Members turnitto11 Posted October 22, 2011 Members Share Posted October 22, 2011 Any theremin love? Anyone got one? I have a theremaniacs theremin. No volume antennae, but I don't really play it. I just use it to make noises and audiences think I'm amazing. I'll post a pic later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TomCTC Posted October 22, 2011 Members Share Posted October 22, 2011 Yeah, thats pretty much all their good for. Make funny noises, look crazy doing it, people outside the know think you're a madman/genius. Beh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MrChrisos Posted October 22, 2011 Members Share Posted October 22, 2011 Or you could spend every waking hour learning it. Looks tough, but this is more what the man himself had in mind: w5qf9O6c20o Then a virtuoso violinist who had to abandon her first instrument due to bone problems got a second chance and took it to the next level: pSzTPGlNa5U (forget that she's getting a tune out of it, listen to how damn subtle she is with it, from vibrato to dynamics!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sommy Posted October 22, 2011 Members Share Posted October 22, 2011 I'd love a theremin. I'd probably never have the wherewithal to learn how to properly play in position, but I'd be lying if I said I don't kind of want to. Also, getting one without a volume antenna seems like a huge oversight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members turnitto11 Posted October 22, 2011 Author Members Share Posted October 22, 2011 Also, getting one without a volume antenna seems like a huge oversight. Eh, i don't really care. I could've gotten one made by Sounds Like Burns, but I wasn't interested in spending too much more money. Just wanted an interested noise maker. When I do use the theremin, I frequently use it a lot while playing guitar at the same time, so the volume antenna wouldn't get use much anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sommy Posted October 22, 2011 Members Share Posted October 22, 2011 Eh, i don't really care. I could've gotten one made by Sounds Like Burns, but I wasn't interested in spending too much more money. Just wanted an interested noise maker. When I do use the theremin, I frequently use it a lot while playing guitar at the same time, so the volume antenna wouldn't get use much anyway. Do they make one with CV out? Just wondering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mhuxtable Posted October 23, 2011 Members Share Posted October 23, 2011 Do they make one with CV out? Just wondering. Moog has the Etherwave Plus which has CV outs for the pitch and volume attenae....you can hook them into anything with a CV input and control it via the Theremin. I want one very much for this reason.... Also I learned that since the Theremin works by your body acting as the grounded plate of a variable capacitor (correct me if I'm wrong) you can actually get a different sound by making a stronger ground. Usually the Theremin produces something close to a sine wave.....well if you touch a metal shelf or a other person, it turns into something closer to a square wave...you can hear the difference very audibly change. I want a damn Theremin so bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members turnitto11 Posted October 23, 2011 Author Members Share Posted October 23, 2011 Inform me of what a CV out is, please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PKTrono Posted October 23, 2011 Members Share Posted October 23, 2011 it would send out a CV signal, so you could use the theremin to control something that accepts CV signals.basically, it'd be like an expression pedal/theremin for anything that accepts CV signals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members echodeluxe Posted October 23, 2011 Members Share Posted October 23, 2011 instant indie cred machine is what it should be called. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members iff Posted October 23, 2011 Members Share Posted October 23, 2011 I really want one, but yeah, doubt I'd ever be able to do much with it beyond making noise... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nomenclature Posted October 23, 2011 Members Share Posted October 23, 2011 I have a Burns B3 Deluxe Theremin. it's fun, but I haven't had the time to really sit down and learn it. I would need training videos or something, it's seriously hard, if not impossible for me to play anything remotely resembling music at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WAWBanks Posted October 23, 2011 Members Share Posted October 23, 2011 Try this on for size: [Youtube]BQa6MUmq7BA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members mhuxtable Posted October 23, 2011 Members Share Posted October 23, 2011 Inform me of what a CV out is, please CV stands for control voltage. Basically, if something has a CV OUT, it acts as an expression pedal, but with whatever method that device uses. So with a Theremin, it's your hands relative to the attennas. So if you had a delay that could use an expression pedal, instead of the pedal controlling the delay time or feedback, your hands playing the Theremin would control those things. Don't forget the single that really put the Theremin onto the mainstream radio! (albeit a slide Theremin) [YouTube]CelV7EbuV-A[/YouTube] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 100 dollar cars Posted October 23, 2011 Members Share Posted October 23, 2011 chamber of sounds makes theremins...light controlled stuff. their lsd delay looks cool and if it's anything like my mushroom echo, it will sound awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members iff Posted October 23, 2011 Members Share Posted October 23, 2011 [video=youtube;-RFMsZArDbY] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Karma1 Posted October 23, 2011 Members Share Posted October 23, 2011 I had been wanting a Theremin for years since seeing someone play one onstage in the 70's. Then a few years ago a friend lent me his Big Briar Theremin to use for a few weeks. It didn't take long till I was cured of my desire for one. It was way more difficult to play than I expected and I didn't feel like taking on the learning curve to get proficient on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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