Anthony Palomba

I would like to use a Theramin as the source of a control 

signal to control things in Max. I was wondering if anyone

out there has tried this. What else would I need to convert 

the signal in to something Max can use? Can anyone recommend 

something for signal conversion? Any recommendations

I would like to use a Theramin as the source of a control 
signal to control things in Max. I was wondering if anyone
out there has tried this. What else would I need to convert 
the signal in to something Max can use? Can anyone recommend 
something for signal conversion? Any recommendations
on Theramins would be welcome too.

anyone-have-any-experience-using-a-theramin-and-max

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A MIDI Theremin would be the best place to start. You can then do whatever you want with the incoming data - see the Max tutorial "Using MIDI Data" on how to get started.

http://www.bigbriar.com/detail.php?main_product_id=14)

 theremin for years. You can save yourself a little money by building the kit. Its not difficult and a lot of fun to build your own instrument.

A MIDI Theremin would be easier to use as a controller but you can use pitch tracking with an object like fiddle~ and a normal theremin. (Do a search on pitch tracking and max/msp and you will find many resources.)

I've used a big briar (http://www.bigbriar.com/detail.php?main_product_id=14) theremin for years. You can save yourself a little money by building the kit. Its not difficult and a lot of fun to build your own instrument.

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> A MIDI Theremin would be easier to use as a controller but you can use pitch tracking with an object like fiddle~ and a normal theremin. (Do a search on pitch tracking and max/msp and you will find many resources.)

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Stefan Smulovitz wrote:
> I've used a big briar (http://www.bigbriar.com/detail.php?main_product_id=14) theremin for years. You can save yourself a little money by building the kit. Its not difficult and a lot of fun to build your own instrument.
>
> A MIDI Theremin would be easier to use as a controller but you can use pitch tracking with an object like fiddle~ and a normal theremin. (Do a search on pitch tracking and max/msp and you will find many resources.)
>
> Stefan
> --
> -----------------------------------------
> Stefan Smulovitz
> www.kenaxis.com
>
>


> I would like to use a Theramin as the source of a control

> signal to control things in Max. I was wondering if anyone

> out there has tried this. What else would I need to convert

> the signal in to something Max can use? Can anyone recommend

> something for signal conversion? Any recommendations

Fiddle~ to get the pitch antenna and rms detection for the volume antenna

does work... But you can't of course get the pitch if you are touching the

volume antenna as there is no sound to analyse...

> I would like to use a Theramin as the source of a control
> signal to control things in Max. I was wondering if anyone
> out there has tried this. What else would I need to convert
> the signal in to something Max can use? Can anyone recommend
> something for signal conversion? Any recommendations
> on Theramins would be welcome too.
>
>
>
>
> Anthony
>
Fiddle~ to get the pitch antenna and rms detection for the volume antenna
does work... But you can't of course get the pitch if you are touching the
volume antenna as there is no sound to analyse...


Thanks for the links you guys. I don't think the

MIDI Theramin would give me the resolution I am

looking for. I need something that will give me finer

control. pitch~/fiddle~ would probably work well.

Although ideally I would prefer a raw conversion of 

the control signal and no mapping to a predefined pitch 

tuning, that way I can map it to anything I want.

Subject: Re: [maxmsp] Anyone have any experience using a Theramin and 

> > I would like to use a Theramin as the source of a control

> > signal to control things in Max. I was wondering if anyone

> > out there has tried this. What else would I need to convert

> > the signal in to something Max can use? Can anyone recommend

> > something for signal conversion? Any recommendations

> Fiddle~ to get the pitch antenna and rms detection for the volume 

> antennadoes work... But you can't of course get the pitch if you 

> volume antenna as there is no sound to analyse...

Thanks for the links you guys. I don't think the
MIDI Theramin would give me the resolution I am
looking for. I need something that will give me finer
control. pitch~/fiddle~ would probably work well.
Although ideally I would prefer a raw conversion of 
the control signal and no mapping to a predefined pitch 
tuning, that way I can map it to anything I want. 

----- Original Message -----
From: Todor Todoroff 
Date: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 8:08 pm
Subject: Re: [maxmsp] Anyone have any experience using a Theramin and 
Max?

> > I would like to use a Theramin as the source of a control
> > signal to control things in Max. I was wondering if anyone
> > out there has tried this. What else would I need to convert
> > the signal in to something Max can use? Can anyone recommend
> > something for signal conversion? Any recommendations
> > on Theramins would be welcome too.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Anthony
> >
> Fiddle~ to get the pitch antenna and rms detection for the volume 
> antennadoes work... But you can't of course get the pitch if you 
> are touching the
> volume antenna as there is no sound to analyse...
>
>


a variable control voltage that may be used with their own Voltage-to-MIDI

with a different sensor interface like the Teabox for a higher resolution

(if i'm not wrong, the A-178 gives you control voltages in the range

On 8/17/06, apalomba@austin.rr.com wrote:

> Thanks for the links you guys. I don't think the

> MIDI Theramin would give me the resolution I am

> looking for. I need something that will give me finer

> control. pitch~/fiddle~ would probably work well.

> Although ideally I would prefer a raw conversion of

> the control signal and no mapping to a predefined pitch

> tuning, that way I can map it to anything I want.

The DOEPFER theremin module A-178 (http://www.doepfer.de/a178.htm) produces
a variable control voltage that may be used with their own Voltage-to-MIDI
interface (http://www.doepfer.de/a192.htm), but i think it should work also
with a different sensor interface like the Teabox for a higher resolution
(if i'm not wrong, the A-178 gives you control voltages in the range
0...+5V)

On 8/17/06, apalomba@austin.rr.com  wrote:
>
> Thanks for the links you guys. I don't think the
> MIDI Theramin would give me the resolution I am
> looking for. I need something that will give me finer
> control. pitch~/fiddle~ would probably work well.
> Although ideally I would prefer a raw conversion of
> the control signal and no mapping to a predefined pitch
> tuning, that way I can map it to anything I want.
>
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Anthony
>
>


Anyone have any experience using a Theramin and Max?