[sdiy] The Story of the Theremin

Paddock, Toby tpaddock at seanet.com
Mon Oct 18 02:59:01 CEST 2004


Harry double dared:
> 
> Thats funny... considering that "Good Vibrations" was recorded with a
> "Tannerin" ... an instrument that SOUNDS like a theremin but is actually
> played by swrrping a physical dial, in some ways closer to the Ondes
> Martinot
> than a theremin.  Later videos of "Good Vibrations" show a Moog ribbon
> controller
> in use.
> 
> I DOUBLE DARE anyone to nail that sound repeatedly on a theremin !!!
> 
> H^) harry
> 

Nope, I can't nail it on an accelerometer either.  :)
I haven't heard the song lately, but I don't think it would help.

http://www.seanet.com/~tpaddock/public/g_vib.mp3 (230KB mono)

Single axis accelerometer controlling a self-oscillating minimoog filter.

Later,
Toby Paddock





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