[LAU] RE: Theremin

[Folderol]

On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:46:07 +0100
Gordon JC Pearce <gordon at gjcp.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 2007-08-25 at 17:54 -0400, Paul DeShaw wrote:
> > 
> > on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:26:41 -1000 david <gnome at hawaii.rr.com>wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Atte Andr Jensen wrote:
> > > david wrote:
> > >
> > >> I hope someday to have the money for a Theremin.
> > >
> > > Me too :-)
> > 
> > David and Andre,
> > 
> > Try www.paia.com .  You have to put the kit together yourself, but it's under US$300.
> > 
> > These folks made analog synth kits in the '70's.
> 
> http://www.thereminworld.com/EPEArticle.asp
> 
> One of the first hits in Google for "theremin circuit".  If you just
> want to hook it up to an amp, don't build anything to the right of the
> volume control.  You do kind of need the slightly odd diodes, but it
> should work at least a bit with pretty much any diode or transistor.

OA91 is virtually identical, and still available from most decent
electronics places.

> Note that this design doesn't have a volume antenna - you'd need a
> volume pedal or something.
> 
> Gordon

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Will J Godfrey
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