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RS Ultimate 2b   Control & Sound

Lev will give you this kind of theremin control in a week

piano-key4.mp3
(287k) 04.30.05

This is optical beam volume control and your hands touch nothing.
A2-A3-A4-A5 about 20 linear inches, I blew A5 Ouch !@#$

Same setup as above except played conventional-vol3.mp3 (187k) 05.01.05
I make this up as I go, purely from the ether . . . 
The sound bytes below are natural and raw to make a comparison.
These waveforms are created with coil angles and antenna
components

I now wonder if even harmonics generate opposite odd harmonics separated by the Null Point?
This is the Ult2b waveform displaying an sine wave with a harmonic seen in the lower valley.

What does it sound  like? "nice"

sine-odd.mp3
(137k)

This waveform is very relaxed on the magnetic field.
This is the Ult2b waveform displaying an even harmonic.

What does it sound  like?

even.mp3 (123k)

This waveform required stress between the two coil magnetic fields to create this even harmonic. The sharp peaks reveal the circuit tension and snapping of the oscillator cycles.
This is the Ult2b waveform displaying an 8th fundamental even harmonic  overtone revealed on the rise and dampened on the fall.

What does it sound  like?

8th-fun.mp3
(201k)

This waveform is a relaxed pitch. I was using Lev's antenna and at the moment I don't remember what I was doing. I go through so many test that I don't document everything or recognize uniqueness in the moment.
In my transistor theremin designs I find a mix of even and odd harmonics to sound more interesting.

What does it sound  like? 

even-odd.mp3
(136k)

The odd shaped broader top of this wave gives it a more voice like sound.
Check out this freeware sound card oscilloscope for high resolution, precision wave shapes  osc251.zip  (89k) This is what I use to analyze wave shapes before I record a sound file.