Thanks, Jon!
Seems like everyone's got a tale to tell.
Mal ,'Safe'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Polter-Cow - Feb 11, 2005 6:53:32 pm PST #7342 of 10003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Jesse - Feb 11, 2005 6:53:33 pm PST #7343 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Har. I just clicked on the sample sounds from that theremin, and my cat -- who doesn't react to ANYTHING on the tv, cats, dogs, nothing -- totally freaked out.
tommyrot - Feb 11, 2005 7:07:26 pm PST #7344 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Now I'm tempted to buy a theremin and see if I can get my cat to play it. I could give him a treat every time he got close enough to make a noise out of it.
Although maybe a cat could not control both the pitch and volume at the same time. Better get another cat.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 11, 2005 7:15:41 pm PST #7345 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Now I'm curious. I remember Valerie from Mistle Thrush thanking her dad for helping her build her theremin. Do they also come in kit form? Or is that more a "mad scientist" project?
tommyrot - Feb 11, 2005 7:20:20 pm PST #7346 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I googled "theremin kit" and came up with a lot of matches....
Frankenbuddha - Feb 11, 2005 7:23:02 pm PST #7347 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I googled "theremin kit" and came up with a lot of matches....
If any of them are porn, I do not want to know.
And after that, saying "I don't Google enough" sounds all sorts of wrong...
tommyrot - Feb 11, 2005 7:26:27 pm PST #7348 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Or if you want to be super extra special double-fudge geeky, you can forgo a kit and build a theremin from scratch: [link]
DXMachina - Feb 12, 2005 3:00:36 am PST #7349 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Congratulations, Anonymous-for-Now-Buffista!!
Hah! I guessed it!!!
Congratulations to hayden and mrs. hayden and baby Abraham!!!
Lyra Jane - Feb 12, 2005 3:39:13 am PST #7350 of 10003
Up with the sun
Yay for all the haydens.
Jon B. - Feb 12, 2005 4:59:25 am PST #7351 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I remember Valerie from Mistle Thrush thanking her dad for helping her build her theremin.
She played with us at one gig. IIRC, she used a PAIA Theremax. It's one of the most popular theremin kits for hobbyists, but it's (more) difficult to play musically.
The Etherwave I mentioned above also comes in kit form (for $50 less than the finished version), but the circuit board is preassembled, so it's not nearly as overwhelming to build as the PAIA. I bought my Etherwave from a kit and, with barely any soldering experience, assembled the electronics in an evening. Sanding, staining and varnishing the case, on the other hand, took a few days.
And Abraham is adorable!