The Thummer™ Mapping Project : ThuMP

This paper outlines research being carried out at the University of Western Sydney to develop mapping strategies for a new and innovative electronic music instrument interface, the Thummer., being developed by Thumtronics P/L in Western Australia. The research approaches the mapping challenge by developing a model of input variables utilised by expert performers of traditional acoustic instruments, developing a computer model of those relationships as a semi-automated mapping mechanism, allowing the Thummer. interfaces ten degrees of freedom to be easily mapped to any synthesis algorithm