Modugand-Brian Bamanya and Javier Díez Ena

Afrorack

"I did a little collaborative project with Spanish artist and Theremin player Javier Díez Ena. The track is called Modugand."

cool diy sequencer

Sally's Song - Theremin & Voice - Nightmare before Christmas

Carolina Eyck

"Wishing you a happy Halloween with my Theremin & Voice version of Sally’s Song from Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. I’ve always loved this music, and performing it has made me love it even more. I hope you like it as much as I do! Thank you Danny Elfman for composing this beautiful piece!"

The Halloween Vibes

100 Things I Do

"Quoth the Raven nevermore! I don't know if Halloween in 2020 can be as scary as the rest of 2020 has been so far but its the perfect time to enjoy some spooky fun vibes from the Theremin! :D

I finally have a new camera, its going to take a while to learn how to get the best from it but today I thought I would have a play around with the workflow and see what came out. Hope this entertains you

If you want to hear more of my music please check out

Lander by Myself and Charles Urban available now @ Lander2.bandcamp.com"

Moog Introduces a New Theremin - The Claravox Centennial

Claravox Centennial | “Clair de Lune” Performed by Grégoire Blanc & Orane Donnadieu
Moog Music Inc Moog Music Inc


"This year marks the 100th anniversary of the theremin’s invention. To celebrate the instrument that sparked a century of electronic music innovation, we present to you a new limited-edition Moog theremin: Claravox Centennial.

Set among the baroque architecture and expansive gardens of Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte, French musician Grégoire Blanc channels theremin marvel Clara Rockmore in a stunning Claravox Centennial performance of Claude Debussy’s “Clair de Lune” alongside pianist Orane Donnadieu. This tribute to the timeless classical duets of Rockmore and her sister, pianist Nadia Reisenberg, captures the beauty of the theremin’s distinct tone and personality—characteristics that will continue to captivate audiences into the next century."

Electric Storm: 100 Years of Theremin

Moog Music Inc Moog Music Inc

"Composer Dorit Chrysler and filmmaker Marie Losier bring the new Moog Claravox Centennial on a journey where no theremin has gone before: 30+ stories underground.

“It was a uniquely inspiring location,” Chrysler says of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, which is home to the largest machine in the world: the Large Hadron Collider. “An international cathedral of science following no commercial purpose but pure creative experimenting on a scale so grand that I had never witnessed before. It immediately inspired the idea to set a film there…putting this location to sound and to celebrate the beginnings of electric music, a colossal moment of invention…the centennial of the theremin.”

“Electric Storm” translates the feel of metal, chaos, laboratories, and the sound of thousands of voltages used to help cool the colliders, a tiny industrial revolution within the factory, capturing conceiving the moment of an idea, finally ending in one pure note of the Claravox Centennial theremin."

"A Celebration of the Theremin's Past, Present, and Future.

Named after the original theremin virtuosa, Clara Rockmore, Claravox Centennial features the highest quality control and sound available in a theremin for deep artistic exploration. Offering both traditional 100% analog theremin operation and expanded modern performance, as well as an onboard analog delay, preset storage, and more, Claravox Centennial is an extraordinary instrument for creative expression.

Claravox Centennial is designed in celebration of the 100-year anniversary of the invention of the theremin by Leon Theremin, and is only available for a limited time.

"The most versatile Moog Theremin in history.

Switchable Traditional and Modern performance modes select between classic heterodyne oscillators (for a genuine analog theremin experience) and multimode DSP oscillators (sine, triangle, saw, wavetable) with assignable scales, quantization, octave ranges, and response curves. An analog wave-shaping circuit (derived from the legendary Etherwave Pro) imbues ethereal sonic character and empowers rich sound sculpting possibilities, and the on-board analog BBD delay creates a wash of spiraling echoes and resounding warmth."

"The best feeling instrument that you’ll play without touching

An instrument designed with exceptional playability to satisfy the most skillful thereminist, Claravox Centennial invites access to multiple levels of calibration and control settings to create a custom fit between this unique instrument and each unique player. Front-panel Pitch and Volume knobs give quick and immediate control for dialing in to new playing environments, side-entry calibration ports create easy access for fine tune adjustments, and dedicated Response knobs allow for the creation of recallable custom antenna curves in Modern mode."

Fernandes Echo Theremin (Made in Japan)

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"I have absolutely no idea how this works, but it makes spooky noises and has an echo built in."

Fernandes also made a guitar synth and a keytar. See previous posts here.

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Moog Etherwave Pro (Limited Edition - #423) 2009 Maple and Walnut Cabinet

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"The legendary Etherwave Pro is arguably the best Theremin Moog has ever offered. The Limited Edition is Housed in a beautiful Maple and walnut cabinet.

Drawing on his 50 years of experience, Robert Moog has designed the legendary Etherwave Pro which is arguably the best Theremin Moog has ever offered.

The Etherwave Pro is a professional-quality theremin featuring classic theremin sounds and excellent playability.

The Etherwave Pro features removable pitch and volume antennas. Pitch range extends to 6-1/2 octaves. Both volume and pitch antenna response are tuned from the wooden pitch and volume knobs as well as the fine adjustment trim controls at the bottom of the front panel. Range switch allows for choosing one of three octave ranges. The timbre rotary switch selects one of the 5 preset timbres (classic theremin tones) or enables the front panel waveform, brightness, and filter controls for tailoring your tone. Heaphone output with level control and a dedicated tuner output. Lighted standby switch silences the audio output. Line-level audio output, as well as pitch and volume control voltages, for interfacing the Etherwave Pro with the Minimoog Voyager Synthesizer, or Moogerfooger analog effects. Power supply operates with line voltages from 100VAC to 240VAC, 50-60 Hz

Features

Removable pitch and volume antennas

6-1/2-octave range

Fine adjustment trim controls

3 octave ranges

5 preset timbres

Waveform, brightness, and filter controls

Headphone output with level control

Dedicated tuner output

Lighted standby switch

Line-level audio out

Variable pitch and volume control voltages"

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Mew

Mew from Emily Groves on Vimeo.

"Mew is an interactive sound piece. As you walk towards the curious and gawkish object, it begins to emit a soft purring sound. If you stroke the fur, it will emit distorted meow sounds that are manipulated by the direction your hand moves. Pushing on the object will also alter the sounds, but pressing too hard will make Mew hiss.

Mew was part of a collaborative sound object project between Design Products, Information Experience Design and Visual Communication students at the RCA, London.

Sensors and sounds were programmed with Arduino and Max MSP."

A bit like a cat Tannerin or theremin.

PAiA Theremax Theremin w/Lecturn Case - Synthesizer CV Gestural Control

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"I built this kit about 10 years ago and just went back through it and cleaned the pots, checked the solder joints, re-tuned/aligned it, and it is working perfectly and sounding as good as ever.

Antennas can be removed for transport. In excellent physical condition. Missing the volume knob, but these are fairly common knobs. The antennas had developed a nice patina on them until I scotch brighted them off. I was worried the patina would take away from the sensitivity and it didn't. The patina will come back over time.

What sets this apart as a gestural controller is it's Velocity Control Voltage (proportional to how fast you increase the Volume) and Gate/Trigger outputs. A convenient foot switch input allows muting the internal tone source without disabling the CVs.

Here is what is included:

Carefully assembled PAiA Theremax Kit (9505K)
Decently stained PAiA Lectern Case (9505C)
Original manual, power adapter, schematic, service manual w/supplements, and PAiA catalogs..."

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ARPchivesLIVE!!! Episode II: Jennifer Hruska

Published on May 7, 2020 Alan R. Pearlman Foundation

"Jennifer Hruska performs new work and shows us her studio - with d'ARP (Dina Pearlman, Executive Director of The Alan R. Pearlman Foundation"

Carnegie Hall Archives

Published on Feb 22, 2020 CatSynth TV

"We visit the Carnegie Hall Archives in New York and talk with Kathryn Gronsbell (Digital Collections) and Rob Hudson (Manager) about some of their twentieth century treasures. We explore artifacts from avant-garde classical and jazz, including a concert by Leon Theremin 1928, the premier of Edgard Varese's Ionisation, Yoko Ono, Freddie Hubbard, Archie Schepp, Ornette Coleman, and even the 1992 premier of Conversational Impromptu for Bb and bass clarinet quartet by CatSynth TV host Amanda Chaudhary.

For more information about the archives and the history of Carnegie Hall, please visit https://www.carnegiehall.org/About/Hi....
Please also check out their growing digital collections at collections.carnegiehall.org"

Cristal Baschet & Ethervox Theremin

Published on Feb 4, 2020 Peter Pringle

"There has been a lot of interest in the last few years in the instrument known as the “cristal baschet” (aka, “crystal organ” and “euphone”), so I decided to make a video showing what it looks and sounds like. The instrument was developed in the early 1950’s by the late Bernard and François Baschet, two brothers who lived and worked in Paris. It is entirely acoustic, and constructed mainly of glass and stainless steel. There are resonators attached to it to amplify the sound. In the above video the large “sail” (“voile” in French) is made of mirror polished stainless steel, while the three other teardrop-shaped resonators are made from arborite (these are usually made of fiberglass but I have found that arborite, which is much harder, gives a superior tone).

The sound of the “cristal” is produced by dipping your fingers in water, and rubbing them along a series of parallel glass rods. The rods are attached to a row of chromatically tuned steel bars, similar in principle to tuning forks, and the vibration set up by these bars is communicated to the resonators. This idea was first developed two hundred years ago by the German musician and physicist, Ernst Chladni.

Because the “cristal” must be played with wet hands, it is not easy to find a second instrument that you can play at the same time. The obvious choice is the THEREMIN, because it is played without touching. The theremin in the video is a 1998 Moog MIDI Ethervox, the only fully capable MIDI theremin ever made, and believed by many to be one of the late Robert Moog’s crowning achievements. Sadly, there were only about 50 of these instruments ever made.

Since I only had my left hand to play the theremin (my right hand is playing the “cristal”) I was forced to control the volume of the theremin by means of a pedal. It is interesting to note that with Russian inventor Leon Theremin’s early prototypes (which he called the “etherphone”) volume was also controlled by a pedal - not by a volume antenna. I would like to thank the original designer of the Ethervox MIDI software, Rudi Linhard of LINTRONICS, for certain improvements he made to foot control of the MIDI functions - my left foot is on a MIDI pedal which you cannot see in the video.

I built the cristal baschet in the video myself, with the kind help of the wonderful French musician and “cristaliste”, Karinn Helbert, who shared her knowledge of the instrument and was an endless source of encouragement. For those who are interested in the construction of this instrument, here is a webpage I put together describing the process. It was lots of fun to build (I really like making stuff) but I will not be making another.

This webpage is in French, but I hope to get around to doing a translation soon for English speakers who are interested in the subject.

www.peterpringle.com/cristalbaschet.html"

Theremin Gakken Five 5 Premium Living Science Battery Portable Synthesizer

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"Preowned Gakken Five Premium Portable Battery Powered Theremin with Speaker Out.
Compact and Lightweight Lets you get your Theremin fix anywhere! Lots of Fun.
Comes with Instuction Manuals and Batteries(4XAA)."

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EPro Theremin connected to modular synthesizer via CV to freeze audio (& more!)

Published on Dec 3, 2019 Therminal C I C Ehinger

"Je m'étais promis" is a short demo track to illustrate the use of a theremin as a controller connected to a modular synth to :
- Freeze audio (2HP Freez)
- Change note of an arpeggiator (2HP ARP)
- Change the cutoff frequency of a filter (2HP LPF)
while playing the theremin in a regular way at the same time.

Music & video : Therminal C (Coralie Ehinger)

WEBSITE : https://www.therminalc.com - https://coralieehinger.ch

Moog 1130, MicroMoog, Voyager, Synsonics

Published on Nov 22, 2019 Rhythmicons

"This is a very old video where I was demonstrating the use of the 1130 percussion controller controlling the micromoog."

Etherwave Plus Theremin Controls MiniMoog Voyager and Freqbox

Published on Nov 22, 2019 Rhythmicons

"This is a very old video showcasing the then new Etherwave plus modification from Moog."

A Piece for Modular and Theremin

Published on Nov 18, 2019 Rhythmicons

"This is a draft of a concept of an alien world. Recorded in one take.

Moslab 901 oscillators with a bit of FM on the filter going to an AKG BX-10 Reverb. Theremin going to a Roland RE-301 Chorus Echo with a touch of delay and reverb.

Thanks for listening."

Soundmit 2019: Theresyn - an electro-acoustic theremin crossed with a synthesiser!

Published on Nov 3, 2019 Ask.Audio

"It's a theremin in a way, but not as you know it! At Soundmit 2019 we stumbled across a theremin and a synthesizer in one machine... the theresyn. Here's what it can do and what it sounds like."

Check out Theresyn in previous posts here.

Theremax Paia Theremin Synth

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Check out the size of the circuit board inside.

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The First Songs to Use a Synth

Published on Sep 27, 2019 David Bennett Piano

"Most pop music today features ample synth, but when did the sound of the synthesizer first start featuring in pop and rock music? I take a look at some of pop music's synth pioneers, including The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Wendy Carlos, Paul Beaver and Max Crook."

Buchla doesn't get mentioned, but still a pretty cool video.

Brian Wilson talking about theramins late 80s-early 90s

Published on Jul 26, 2017 Elizabeth Haney

"This video ruined my life and I have a duty to reupload it"

Max Crook ( Del Shannon's keyboard player on Runaway )

Published on Apr 13, 2017 rockinkb

"Max talks about the musitron and the making of Runaway!"

Modular Expedition 29 -Modular Groovebox with Theremin, Basimilus Iteritas Alter and Thermae

Published on Sep 16, 2019 Modular Landing

"This is a jam composed of two takes, one with the modular and one with a Theremin going through the Chase Bliss Thermae pedal (for delay). The modular has a Pamela's workout clocking a Rene that is sequencing the Basimilus Iteritas Alter for the main synth sequence. That is going through the Polivoks filter, Echophon, and a Rabbit Hole FX phaser. Also being triggered by Pamela's workout is a tritone chord on the Intellijel Shapeshifter. Pressure Points is being used to trigger the Dixie and a long-release envelope from Peaks. Lastly, the theremin is going through a Chase Bliss Thermae for delay and pitch-shifting. Reverb and additional percussion was added ITB."

Vintage 60s Moog Troubador Theremin

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Anyone know about these? Curious if it actually is from Moog. Bob Moog started out building theremin kits, but by the 60s he was building modulars. I took a quick look at Theremin World, but didn't see it.

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