Comments on: Pitched Turntable Virtuosity on Vestax, and More Theremin Tunes

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:26:42 +0000

It’s always nice to hear keyboards with great sound. Nice videos.

By: richardn

richardn — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 14:24:15 +0000

For those tired of lame theremin covers…
http://youtube.com/watch?v=b5cOdZh4zK8&mode=related&search=
she really does rock more.

By: dead_red_eyes

dead_red_eyes — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:37:50 +0000

Keigo Oyamada (Cornelius) can play the hell out of a Theremin. He’s got wonderful pitch control … he can feel the notes just like Clara Rockmore can. Not many people can play the Theremin like that, it’s very impressive.

So bring on the Theremin onslaught please!

I like to run my Theremin thru a chorus, delay, and fuzz pedal … sounds seriously wicked.

By: Mick Bordet

Mick Bordet — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:34:05 +0000

Anyone ever run one through some distortion and/or another kind of effect?

Jon Bernhardt uses a MoogerFooger on the Video Killed the Radio Star clip above (3rd one down). If you’re using anything other than reverb or delay then distortion of some sort is almost essential to create some harmonics to work with – the raw sound is very pure and doesn’t really work with filters, etc.

By: vandeloow

vandeloow — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:31:01 +0000

about theremin artists:
she performce the theremin very well:
http://www.myspace.com/doritchrysler

enjoy!

btw: peter, your blog is great, thanks!

By: sillicon

sillicon — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:50:32 +0000

lol @ the above..

By: el paolo

el paolo — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:29:36 +0000

Ok, yea, better in classical music. I certainly can imagine the skill involved, and Clara’s videos visually demonstrate the precision needed…but I guess I’d rather just hear a stringed instrument.

Anyone ever run one through some distortion and/or another kind of effect?

By: Mick Bordet

Mick Bordet — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 23:52:08 +0000

How much more 'classical' can you get than THE great thereminist, Clara Rockmore. Loads of YouTube goodness HERE. Nobody has surpassed her yet.

By: el paolo

el paolo — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 23:33:42 +0000

True, true. I’ll shutup now. ;) Nice work on the Robotspeak video, btw.

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Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:55:14 +0000

[...] Yahoo Link to Article youtube Pitched Turntable Virtuosity on Vestax, and More Theremin Tunes » Posted at Create Digital Music on Monday, June 25, 2007 Speaking of going beyond traditional instruments like keyboards, the urge to reinvent pitch interfaces continues. Via comments, weâ€™ve got some additions. tripmastermonkee points us to this demo by DJ Woody on the Vestax Controller One, the turntable with pitch control and pitch buttons seen previously on CDM: Sure, View Entire Article » [...]