Great video. I'm thinking I made a mistake by getting a Stylophone which arrived a couple weeks ago and is ALREADY broken! I remembered this open theremin since I was already disappointed with the stylophone before it's failure. Not sure what to do with the stylophone but I think it's only strong points are moot since I have pedals and other synths to run that cv out to. It's strong points are the delay, modulation and other effects. How is the arduino ending this one? I've read you can edit the settings to suit your needs?
Well done, lovely to see an intelligent approach to learning the theremin and the lovely soundscape at the end shows that as long as you have 'compositional' taste you can certainly get to a point of Sound FX / controller stuff! - I was playing tunes you could listen to within about 3-4 months and now 2.5 years in am getting some decent musicality, dynamics and intonation (as you can possibly see on the 100s of progress vids on my channel) ... in answer to your 'pitch field' issue. Good theremins, like the Moog Claravox, Etherwaves and the entry Theremini do have solid pitch fields after the 20 minute warm-up or so and I make sure the room I am in has no wild temp fluctuations and the electrical side is solid and voila, I can play for hours with zero pitch field change, which is what you need to get thos fine hand positions locked down! Especially pieces with intervals eg th-cam.com/video/z9hE6WP4U5Q/w-d-xo.html Good luck if you continue the 'diatonic' journey!!
Ah, thanks for the info. It's entirely likely that I'm just not setting things up properly, so I do anticipate that I'll be able to significantly improve on things after I get more experience. Hopefully. Thanks so much for watching!
I initially started with the Open Theremin a few months ago. The instrument worked well, but I was discouraged with it needing re-tuning every few minutes (ground, setup etc. were ok). It seems this is a design flaw with this specific model of theremin. Afterwards, I switched to a second-hand Etherwave from Moog, and the tuning is solid. I give it 10 minutes to warm up, and after that the tuning does not drift. Also, between sessions it requires either no or only slight adjustment.
I've always thought learning Theremin just for an annual Halloween performance in the driveway as everyone trick-or-treats would be a lot of fun. Until I get one, I'll just continue practicing the motions in the air during my daily commute ;).
Brilliant!
Happy Halloween from my laboratory to yours.
Great video. I'm thinking I made a mistake by getting a Stylophone which arrived a couple weeks ago and is ALREADY broken! I remembered this open theremin since I was already disappointed with the stylophone before it's failure. Not sure what to do with the stylophone but I think it's only strong points are moot since I have pedals and other synths to run that cv out to. It's strong points are the delay, modulation and other effects. How is the arduino ending this one? I've read you can edit the settings to suit your needs?
Well done, lovely to see an intelligent approach to learning the theremin and the lovely soundscape at the end shows that as long as you have 'compositional' taste you can certainly get to a point of Sound FX / controller stuff! - I was playing tunes you could listen to within about 3-4 months and now 2.5 years in am getting some decent musicality, dynamics and intonation (as you can possibly see on the 100s of progress vids on my channel) ... in answer to your 'pitch field' issue. Good theremins, like the Moog Claravox, Etherwaves and the entry Theremini do have solid pitch fields after the 20 minute warm-up or so and I make sure the room I am in has no wild temp fluctuations and the electrical side is solid and voila, I can play for hours with zero pitch field change, which is what you need to get thos fine hand positions locked down! Especially pieces with intervals eg th-cam.com/video/z9hE6WP4U5Q/w-d-xo.html Good luck if you continue the 'diatonic' journey!!
Ah, thanks for the info. It's entirely likely that I'm just not setting things up properly, so I do anticipate that I'll be able to significantly improve on things after I get more experience. Hopefully. Thanks so much for watching!
I initially started with the Open Theremin a few months ago. The instrument worked well, but I was discouraged with it needing re-tuning every few minutes (ground, setup etc. were ok). It seems this is a design flaw with this specific model of theremin. Afterwards, I switched to a second-hand Etherwave from Moog, and the tuning is solid. I give it 10 minutes to warm up, and after that the tuning does not drift. Also, between sessions it requires either no or only slight adjustment.
Hmmmm... I still need to really sit down and experiment with the settings more, but interesting to hear this might not just be a me thing.
I've always thought learning Theremin just for an annual Halloween performance in the driveway as everyone trick-or-treats would be a lot of fun. Until I get one, I'll just continue practicing the motions in the air during my daily commute ;).
LOL. I'm somehow imagining the wacky wavy inflatable tube man now.
@@ComposerKristin 🤣👍
I've had the Moog Theremini in my wishlist for years. It has pitch correction LOL
That's kind of a brilliant feature. I should experiment with autotune and see what happens. 🎃
Put it through auto tune!