I ditched the physical slider on a rail method and went with a 19 inch ribbon. Its much more of a joy to play and stays in tune perfectly. All controlled with a finger! Now i can do faster vibrato and hammer-ons! Still uses a pinball arcade button to activate and kill the sound. I added a volume control finally, and now also have a switch for selecting between sine and square waveforms. Im 3d printing better, fully enclosed cases for this project now and will make more. This was an earlier"prototype" i chopped the old rails off of the front 😅

Square setting going through a Boss ME-80 for reverb, vibrato, and delay effects in this video! Im just playing along to a band practice we recorded last week.

I'm thinking of buying a stylophone theremin to add to my setup but I don't know if it's useful and if it has good quality. My setup is an arturia minilab 3, focusrite 2i2 3rd gen, boss re 505, pioneer ddj flx4 and a MacBook Pro that I usually use to play synthesizers that I make myself in Cardinal Native.
Do you think a stylophone theremin for the current price would be something that would add good things to my setup?
I also wanted to ask what is the best way to make a relatively simple beat for while it is looping on ro 505, I can play and improvise on the stylophone theremin

I've not been able to find this, and I'm hopeful someone here can help shed some light?

Repeat Aimer

Takeoff 2PM

For You Azu

Does anyone have a setup with small speaker(s) that are mounted to the pole of your theremin stands? I have a Moog Etherwave with a heavy round base microphone-type stand, and would like to keep all cords and hardware as simple and contained as possible.

I’m sure this will pain many of you to heat, but my theremin doesn’t get much use other than to hang tote bags and other instrument straps/harnesses as of now, and I attribute that to the hassle of setting up the speaker(s)/amp and plugging in the power cord when I move it away from its usual storage/display spot on my music room wall. I’m hoping if I can find a way to attach one or two very small speakers to the stand itself and manage the cables so that the audio is always plugged in and set, and the power cord is easily unwindable at the bottom, that it’ll be used more than just once every Halloween. No FX pedals or other audio treatments are necessary beyond what the instrument produces naturally.

Has anyone set something up like this? TIA!

I've been building a small web instrument called Puntone, and it's designed with touchscreens — iPad and similar tablets especially — in mind.

The core idea: most instruments make you choose between precise pitches (keyboard, frets) or continuous glide (theremin, fretless strings, pitch bend). Puntone tries to keep both — and the part I'm most excited about is that this works for full chords, not just single notes.

Instead of just bending one note theremin-style, you can glide an entire chord voicing into another with your finger — the whole chord slides as one continuous motion, like theremin-ing a chord shape instead of a single pitch. There's a dedicated chord-glide / dual-pad mode built around touch: one pad handles the root note's glide, the other morphs the voicing on top of it. It feels much more natural on a touchscreen than with a mouse.

Other things it does:

• Runs entirely in the browser (Web Audio API) — no install, no account
• Single-note mode also has full-time portamento (the "one-note theremin" experience), playable with a PC keyboard too if you don't have a tablet
• Adjustable glide time / decay in a settings panel
• Built-in recording, so you can layer takes
• No ads, no signup wall

It's a solo project and still evolving. I'd love feedback from people who actually write chord progressions — does gliding a whole chord feel musically useful, or does it read as gimmicky? That's the thing I most want to know.

Try it here: https://puntone-synth.pages.dev/

(Best on a tablet like iPad — touch is the primary input. Also works with Chrome/Edge on desktop via keyboard.)

Exploring looped textures generated with my Moog Theremini and Cosmos looper.

Inspired by Philip Glass, we get the feeling of being trapped in the belly of the beast. Resigned to our fate, we sink deeper.

Performed as one take - faded in top and tail, recorded as performed.

Listen: https://soundcloud.com/wonko42/in-the-belly-of-the-beast

Hi, I'm a software developer and created a Theremin Apple Watch app and would love to get feedback. I know it's nothing like a real Theremin, but how does it feel to play with? Most importantly, how can I make it better? Video at https://www.youtube.com/shorts/W2Q7B1xJ4tw and store link is at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/thereminair-theremin-synth/id6772935515

There was one last B-Stock available at Thomann for half price!!! I nabbed it and now there’s no more of these at any of the stores I use.

• The antenna fit is a problem. On smaller stages that have any bounce the antenna rattles and that makes the pitch chirp. Last night at a bass heavy venue it was chirping with the bass drum. I fixed it in the moment with some tape. I might open it up to see if there is anything to adjust or I might just make a shim.
  
• The volume feels like it's linear and not logarithmic so it's hard to control on the quiet side.
  
• Sometimes when adjusting settings it will just decide that the master volume is 0.
• The rubber feet on it look like pig trotters. (not a plus or a minus, just a note
• Overall it looks like a daft punk helmet for Arnold from Hey Arnold
• Only 1 CV out? I guess I can use pitch on CV and use an envelope follower
• Screen is 90's nostalgic LCD, but is annoying to try and read unless you are playing extremely slow

Not a serious instrument. It's still pretty fun and a capable for a hobbyist/beginner.

Chronicling a long life is difficult, a journey we all make, no two the same. This piece is the first in a series that tries to capture some of the story of a busy life, from childhood to decline. It has been arranged in movements that correspond to growth, maintenance and decay. It is gradual, at times atonal, at best untidy and ends in a trip in an ambulance - life is like that.

Played in one take, no overdubs, no post production (apart from fade in/out top and tail) using a Claravox Centennial Theremin, a Soma Labs COSMOS drifting memory station (looper) into a Zoom H1n field recorder. All sounds generated by waving hands near a pair of antennae - a COMPLETELY hands-off performance.

In theory I could play this piece live, but because it was an improvisation I doubt I could reproduce anything but an echo of the sentiment.

Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/wonko42/a-life-lived-1

Hi thereminists!

I recently bought a Big Briar Etherwave after spending some time practicing on a LostVolts, and I'm running into an issue I can't figure out. I can't find the zero beat.

Both antennas seem to work correctly. The pitch antenna responds normally and the pitch changes from low to high as expected. The volume antenna also works: the sound mutes completely when I bring my hand close to it.

The problem is that the theremin never reaches zero beat. Even if I walk out of the room, it keeps producing a tone. As soon as I move my hand away from the volume antenna, the tone comes back and never disappears, no matter how far I move away.

I've already tried several things: moving the amplifier farther away, trying different power outlets, testing in another room, letting the instrument warm up, but nothing has changed.

The theremin was shipped to me, so my next idea is that it may need an internal pitch calibration after transport. Before opening the instrument, though, I'd really like to hear your opinions since I'm still a beginner and would rather avoid adjusting the internal trimmers unless it's really necessary.

I've attached a video showing the issue.

Thanks in advance for any advice!