theramin

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Might see if I can do it myself, make some sort of oscillator like a theramin …

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  • Anger played her voice like a theramin, sending it from the depths of Charlton Heston to the heights of PeeWee Herman, sometimes within the space of a single dirty word. —  F ;SF - vol 102 issue 04 - April 2002
  • Might see if I can do it myself, make some sort of oscillator like a theramin —  doggdot.us
  • He also threw in some mad-scientist vibes as he coaxed ghostly whistles from a theramin, that oddball electronic instrument that few artists have in their lineups. —  RGJ.com - Latest News
  • Seconded-will check out that Nigel North, but am myself a huge admirer of Hopkinson Smith, can recommend "Album" and his Bach partitas collection "L'Oeuvre de Luth" ... great to play i'm sure but how i wince when it's time for a theramin solo at a gig all that hand waving and those stuck-in-a-glass-box shapes Classic song but ... not a hurdy-gurdy near it, I'm afraid ... —  Word Magazine - Comments
  • And you can tweak the properties of the theramin while playing - pitch range, waveform, etc … Very cool. —  D'Arcy Norman dot net
 

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