Beer of the Bass Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 On 09/08/2024 at 13:34, Happy Jack said: Many years ago, when my sister still lived in New York, she and her husband invited @Silvia Bluejay and me to go out for a gig. I asked to go to Joe's Pub to see Bill Kirchen, and when I noticed that the earlier act (they do two 'houses' each night) was The Theremin Society Of New York I said we just had to see that too. In truth, I completely misinterpreted the listing, thinking this would be like a theremin orchestra. It wasn't. It really was the Society, a bunch of club members who all played theremins in the security of their own homes, and once a year they took over a prestigious music venue oon Manhattan to showcase what they'd been up to since last year. I'll say this for that evening ... it was memorable. Not in a good way, but By God! was it memorable. Reminds me of some of the overly serious theremin enthusiast crowd that I've run into online when researching instruments. Did they disdain any pop music and sci-fi soundtrack use of the theremin, and use it to play classical and operatic excerpts, badly? I suspect they wouldn't like the Stylophone theremin as it has only a single antenna and the "real" instrument has one for volume too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 19 minutes ago, Beer of the Bass said: I suspect they wouldn't like the Stylophone theremin as it has only a single antenna and the "real" instrument has one for volume too. To be fair, having owned a two antenna theremin, to get anything other than spooky/sci-fi noises out of it you really need the volume one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted August 20 Author Share Posted August 20 6 hours ago, BigRedX said: To be fair, having owned a two antenna theremin, to get anything other than spooky/sci-fi noises out of it you really need the volume one. Or a volume pedal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 What’s the theremin equivalent of Jaco only needed 4 stringz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JottoSW1 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 On 15/08/2024 at 18:44, meterman said: Got my confirmation email this afternoon as well. I'll believe it actually exists when the theremin is in my studio and I'm actually making freaky noises with it. Then I'll put batteries in it and make it go "wheee-ooo-waouh-eee-ooh" etc... Thought that was the Bangles..?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JottoSW1 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 On 20/08/2024 at 16:41, ped said: What’s the theremin equivalent of Jaco only needed 4 stringz Only needed 33 oscillators ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard R Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 On 20/08/2024 at 16:41, ped said: What’s the theremin equivalent of Jaco only needed 4 stringz Leon only needed two coat hangers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 Out of stock. Now do I wait for the next batch to be produced, or for yours to start appearing on the Accessories & Other Musically Related Items For Sale area? Whichever, I want one 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted September 7 Author Share Posted September 7 Well, you have to wait a bit, even the first batch hasn't turned up yet. They said 8 weeks, 4.5 weeks ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted October 28 Share Posted October 28 Just got mine!! It’s great fun. I’ll try and use it with the band. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted October 28 Author Share Posted October 28 Mine isn't here yet! Hmm.. will check in case it has turned up and I wasn't informed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 As well as performing ghostly sounds from under a white sheet this evening, I'm also performing at work in the kitchen in a couple of weeks 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 I got a notification yesterday to say mine had shipped , so fingers crossed, it might turn up today. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted October 31 Author Share Posted October 31 I had a notification that mine was going to turn up on saturday, so there is the weekend sorted 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 30 minutes ago, Woodinblack said: I had a notification that mine was going to turn up on saturday, so there is the weekend sorted It’s great fun. I just put mine through my pedalboard. I’m getting the hang of setting the range of the antenna but using mix mode means changing the range so that your hand on the slider doesn’t affect the aerial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard R Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 25 minutes ago, ped said: It’s great fun. I just put mine through my pedalboard. I’m getting the hang of setting the range of the antenna but using mix mode means changing the range so that your hand on the slider doesn’t affect the aerial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 Mine arrived earlier. Top tip for anyone expecting a Theremin, make sure you've got 6xAA charged up batteries on hand. I've just spent the last couple of hours charging batteries. Only just had a fairly quick go, I had to resort to the instructions to get the aerial working and I'm sure I could do a better initial set up once I'm a bit more familiar with the instrument, but so far it's a lot of fun. Using the slider and the button it's pretty easy to get a simple tune or bassline out of it. Using the aerial is a lot more tricky, but it's early days yet. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
police squad Posted November 1 Share Posted November 1 ordered yesterday. fingers crossed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
police squad Posted November 1 Share Posted November 1 just turned up. Off work early today so should get a chance to have a play after I've walked the pooch 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
police squad Posted November 1 Share Posted November 1 Well it works I have no idea what I'm going to do with it Yet😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted November 6 Author Share Posted November 6 Mine turned up, and had some fun with it, a bit too sensitve to everything but I guess it gets easier setting up with time! I can say though in a small survey I did, 100% of pigeons don't like theramins. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted November 6 Share Posted November 6 44 minutes ago, Woodinblack said: Mine turned up, and had some fun with it, a bit too sensitve to everything but I guess it gets easier setting up with time! I can say though in a small survey I did, 100% of pigeons don't like theramins. Have you done a comparative experiment with bagpipes and accordions? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted November 6 Author Share Posted November 6 1 hour ago, tauzero said: Have you done a comparative experiment with bagpipes and accordions? Not the real instruments, but synthesizers playing accordians yes, bagpipes I am not sure about, I think I might have had to leave the room for that which would make counting hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard R Posted November 7 Share Posted November 7 On 06/11/2024 at 15:05, tauzero said: Have you done a comparative experiment with bagpipes and accordions? I suspect both bagpipes and accordians are indifferent to theramins. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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