Theremins | Moog Theremins

Notes: The Theremini is a re-imagination of one of the oldest electronic musical instrument in history, and Bob Moog's first love - the theremin. Its design fuses the experience of performing with an instrument you don't actually touch, with a powerful sound engine derived from Moog's award winning synthesizer, Animoog. The Theremini guarantees immediate success to any player at any skill level, while providing new ways to experiment with music, education, and gestural control.

Assistive pitch correction allows each player to adjust the instruments level of playing difficulty. At the maximum position, the Theremini will play every note in a selected scale perfectly, making it impossible to play a wrong note. As this control is decreased, more expressive control of pitch becomes possible. When set to minimum, the Theremini will perform as a traditional theremin with analog heterodyning oscillator and absolutely no pitch assistance.

A built in tuner supplies real-time visual feedback of each note as it is played, as well as its proximity to perfection. This is useful for correcting a users playing position, or to educate younger players about pitch and scales.

The presets section allows you to select from 32 wave or wavetable-based patches, store a selected scale & root note, set and recall a specified playing range, and specify per-patch settings for the included stereo delay.

Recessed in the top of the Theremini is a compact speaker perfect for private rehearsal and quick setup anywhere. Silent rehearsal is also possible via front panel headphone jack. Simply plug in ear-buds or headphones and the built in speaker becomes silent.

For live performance and gestural control, the rear panel features two line level audio outputs, a pitch CV output with selectable range, and a mini USB jack for MIDI I/O and connectivity.

Notes: A simple Theremin like the Distant Voices Theremin became famous mainly due to Jimmy Page, who has been using this weird instrument on stage for the most of his career. The pole antenna is not the best choice for theremins - a plate antenna is much more sensitive - but the show design has been defined by Jimmy.

Also this is not meant to play melodies as much as it is meant to produce a nice spectrum of horrifying sounds and noises.

Technical details:

Black plastic box

Width: 17 cm

Including all operating parts

Height: 8 cm without antenna

Depth: cca 6 cm

cca 60 cm antenna

Weight including 9V battery: cca 230 g