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Arduino theremin-like musical instrument

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Alberto made a really nice Arduino based theremin-like musical instrument, schematics and source on the site - photos & more.

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Posted by: Maximillian on January 21, 2008 at 9:16 AM

Very cool!

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Posted by: Dan G. on January 21, 2008 at 9:38 AM

It looks like a fun project, but I think calling this a Theremin is like calling a Kazoo a Violin. :)

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Posted by: monopole on January 21, 2008 at 10:17 AM

Not a theremin since a theremin relies on capacitance to sense and generate sound, with differing lateral positions corresponding to different sound.
Still cool.

Actually a more accurate theremin simulator could be made using the tracking tech in a Wiimote:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/projects/wii/

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Posted by: nand on January 21, 2008 at 11:24 AM

monopole I think you've contradicted yourself there. A wiimote based theremin simulator would be no more accurate than this arduino based theremin simulator. Granted there would be more processing power behind the wiimote version (as you're hooking it up to a pc).
Fantastic project and I wish I had thought of that use for the ultrasonic rangefinder. Think I'll need to try this project out myself.

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Posted by: fynflood on January 21, 2008 at 12:40 PM

The title does say 'theremin-like'

I've done this one myself, takes about 3 minutes to get going, and fun to annoy the cat with ; )

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