Picture of the Month Gallery
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October 2005 - Robert Hofmann
Robert sent in this picture of his cat lounging next to his Etherwave. No jokes about what his playing sounds like, please.
Afterall, he did win one of our contests :) If you look closely, you'll see a few strips of
aluminum foil glued to the top of his theremin. Robert can get specific pitch intervals by simply touching these strips
as he plays. Pamelia Kurstin was particularly interested in this trick and used it as an example when telling folks at
Ethermusic 2005 that anyone can be an innovator. Thanks Robert!
September 2005 - Chris Conway
Reader and musician Chris Conway sent us this photo of himself getting "Matrix" on his Etherwave
theremin. Thanks for the pic, Chris, and remember... there is no spoon.
August 2005 - Pamelia Kurstin and Herb Deutsch at Ethermusic 2005
I took so many pictures at Ethermusic 2005, it was tough to pick one for the photo of the month. But I think
this photo showing two people from very different phases of Bob Moog's theremin career together along with
his most celebrated professional theremin just sums up the whole experience. This shot was taken after
Pamelia Kurstin's workshop on "walking bass" theremin technique.
July 2005 - Forest of Theremins at the Cave - Mz. Smlph
This month's shot comes from Mz. Smlph's mom, Sue, who had just discovered the theremin 1 night before snapping this picture at
a theremin contest at The Cave in Chapel Hill, NC.
Read Mz. Smlph's blog for a great account of
the fun had by all that night.
May 2005 - Upgraded PAiA Theremax by James Jacobson
James Jacobson sent us a series of pictures detailing some modifications he made to
a PAiA Theremax kit. He
writes:
I didn't care for the Paia case or antennae, so I
decided to make my own. As you can see from the
photos, I made the top of the case hinged for easy
access to the tuning coils. Also visible in the
photos are the Etherwave-type sled feet, and a
microphone stand on the underside.
I modified the circuit to suit my particular taste.
The original circuit gives the Theremax around 9-10
octaves in a short control range - this makes it very
difficult to accurately play notes, and the extreme
upper register is fairly unmusical. So I changed the
operating frequency in order to decrease the operating
range to approximately 5 octaves. This has a positive
effect on playability. Furthermore, I added a
inductance coil in series with the pitch antenna in
order to get a linear pitch response. In addition, I
replaced the Paia wire pitch antennas with rod-type to
further improve the control ranges.
I also changed the values in the low-pass filter and
timbre control, and added coupling to the LC ciruits
in order to tweak the sound.
I am happy to report that the Theremax is now very
playable, and has a better linear response than a
standard Etherwave, although it is not as linear as my
Etherwave pro, unfortunately.
Nice mods James! Thanks for sharing! You can see the rest of James' photos here.
April 2005 - Custom Moog 201 Theremin by Andrew Baron
Andrew Baron built this custom Moog 201 theremin and even got it signed by Bob himself!
In addition to the original design, Andrew added a built-in osciloscope so players can
see the waveform being generated. More details and pictures to follow in an upcoming
article soon...
Feb/March 2005 - Lev, a theremin-playing robot
Lev is the creation of Ranjit Bhatnagar and was featured in Artbots 2003. Lev
is constructed from every day objects and microcontrollers. Be sure to check out
Ranjit's site, moonmilk laboratories for more pictures.
January 2005 - A Family of Moog Theremins
We're ringing in the new year with a shot of my Etherwave Ethervox theremins joined by a
visiting cousin - the new Moog Etherwave Pro. This is my review unit of the 'Pro, so
unfortunately it won't be able to hang out with us all year. Sorry for the poor lighting
in this shot, but it should give you some idea of how the Pro compares to the others
in terms of size.
More Pictures!
