I got this idea from some amazing student teachers!
Using the Beatmaker from splice.com, they had us come up with beats using different instruments that hit at different times. What I thought was really cool was that we had to draw the pattern ourselves before we played it on the Beatmaker. There was a lot of thinking about how to mix and match patterns for different instruments, and what kind of visual patterns would result in what kinds of sounds.
I feel like there's a lot more to do with it, but I haven't investigated yet!
