cp\u003eHook up these 8 advanced capacitive touch pads with LED indicators to start making sublime beats and control surfaces with your Raspberry Pi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrum HAT is the much-requested companion to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.pimoroni.com\/products\/piano-hat\"\u003ePiano HAT\u003c\/a\u003e. It uses the same capacitive touch sensor to provide 8 finger-sized drum pads and an indicator LED for each pad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe added carefully-designed (we drew circles) light channels so that every pad can light up with a tap but none of the LEDs get in your way. It creates a really cool under-lighting effect, too!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUse it to play music in Python, control software drum synths on your Pi, take control of hardware drum machines, or just build it into an elaborate drum-controlled project.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrum HAT can even be used alongside \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.pimoroni.com\/products\/piano-hat\"\u003ePiano HAT\u003c\/a\u003e with a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.pimoroni.com\/products\/black-hat-hacker\"\u003eBlack HAT Hack3r\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.pimoroni.com\/products\/mini-black-hat-hack3r\"\u003eMini Black HAT Hack3r\u003c\/a\u003e! A two-piece band in the palm of your hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/magpi-issues\/MagPi45.pdf\"\u003eThe MagPi\u003c\/a\u003e said that Drum HAT was an \u003cem\u003e\"awesome amount of fun\"\u003c\/em\u003e and gave it four stars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFeatures\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8 capacitive touch pads (link each to their own Python function!)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8 bright white LEDs (let them light automagically, or take control with Python)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorks alonside \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.pimoroni.com\/products\/piano-hat\"\u003ePiano HAT\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMicrochip CAP1188 capacitive touch driver chip\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pinout.xyz\/pinout\/drum_hat\"\u003eDrum HAT pinout\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompatible with all 40-pin header Raspberry Pi models\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/pimoroni\/drum-hat\"\u003ePython library\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComes fully assembled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSoftware\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe've whipped up a neat little \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/pimoroni\/drum-hat\"\u003ePython library\u003c\/a\u003e to channel your inner Phil Collins (or Nick McBrain if you're that way inclined) in literally seconds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere's a ready-to-go example with sampled drum sounds; all you have to do is hook up a set of speakers to your Pi's headphone jack.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGet technical and Drum HAT to output regular MIDI commands via a USB to MIDI adapter, and control your software drum synths or hardware drum machine over MIDI.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pimoroni","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":11765726983,"sku":"PIM141","price":14.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0174\/1800\/products\/Dum_HAT_1_of_2.JPG?v=1561634781","url":"https:\/\/shop.pimoroni.com\/en-eu\/products\/drum-hat","provider":"Pimoroni Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}