Bicycle Theremin

[Harry Bissell]

Perhaps a low voltage detector on their CV, controlling the cattle prod...

or even a hydraulic ram, located beneath the seat, with "extension" controlled
by the inverse of CV (sicksicksick...)

would induce the desired results...

H^) harry (who studied at the "Idi Amin Accademy of Human Motivation")

"Mike B (digiboy)" wrote:

> >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