With its accelerometer, digital compass, and sound generation capabilities, the iPhone has become a popular platform for theremin simulator applications. We've put together a handy round-up of all the theremin apps we could find. Many of these are also available for the iPod Touch or iPad too.

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Unsigned comic musician Joe Pop's music is about to get a little more ethereal with the introduction of a theremin into the strip. Joe is the creation of artist Dave Laplante, who has been drawing the weekly strip since 2006. Dave promises the theremin will feature prominently in upcoming editions, and there may even be a clever surprise thrown in as well. We'll let you know as new strips are posted each week so you can follow along as Joe and his bass player get their theremin on!

Read: joepoptoons.com

Octant is an acoustic-robotic band built by lead singer Matt Steinke. He's raising money to produce a record of the mechnical band's songs. His "Optical Theremin Sampling Watch" is availble as a premium for a donation, the details are on the Octant Kickstarter project site.

Skip Note Studio's entry into the iPhone theremin category is Air Melody, an app that combines an innovative pitch wheel with traditional theremin-like dynamics controls to create a truly playable instrument. On top of that, it feautres built-in iPod controls so you can jam along to your favorite tracks "thereoke" style. I recently took Air Melody for a spin on my iPhone 3gs with iOS 4.0, and... read more

I recently had the opportunity to chat with the lovely and talented Yvonne Lambert, multi-instrumentalist and front-woman for the Austin, TX based band The Octopus Project. Between touring and writing new music with the band, stitching together hand-made stuffed animals for their fan store, teaching theremin workshops, and doing demonstrations for kids’ music camps, Yvonne Lambert is one busy woman!

One thing in particular stood out as I talked with Yvonne – she’s doing what she loves... (read more...)

It's a great big theremin world folks! If you're anywhere near Santiago, Chile on July 22nd, be sure to check out Cristian Torres' first "official" performance!

Les invito al concierto que realizaré este jueves 22 de Julio, a las 20:00 hrs. en la Sala de la SCD del Mall Plaza Vespucio. Interpretaré piezas en Theremin y en un prototipo de Ondas Martenot, junto al pianista Freddy Ogalde, espero su asistencia y apoyo en este evento.

Valor de las entradas

Pre-venta : 3000 pesos por 2 personas
Dia del evento: 2000 pesos por persona.

Las entradas se venden por sistema feriaticket.cl, en tiendas feria del disco o en las salas SCD.

Nos vemos!

YouTube sensation Brett Domino's latest medley video features him playing a line on a theremin. If you're not familiar with Domino's work, he covers a wide variety of popular songs with his own quirky touch. Kudos for exposing more folks to the theremin Brett!

Extra points if you can name the theremin model he's using!

Watch: Brett Domino: Now! 75 Chart Medley (ft. JLS, Jay-Z, Justin Bieber, N-Dubz, 3OH!3, Ke$ha)

For your theremin amusement today, the ultimately creative "Auto-Tune the News" folks worked in a scene with Katie Couric playing an Etherwave theremin in their Episode 11 video. I actually think it's fun to see the theremin showing up in a piece of pop art like this. You?

Watch: Auto-Tune the News #11 (YouTube)