Motion Sensing 01, www.thummer.com

This demo a "Capel" prototype with internal electronic motions sensors. Moving the Thummer from side to side changes its loudness; moving it up and down changes its pitch.

As you can see, the performer is holding the Thummer in his left hand. Imagine that, instead, it is strapped to his right forearm, thus supporting, stabilizing, and positioning the Thummer, allowing the fingers and thumbs of both hands to play the Thummer.

Motion sensing could provide control of up to SIX additional variables -- translation along the x/y/x axes and rotation around them, too.

That's a lot of expressive potential!

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• musThummer
• Thumtronics
• electronic
• musical
• instrument
• MIDI

[JimPlamondon]

Good question! :-)

The relationship is explained at thummer [dot] com [/] thummusic12 [.asp].

Also look at "Isomorphic Chromatic Keyboards" on thecipher [dot] com.

[LlamaJudge]

sounds like a slave song...

[KeatsHandwriting]

great work Jim... its prob too expensive for a guy like me- but i love the idea/product!

best wishes to ya!

[Ebbs369]

This seems to be really innovative.

[ppetracco]

hahahaha! Its' amazing!

Jim, how's the thummer "scheme" related to some of those accordeon bass stuff, or these "chromatic keyboards" we see around?

[primojony]

muy weno loco