[sdiy] THeremin

[J. Larry Hendry]

Well, you know what they say about opinions, everyone has one.  So, I will
offer a different one.  I too purchased a Theremax.  Once assembled mine
worked very well.  It was a slight bit "drifty."  The pitch side worked just
as advertised.  One the volume side, I got it working perfectly when tuned
in the "non-traditional method."  I could never get exactly the response I
wanted from the traditional tuning where hand on antenna = quiet.  That was
my only complaint.  Therefore, for a traditional Thereminist, I could not
recommend.  But, for someone wanting a couple of CVs to integrate into a
modular, I think it works super for less than $100.  But for a traditional
Theremin, the performance is not up to par with the Etherwave (which is of
course considerably more expensive and does not normally have CV outs).
And, I do someone else that has a similar story to Tom's.
My $.02 on T-max
Larry Hendry


Paul Perry <pfperry at melbpc.org.au> writes:
> At 11:59 PM 6/04/01 +0200, theo hogers wrote:
> > The Theramax, think it is marketed by Paia now.
> > The basic circuit is dead simple, you don't have
> >  to build the whole thing.

> From: Tom May <tom at tommay.net>
> I feel compelled to dis this circuit every time it comes
> up since I bought one, built it, it worked like crap, I
> tweaked it like crazy, it still worked like crap, and
> eventually I gave it away.