Bicycle Theremin

[Mike B (digiboy)]

>Today I had an interesting idea...
>
>Take two stationary bicycles and hook a bicycle generator (the roller that
>fits against the wheel and powers the headlight) to each bike. Use the
>voltage output to control the pitch and modulation of the theremin. The
>theremin gets controlled by how fast the people on the bikes pedal..
>
>It might be possible to expand on the idea and have multiple bikes
>controlling VCO, VCA, VCF, arpeggiator tempo, etc.
>

The cyclists ( No Pun intended) would probably grow fatigued and it would
be difficult for them to maintain steady VC....might require "quantizing"
them with a cattle prod or some other nasty motivational method.

(Stuck at home on a Friday night... feeling a bit grouchy...sorry....)

Mike Berman
digiboy at erols.com