Open Source Thummer

Want to make a Thummer? The design docs are available here.

Ideally, Georgia Tech, MIT's Media Lab, or some such will assume responsibility for leading the open-source design initiative, aimed at producing an annually-evolving, freely-licenseable reference design for Thummers.

By focusing on the cooperative design of a single new musical instrument, the academic "music technology" community could, collaboratively, advance the state of the art much farther and faster than it is currently.

IMHO.

Happy hacking! :-)

Thummer's Eaton Prototypes

The red (Eaton) Thummer prototypes communicate with an application called ThummerSetup via USB. For the Eaton Thummers to communicate with a computer, one must first intstall on that computer:

1. The ThummerSetup application, and
2. The Thummer's USB drivers.

These have been compressed for downloading:

• Mac Files
• Windows Files

Also, read the setup instructions.