Will It Sell?, ThumFest™ 2005, www.thummer.com

The Thummer™ is a new musical instrument that is more expressive, easier to learn, and expands musical horizons.

In music education, the Thummer can help
- Beginners SUCCEED in understanding and playing music
- Music teachers SUCCEED in teaching more students more music at a faster rate, thereby gaining a competitive advantage that could result in earning more money from the same teaching load

In music performance and composition, the Thummer can help musicians
- Look and sound different enough to be interesting, but not so different as to be weird
- Get more out of the other music gear they've already paid for
- Play with more emotional expression
- Explore musical effects that have never before been possible
- Gain a deep understanding of Western music theory
- Apply this understanding, more easily than ever, to the music of other times and cultures

Thumtronics: The New Shape of Music™

For more information see www.thummer.com.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Thummer
• Thumtronics
• electronic
• musical
• instrument
• MIDI
• ThumFest
• 2005

[JimPlamondon]

In its first version, the Thummer is just a controller -- it has no built-in sounds. You can use it to control any sounds you've got, get, or make. It is particularly well-suited to the control of synthesized (as opposed to sampled) sounds. Using the Thummer to drive waveguide synthesis is a particularly interesting option.

[ryebread195]

does anyone have a guess of what it could cost?

[JimPlamondon]

In roughly a year, for roughly $400, give or take $100.

[fuegofreak]

i dont think itll sell with the name "thummer" lmao

[haterbait]

Maybe some better sounds would help it to sell....It sounds like future space star trek music...You could allow users to use their own sampled instruments maybe...though some wouldn't allow for the modulation to occur.

[bboytora]

the thumber can butt thumb itself

[tektive]

Oh yes it will!

[proboscislounge]

i agree.

[ZX3Junglist]

No, the real question is, will it blend?