Sunday Synth Jams: Peter Pringle makes a return appearance with this awesome and bizarre Tuvan Throat Singing & Theremin jam.
Tuvan throat singing involves controlling the shape of the mouth and throat in order to emphasize specific overtones. This creates the effect that the performer is singing two notes at once.
Detail on the performance below. Continue reading
This video, Brady Haran of the University of Nottingham, takes a look at the physics of the theremin.
Moog Music today introduced the Glow In The Dark Etherwave Theremin – a limited edition version of the Etherwave that embraces the theremin’s association with everything scary.
Here’s what they have to say about the Glow In The Dark Etherwave Theremin:
It’s almost Halloween again, time to drink witches brew with creatures of the night and let the unearthly sounds of the Theremin float through the ether. In celebration of the holiday we’ve created a glow in the dark version of our Etherwave Theremin. Play at night and let the unearthly glow guide your hand. Only 200 exist so act quickly.
Here’s a preview of this evil beast in action:
Saturday Synth Porn: Here’s a great vintage shot of the late James Brown with a Moog Liberation keytar, looking superbad.
Moog Music has announced details on its annual Halloween Theremin Contest.
To Enter:
Thereminist Améthyste Spardel performs a haunting rendition of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Pie Jesu on Subscope Theremin, run through an Electro-Harmonix Talking Machine.
The Talking Machine is a programmable formant filter, designed to create vocal effects controlled by the player’s dynamics. In this performance, the Talking Machine is set to a fixed ‘ah’ sound.
See also Peter Pringle’s amazing theremin vocal synthesis of Nessun Dorma.