SoundMit 2019: Wavelicker - CV Controlled Christmas!...

Published on Nov 8, 2019 sonicstate

"CV Controlled Christmas.... Wait til the end of the vid and you'll see what we mean... Wavelicker have been around for a few years now and have been making various different modules to perform specific functions. This was demonstrated mainly with their Thereminator module which takes the input of a theremin and allows you to use it for controlling a eurorack system."

WaveLicker Eurorack Modules at Soundmit 2019

Published on Nov 3, 2019 BAMTV
Published on Nov 9, 2019 Ask.Audio

Update: BAMTV video was pulled from YouTube. Replacing with Ask.Audio's.

"Alain from WaveLicker introduces his unique synthesizer modules, including a setup he created for a world-famous theremin player, and his infamous Christmas tree / song pattern playing module."

https://www.wavelicker.com/en/

THEREMIN & SYNTH -Thereminator - eurorack module by WaveLicker

Published on May 29, 2018 Therminal C I C Ehinger

'Swiss company WaveLicker (http://www.wavelicker.com) designed Thereminator specially for interfacing a theremin to synthesizers. It is a eurorack module that takes the control voltage signal of the theremin’s antennas and convert it into 3 gate and 3 trigger signals. Up to three different tresholds points can be edited and stored. This is great, because you can adjust the distance (= where in space the trig happens) without changing your theremin playing settings.

You can patch it with the pitch or with the volume antenna CV. In this video, i used the volume antenna only because i find it easier to get a musical application with it.

Alain Gillièron - the boss of WaveLicker - created Thereminator on my request. He made an external gate for my theremin about a year ago. It boosted my creativity and totally changed my solo theremin performance : i am not using any playback nor computer device on stage anymore. I can play synth and my theremin simulteanously.
So, we decided to improve this device and develop a eurorack module, so that other people can have access to this "augmented" theremin playing.

I am totally addicted to this module! I am very thankful to Alain Gillièron, all the energy and time he dedicated to this project.

I've been testing the prototype for a 3 months and I made 5 patch to show different ideas.
00:51 Patch#1 - drums playing
01:08 Patch#2 - shoot & freeze sample
01:43 Patch#3 - it rings
03:23 Patch#4 - step by step
04:20 Patch#5 - percussive ADSR

Thereminator is pretty simple to use. A calibration is requested before using it, to assure full compatibility with your theremin. After that, it is just a matter of pratice : theremin playing is very subtle and sensitive, so using Thereminator accurately also require some training.

Background music : Astral Odyssey, composed by Therminal C (Coralie Ehinger)
Music patch#3 : Birdies, composed by Therminal C (Coralie Ehinger)
Music patch#4 : ARP, composed by Therminal C (Coralie Ehinger)
Music patch#5 : A.M.180 by Grandaddy; Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes

Played & recorded live @ studio l'Orient, 2018

Patch schemas made on Modulargrid : https://www.modulargrid.net

Video : Therminal C (Coralie Ehinger)"