AETHERPHON, global theremin family

Hello everyone,

I've had my Etherwave for about a month now. It worked beautifully out
of the box, but now, the volume control antenna is not behaving as it
did.  Now, it behaves more like an on-off switch.  When my hand is 3
or 4 inches from it, it falls silent, and when I move my hand away, it
instantly becomes loud and remains at the same volume no matter how
far I move my hand.  In other words, there is no gradual increase or
decrease in volume, just a sudden volume or no volume.

Does anyone have any idea what is causing this.  I hope it is merely
something I am overlooking.  I looked at MoogMusic.com and discovered
that warranty is valid only if returned in the original box, right
down to the original foam packing.  I've looked everywhere and am
pretty sure my wife threw the box out.

Thanks.

-Loping Buzzard,
noisician

Quoting lopingbuzzard <lopingbuzzard@...>:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I've had my Etherwave for about a month now. It worked beautifully out
> of the box, but now, the volume control antenna is not behaving as it
> did.  Now, it behaves more like an on-off switch.  When my hand is 3
> or 4 inches from it, it falls silent, and when I move my hand away, it
> instantly becomes loud and remains at the same volume no matter how
> far I move my hand.  In other words, there is no gradual increase or
> decrease in volume, just a sudden volume or no volume.
>
> Does anyone have any idea what is causing this.  I hope it is merely
> something I am overlooking.  I looked at MoogMusic.com and discovered
> that warranty is valid only if returned in the original box, right
> down to the original foam packing.  I've looked everywhere and am
> pretty sure my wife threw the box out.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Loping Buzzard,
> noisician
>

Hi Buzzard,

Theremins seem to have a "break in" time -- I think some of the  
components (capacitors and such) kind of settle in after the unit has  
been run for a few weeks.  When I first built my Theremax, I had to  
tweak the coils just about every day for the first few weeks.  Then  
things kind of settled in and I hardly ever have to touch them now.

I'm assuming you have a Standard Etherwave.  Kip Rosser posted a  
procedure for calibrating the Etherwave Standard:

http://www.thereminworld.com/forum.asp?cmd=p&T=2063&F=1

Scroll down to the post by schielenkrahe.

Good luck!

-- Kevin

Thanks much, Kevin!  I'll check it out.

-LB

--- In spellbound-l@yahoogroups.com, kkissinger@... wrote:

> 
> Hi Buzzard,
> 
> Theremins seem to have a "break in" time -- I think some of the  
> components (capacitors and such) kind of settle in after the unit has  
> been run for a few weeks.  When I first built my Theremax, I had to  
> tweak the coils just about every day for the first few weeks.  Then  
> things kind of settled in and I hardly ever have to touch them now.
> 
> I'm assuming you have a Standard Etherwave.  Kip Rosser posted a  
> procedure for calibrating the Etherwave Standard:
> 
> http://www.thereminworld.com/forum.asp?cmd=p&T=2063&F=1
> 
> Scroll down to the post by schielenkrahe.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> -- Kevin
>

I also have an Etherwave, and mine does somthing like that too. It's as if there's a "void" in the middle!! So to avoid that, I shift the Theremin around a bit, and adjust the PITCH knob slightly. They're so tempermental!
   
   
  Kelly Xexchron

lopingbuzzard <lopingbuzzard@...> wrote:
          Hello everyone,

I've had my Etherwave for about a month now. It worked beautifully out
of the box, but now, the volume control antenna is not behaving as it
did. Now, it behaves more like an on-off switch. When my hand is 3
or 4 inches from it, it falls silent, and when I move my hand away, it
instantly becomes loud and remains at the same volume no matter how
far I move my hand. In other words, there is no gradual increase or
decrease in volume, just a sudden volume or no volume.

Does anyone have any idea what is causing this. I hope it is merely
something I am overlooking. I looked at MoogMusic.com and discovered
that warranty is valid only if returned in the original box, right
down to the original foam packing. I've looked everywhere and am
pretty sure my wife threw the box out.

Thanks.

-Loping Buzzard,
noisician



         

       
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