Theremins

Giblet

not sure what forum to post this in, anyone here ever make a theremin (you know the thing that jimmy page uses in WholelottaLove)i've gotten a LDR theremin schematic off some site and just want to know that if you built one was it successful.

hacktavist

Whats a theremin?
Could you post the schematics?

Boston

A theremin is an electronic musical instrument based on the the theory of beat frequencies. Musicians should recognize this as a way to tune an instrument to a reference tone. When you play a particular tone and it is not in tune with a reference tone, of the same frequency, there is a recognizable pulse (or beat) until the two tones are brought to the same frequency. The more pulses, the further off the tuning. The theremin uses an electronic oscillator as a stable reference tone of a very high frequency (inaudible and most often in the low radio frequency range). It has another electronic oscillator, initially in tune with the reference, which has a variable frequency controlled by the proximity of the hand to a capacitive sensing element (usually an antenna of some sort). The difference between the two frequencies is a pitch in the audible range which is detected and amplified. Move your hand near and away from the sensing element and get musical pitches.

Giblet

they make funny noises when you put your hand near them, like a detuned radio i suppose

hacktavist

And you want to put it in your case?

po0k

This is a Hardware Modding site, and IMHO, this constitutes a hardware mod/contruction.
This is the only boards forum I can think of it fits into.

Doesn't have to have anything to do with Deltas or Thermaltakes (

Giblet

its a musical instrument