Alternate controllers for MOTM
1999-06-20 by J. Larry Hendry
I will very soon be building an alternate controller for my MOTM system
that can be used to accurately play Theremin style leads with my MOTM
modules. This controller will be available in kit form in the $100 or so
range. The guy who is producing the kit is the actual designer and builder
of the Tannerin (named after its original designer) that Brian Wilson will
be using on the upcoming Beach Boys tour. The Tannerin (not the Theremin)
is the instrument used to produce the Theremin like sounds of Good
Vibrations. The Tannerin is also easier to play as you actually slide a
control across a flat surface that can be calibrated like a keyboard.
Trust me, this method will be much easier that trying to reach out and grab
those notes out of this air as required by the Theremin (been there, done
that, own one, can't play it).
I understand from Tom Polk (the kit designer) that the control voltage
output will conform to the 1 volt / octave standard. So, the audio output
of the Tannerin could be used in addition to the control voltage output for
integration into a MOTM patch.
If anyone has any interest in this alternate controller, please send me
e-mail privately. If you have general questions you think the group might
benefit from , please post them here. Once I have my Tannerin kit built
and working with my MOTM stuff, I will be certain to make a full report and
some audio clips available to the list.
Larry Hendry
that can be used to accurately play Theremin style leads with my MOTM
modules. This controller will be available in kit form in the $100 or so
range. The guy who is producing the kit is the actual designer and builder
of the Tannerin (named after its original designer) that Brian Wilson will
be using on the upcoming Beach Boys tour. The Tannerin (not the Theremin)
is the instrument used to produce the Theremin like sounds of Good
Vibrations. The Tannerin is also easier to play as you actually slide a
control across a flat surface that can be calibrated like a keyboard.
Trust me, this method will be much easier that trying to reach out and grab
those notes out of this air as required by the Theremin (been there, done
that, own one, can't play it).
I understand from Tom Polk (the kit designer) that the control voltage
output will conform to the 1 volt / octave standard. So, the audio output
of the Tannerin could be used in addition to the control voltage output for
integration into a MOTM patch.
If anyone has any interest in this alternate controller, please send me
e-mail privately. If you have general questions you think the group might
benefit from , please post them here. Once I have my Tannerin kit built
and working with my MOTM stuff, I will be certain to make a full report and
some audio clips available to the list.
Larry Hendry