Remember Hit Stix? Sure you do. It was a poorly-executed good idea in the early days of motion-sensing toys. It was a pair of plastic drumsticks connected to a belt-holstered speaker. You moved the stick, and an actuator inside would make contact to a lead, sending a short “snap!” of static to the speaker. That was Hit Stix.
The iPod Digital Drumsticks are the updated version of the ill-fated toy. Acting as a pass-through between your headphones and your DAP, the drumsticks allow you to air-drum your own beat to Blonde Redhead with a full assortment of virtual drums and cymbals.
Included is adjustable volume and optional background beats, for the lazy or armless. Find them for $29.95 from Hammacher Schlemmer.
The new Rock Band game by Harmonix may use something like this. I was wondering how they’d do the drum set.
These “Air Drum Sticks” are terrible, they hardly work. DON’T waste your money on them, just another piece of you know what from China!