Build your own Theremin

Staredge Joined: Sep 27, 2008 Posts: 1149 Damascus, Maryland	Posted on Apr 25 2009 05:46 PM Build a pocket Theremin Found this on another forum and thought some of you might be interested. I don't understand the attraction myself.....but I might build one anyway!!!! — Will "You're done, once you're a surfer you're done. You're in. It's like the mob or something. You're not getting out." - Kelly Slater The Luau Cinders Top
Woodsurfer Joined: Feb 07, 2009 Posts: 310 Bel Air, MD USA	Posted on Apr 25 2009 08:41 PM Ever since seeing "Forbidden Planet", I've wanted to have -- or at least play, a theremin. That and Ann Francis. -- Woody — It takes a lot of mussel memory to avoid clams. Top
oestmann Joined: Mar 06, 2008 Posts: 584 Adelaide	Posted on Apr 25 2009 11:56 PM I remember building this with an electronics kit back in the 70's - I thought I could play the middle bit of "nutbush city limits" with it with a wave a hand or two. This one looks like fun. — Tim O oestmann guitar tunes clips Top
Mustard_Man Joined: Jan 16, 2007 Posts: 100 England	Posted on Apr 26 2009 03:49 AM This isn't a true theremin - its a bit like a thing we have in our band called a 'light weevil' - basically run by a light sensitive resistor. You can't tune it like a theremin, but you can add a wonderful array of savage electronic noise to your set by waving your hands at it, flicking lighters next to it etc.. It has some other controls as well, none of which I know the meaning of, but its surprisingly intuitive and fun to play. We sometimes also play with a real theremin player - he's an odd guy. He has one of these: image Top
Staredge Joined: Sep 27, 2008 Posts: 1149 Damascus, Maryland	Posted on Apr 26 2009 07:50 AM Mustard_Man We sometimes also play with a real theremin player - he's an odd guy. Ummm......does that second part REALLY need to be said???? — Will "You're done, once you're a surfer you're done. You're in. It's like the mob or something. You're not getting out." - Kelly Slater The Luau Cinders Top
tartanphantom Joined: Jan 13, 2009 Posts: 25 Murfreesboro, TN	Posted on Apr 26 2009 08:07 AM I wish I could call myself a "real" theremin player. I've got two theremins, a Theremaniacs theremin, which is not good for much more than sound effects, because it doesn't have a volume aerial. Sounds cool though, and we use it a lot in one of my bands just for weirdness EFX. My other theremin was handbuilt in Tasmania by Kees Enkelaar, who, unfortunately doesn't seem to be making them anymore. It's a full-blown theremin, and I've tried and tried for several years now to be able to play a reasonable tune with it. If I were blessed with "perfect pitch" it would make it alot easier! Alas, it's not the theremin, it's ME... playing the theremin as a true musical instrument is a lot harder than it looks! — www.exoticones.com www.myspace.com/exoticones www.myspace.com/tartanphantom Top

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