31 jul 2026 · web
Eigendrum
any shape as a drum
maker’s words
Eigendrum treats whatever you draw as an ideal drumhead clamped at its rim, solves the Laplacian eigenvalue problem on that exact region using real finite elements, and synthesises the frequencies it finds. Nothing is sampled and no overtone is faked: draw a circle and the overtones come out as ratios of Bessel function zeros, because that's what a circular drum actually does.
recs
- Show HN: Eigendrum – Draw any shape and hear what it sounds like as a drum · Hacker News (10 aug 2026)
- “Draw any shape and hear it as a drum.” · Jason Kottke (13 aug 2026)
- Eigendrum — Site of the Day, 9.0/10 · Website Design Awards (17 aug 2026)
- Linkfest #48: The MouthPad, “Volitional Reconsumption”, and The Genetics of Giant Pumpkins · Clive Thompson (29 aug 2026)
also: source code ↗ · the theorem ↗
collected by Vivian Qu
no. 2026.0022



