Digital musical instrument system

An interactive multimedia apparatus comprising:

• a digital musical instrument having a plurality of control members including at least one limited state (ON/OFF) control member and at least one dynamic range state control member including at least one user-activated source of a musical note, wherein a state of each of the plurality of control members is selectable by a user;
• a central control unit having a store of digital media including digital audio files stored thereon and a suite of software for assigning one of the digital audio files to the at least one limited state control member, for interpreting the user-selected state of the plurality of control members in order to select, open and render the assigned digital audio files from the store of digital media, and for assigning a musical note to the at least one user-activated source in accordance with a user-selected digital audio file, the assigned digital audio file being selectable by a user by activating the ON state of the corresponding at least one limited state control member;
• a control unit associated with the digital musical instrument and adapted to communicate with the central control unit, the control unit having:
• a CPU for identifying and monitoring the user-selected state of the plurality of control members, the control unit being adapted to communicate each user-selected state of the plurality of control members to the central control unit;
• and
• a plurality of independent, uncoupled transducers, wherein each transducer is associated with and configured to monitor one of the at least one user-activated source of a musical note and to convert activation of the one of the at least one user-activated source into electrical signals associated with the corresponding assigned musical note and with the user-selected state of the plurality of control members.