never really thought that you actually could do more then cool sounds with it ^^ Zelda theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJYho56INKU Gnarls Barkley - Crazy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW0B1sipLBI
Wow, it must be really hard to play theremin, but in both videos it sounded great! Does it work with sensors or something like that?
This is how it works. From Wikipedia The theremin (originally pronounced [ˈteremin] but often anglicized as [ˈθɛɹəmɪn] [1]), or thereminvox, is one of the earliest fully electronic musical instruments. It was invented by Russian inventor Léon Theremin in 1919, and it is unique in that it was the first musical instrument designed to be played without being touched. It generally consists of two pitch and one volume radio frequency oscillators and two metal antennas. The electric signals from the theremin are amplified and sent to a loudspeaker. To play the theremin, the player moves his hands around the two metal antennas, which control the instrument's frequency (pitch) and amplitude (volume). The theremin is widely associated with "alien," surreal, and eerie-sounding portamento, glissando, tremolo, and vibrato sounds, due to its use in film soundtracks such as Spellbound, The Lost Weekend, Ed Wood, Mars Attacks! and The Day the Earth Stood Still. Theremins are also used in art music (especially avant-garde and 20th century "new music") and in popular music genres such as rock and pop. Similar electronic instruments, such as the Ondes-Martenot also use the principle of two heterodyning oscillators, but the Ondes-Martenot is touched while it is played. Yakumo
they had one at the music studio i used to work at, you can actually get the equivalent of grade exams in it... crazy stuff!
Yeah, the theremin is a really cool instrument. On a game-related note, I once made a "theremin-like" program for the NES that plays different notes as you wave your hand near the NES (with its cartridge pulled out). It was awfully crude, but for anyone interested, here's the link: http://www.disgruntleddesigner.com/chrisc/misc.html
Had a look at it (unfortunately I have no way to run it). Way cool! Such things really illustrate the fun of low-level programming, imho
wow that's amazing. Where does one get such a theremin kit? And at what price? Is it compatible with standard electric-guitar amps? I m psyched PS: http://theremin.tomfarrell.org/buyTheremin.html
http://cgi.ebay.com/Great-sounding-THEREMIN-at-a-Great-Price_W0QQitemZ320173774232QQihZ011QQcategoryZ1287QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Most of them are around $100 on eBay, this is the cheapest one with some quality that I found, the ones sold around 20 bucks look really crappy and the antenna doesn't look strong at all.
answered your question thermin rocks, i saw a bitpop band not long ago that used one.. it not only sounds great but also provides a pretty cool stage show!
Yeah it would work with a geetar amp, probably best it's solid state and not a tube based one though (colouration of tone)... or a standard PA... mic socket on PC etc etc... or just on it's own mic'd up.
I remember that one I wonder if it's the same band I heard on the radio show Syntax Error some years ago.
you know sol? remember talking to him at dreamhack01, sounded pretty pissed at the audio guy. :icon_bigg a real shame the show ended. was the only thing worth listening to on radio.
sol knows me http://www.liquidham.se/ is the bands website, looking at their discography it couldnt have been them anyways, too new and besides back in the days of the show there werent that many bitpop bands around, puss, SMK and few more were pretty much it. and yeah it was the only program worthwhile the short time it was on.. funny fact is the program "frank" still get letters in the hundreds every month to bring it back on.. it ended 5 years ago!! h:
yeah I googled for it. doesn't sound like the thing I remember.. it was more abstract like a person reading poems and doing weird sound on the Theremin. nice :icon_bigg
