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Read => The
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Build My RS Ultimate 2 Theremin
(100% Radio Shack)
It is
about capturing a natural organic voice, not just building
a pretty box with two cutoff coat
hangers sticking out of it.
- Play 3 to
5 octaves "Perfect Linear Pitch" for aerial
fingering.
- Play two
voices
for real-time optical volume &
timbre
control.
- Null Point
tuning LED turns off at Null Point or beams voice # 2.
- Power On LED,
beams main voice # 1 for real time timbre mix.
- Optical Volume
Control - excellent response, position like the standard
hoop.
- Line
level output, drives computer amplified
speakers or home stereo.
- Batteries -
uses 8
to 10 ma @ 6 volts on 4 AA
batteries which will last years!
- Temperature drift is
a "non-issue" due to the balanced minimal
part design.
- Radio Shack parts are used to make this
a possible weekend project.
- True Heterodyne-Pitch
/ Optical-Volume - build for about $75 usd
"You will succeed if you
focus on the invisible and do what seems
impossible,
learn to play the only musical instrument you will
not touch!"
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| Schematics
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| RS
Ultimate
2b
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"True Theremin",
etch your board, optical volume 2 voice
Timbre effect
- A
must visit!
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| Lev's
Antenna
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<= This Antenna
design gives a heterodyne theremin "perfect"
linear pitch,
really!
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| Optical
Volume
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CdS Photocell -Simple volume control better than a
hoop. Less than $5
usd
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| The
Ultermen 5
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Polyphonic Theremin Cello -
Create Fascinating music with 5
Voices! This extra board gives you Volume Control, Staccato & Timbre
effects. Still experimental awesome potential!
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| Sixth
Voice
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Square to Sine wave shaper used with the Ultermen 5 or
Optical Theremin
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| Optical
Theremin |
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A simple $15
technique to get that theremin effect, square wave output |
| My
Links |
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Dr.
Paul Tanner
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The Father of the Electro-Theremin
on the 1966 Beach Boys "Good Vibrations" song.
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| The
Showcase
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Photos
of your constructed Ultimate 2b Theremins - A
must visit! |
| Acoustic Effects
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Using
"Acoustic Effects" "A
free Gift
is on this Page!" |
| The
Graveyard
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Past photos and designs, just too
good to bury |
| Observations
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My theory of how
the theremin works, could most have it wrong? |
| The
illusion
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Why most beginning
theremin players quit before they start! - A
must visit! |
| Aerial
Fingering
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Understand
better what you are observing as the Thereminist plays |
| The
FAQ
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A
messy page with valuable information |
| Who
Am I ?
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Visit Christopher's home
webpage. Where I live, photo's and more |
| test
.mp3's
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Sine
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.mp3
(54 k)
Sine wave from the Ultimate 2b, every voice develops from
this.
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| Over
Rainbow
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.mp3
(235
k) Ultimate 2b
Perfecting transistor
analog sound.
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| Clara's
Voice
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.mp3
(225
k)
Intimate, no reverb or faking the beauty
of true analog, coming soon.
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| One Angel
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.mp3
(297k)
Advanced Ultermen 5,
this reveals the broad range of octave sliding and blending with a
complex analog pitch. I
am using a metal bucket and Acoustic Effects
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Get a .mp3 sample from any model you intend to buy or build. If
none is available view that
as a warning!!!
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| Valuable
Links |
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Email - Christopher at RS Theremin:
theremin@oldtemeculaX.com
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Several electronic devices over the years have been
falsely identified as true theremins, yet stirred great interest in this unusual
instrument. Some of these devices emulated a analog theremin
quite effectively but are better classified as alternative theremin
concepts or replicants. "Imagine
an old timer interested in your keyboard synth and you
try
to convince
him it's a old time piano."
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Clara
Rockmore
- played a "true theremin"
using tubes (valves) built by Lev Termen. Clara's genius
sets the standard we strive for today in her original true theremin sound and
style of play.
"Vocalize"
.mp3 (777k) performed by Clara
(circa 1940) demonstrates the essence of
a pure theremin and a perfection in sound that modern day theremin
designers "hope" to
achieve.
Lydia
Kavina video on YouTube
- Plays a "true
theremin" using transistors. She is universally
recognized as being one of the world's greatest virtuoso's
of the theremin. The niece of Lev Termen's first cousin,
Kavina was born in Moscow and began studying the theremin
under the direction of Lev Termen when she was nine years
old. Lydia's
CD & MP3 Samples
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Steve
Vai's Song - Cristian Torres is the Thereminist
on a single antenna theremin. Nice!
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My Mentors
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Lev Termen
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Forrest M. Mims III
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Don Lancaster
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Thinkers
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Meet some true theremin thinkers
who blossomed into teachers!
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| Jason
Barille |
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Founder of "Theremin World" with focus on
knowledge and rising stars. |
| Theremin
Vox |
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T-Vox Investigates the relations between art, technology and the human
body. |
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Wilco Boterman |
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"The theremin at the start of the 21st century" by
Teletouch, a must visit webpage. |
| Art's
Harrison |
- Learn about
the Theremin, you will find years of Art's research
& designs. |
| Kip
Rosser |
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Brilliance in theremin and creativity can be found in Performance. |
| Giorgio
Necordi |
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Read his inspired
understanding of theremin theory, quite good. |
| kevin
kissinger |
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A true thinker, expert on the Theremax,
also plays the EtherWave Pro. |
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Professor Wes Weasely
- Thinking Outside
the Box. |
| Spellbound |
a
brief program of
music for theremin |
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Weekly
Theremin Radio
Sunday
Nights 10 pm to Midnight EST
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