theremin

Theremins are starting to show up everywhere.
Popular Science has a fun DIY project that promises to let you make a theremin that operates on changes in light:
Note: Unlike a conventional Theremin which operates on two radio frequency oscillators, this Pocket Theremin consists of an oscillator and frequency divider that are manipulated by changes in light. […]

As a celebration of the vibrant Theremin community, Moog Music will again sponsor an International Theremin Festival – EtherMusic Festival 2008. This event will feature workshops and concerts, factory tours and much, much more.
An exciting component of the weekend will be an original composition contest, with the winner performing their composition for theremin at one […]

Amazingly enough, this cat plays theremin about as well as most people.

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At the Winter NAMM show, a theremin fan (and a really nice guy) shows off the t-shirt his friend had made for him.

At the 2008 NAMM Show in Anaheim, Doepfer will be introducing its latest analog synth goodies. Here’s a preview of what they’ll be announcing.
A-100 CV/Gate Keyboard (A-100CGK)
A monophonic analog keyboard with these outputs: CV, gate, velocity, after touch. The first use of the keyboard is to control the A-100 modular but as the CV follows […]

We thought that the theremin dildo phone was weird, but this dismembered baby doll head theremin may have it beat.
The Theremin includes:

8 ohm Speaker(very small, low volume)
Red On/Off Switch ( RED LED LITE operated EYES by the on and off switch)
Silver Pitch Volume Knob
Large Photo-Cell (NEW and IMPROVED, WIDER RANGE from low to high PITCH)
1/4″ […]

Tim Kaiser’s take on the theremin is more than a bit kinky looking - but it can delver waves of tingling aetheric sound.
The Classic GeigerPhone Theremin is based on a red phone and a geiger counter antenna. It’s Kaiser’s personal theremin. It’s also known as the Gphone, for reasons that should be obvious.
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Electronic music pioneer Herb Deutsch has released a new retrospective CD, From Moog To Mac, that includes historical gems such as Jazz Images, the first piece of music ever composed using a Moog synthesizer and The Abominatron, a tape recording from August, 1964 in which Bob Moog talks and plays as he describes his […]

Jordan Hochenbaum sends word about his Cafe Press site, Gear Addict, that sells synth and audio related shirts and accessories.
“We started because we had a hard time finding cool swag, and after talking with some people on forums, figured, why not just make our own stuff,” says Hochenbaum.
Designs include old modular synths and theremins. We […]

The Moog Ether Festival needs to hear from people that plan to attend in order to determine if it will be viable to hold it or not.
The 2nd annual Ether Music Festival and Conference is scheduled to be held in the home of Moog Music, Asheville, NC, from Thursday, August 3rd through Sunday, August 6th.
Via […]

Moog Music has announced the 2nd annual Ether Music Festival and Conference.
Ether Music 2006 will be held in the home of Moog Music, Asheville, NC, from Thursday, August 3rd through Sunday, August 6th.
The event will include workshops, speakers and performances by incredible thereminists such as Lydia Kavina and Wilco Botermans. Keynote Speakers are Frank Trocco […]

The debut CD from multi-instrumentalist Hypnotique, The Hanging Garden, is a daring and challenging CD, combining influences of classical electronic music, electronica, cabaret, gothic lyrics and English folk music.
Hypnotique is known to many UK electronic music fans as the voice of the Switched-On radio interview series. In addition to her skills as a radio producer […]

The Eowave Persephone is a ribbon-controlled analog instrument that recalls the first electric keyboards from the 1950s. Its ribbon virtual keyboard allows the kinds of glissando a Theremin or les Ondes Martenot would allow.
The Persephone sound, created by a 100 % analog oscillator, is also inspired from these instruments and oscillates from human voices sonorities […]

ElectroKraft has introduced the Sonar*Axe, an “experimental sci-fi MIDI controller using a sonar sensor to detect hand position (generating notes), and a photocell to generate changes in note octave.”
The Sonar*Axe can be used to control any MIDI-compatible device.
ElectroKraft specializes in machines “designed to alter, change and morph the standard canned sounds of any midi […]

Founder and President of PAiA Electronics John Stayton Simonton, Jr. died recently at his home in Arcadia, Oklahoma on Friday, Nov. 25 after a yearlong battle with esophageal cancer. He was 62 years old.
Simonton’s work at PAiA gave many musicians their first opportunity to work with synthesizers, guitar effects and recording equipment. Simonton created kits […]