Hi 👋 I’m considering one of these… good demo and helpful run through of its sounds too 🙏🏻💯 Please can I ask, can all the presets be set to zero pitch correction (if you wanted to) so it would be possible for all the preset tones to be fully smooth pitched?
Yes you can! There is a control that adjusts the pitch correction knob. It affects each voice differently though. Combined with the 'auto tune' knob, and the 'effect' button, you can get a huge range of sounds from it. You can adjust the delay, the root note and also, if you use pitch correction, the scale that is used (mixylodian, lydian etc). It really has many more capabilities than this quick demo showed.
Because it is digital, you can adjust the octave range, and start on whatever note you want for each voice. When playing, it is probably best to stick to a 3-4 octave range, but you might want a more dramatic range... and you can set it up. I haven't tested the maximum. The Theremini manual can be downloaded as a pdf file from the moog website, if you want specifics.
Hoping this answers your question... From the moog website:- "Connect the Theremini to a computer using the mini USB port, it will automatically send MIDI CC messages to your Digital Audio Workstation. By default, the voltage of the pitch antenna sends CC 20 while the volume antenna sends CC 2, both over MIDI Channel 1. However you can change the CC message or MIDI channel for each by pressing SETUP and then navigating to the MIDI CV setup menu. These MIDI CC messages can then be mapped to any parameter of a virtual instrument or sent to an external synth by your DAW. So for instance, if you wanted to play a VST using conventional theremin technique, you would map CC 2 to the volume of the instrument and then map CC 20 to the pitch within your DAW. The Theremini’s antennae would then change the sound in the same way it would change its onboard sounds. To control an external synth with the Theremini, you will have to change the MIDI CC each antenna outputs to the CC corresponding to whatever parameter of your hardware synth you want to control. Note that the Theremini does not output NOTE data or GATE. So you will have to either play a note manually, send a continuous MIDI note, or use the hold or sustain function on your instrument if it has one. "
@mrjonthehat Wow seems complicated. Thanks for the detailed answer bro. I'm more of a hardware guy (but i am rather fond of GarageBand and Zenbeats) I'll just stick to my older easy to understand synthesizers lol. Greetings from Texas 💯
It's quite a difficult instrument to use, to try and play along with a band, but it is fun, and the digital pitch stepping, and display help you stay in tune. It is also cheaper and more versatile than other theremin, is easy to transport and set up, and it has a built in speaker as well as lines in and out, so it doesn't need to be played through an amp. I would recommend it. Everyone wants to try to play it, and hear it.,so resale value would probably be higher than most musical instruments. 🤪
Hi 👋 I’m considering one of these… good demo and helpful run through of its sounds too 🙏🏻💯
Please can I ask, can all the presets be set to zero pitch correction (if you wanted to) so it would be possible for all the preset tones to be fully smooth pitched?
Yes you can! There is a control that adjusts the pitch correction knob. It affects each voice differently though. Combined with the 'auto tune' knob, and the 'effect' button, you can get a huge range of sounds from it. You can adjust the delay, the root note and also, if you use pitch correction, the scale that is used (mixylodian, lydian etc).
It really has many more capabilities than this quick demo showed.
Thanks for sharing. This overview is very useful. PS I like your down to earth commentary too.
I’m waiting for mine to arrive in the next couple of days.... exciting stuff!
So do you love or hate it a year later?
do you love it or hate it 3 years later?
I like this. I've got one but haven't really used it. I'll have to get it out again.
Thank you for this demo.
Yep, Thanks! I am not a musician but enjoy fiddling with it as with a harmonica; we all have rhythm built in us !
Thank you...this was very helpful.
I'll have to try that Eire with my low whistles
This looks Super interesting
Great demonstration
Very futuristic i LOVE it
Thanks 🙏
Thank you for the demo brother! Huge help
Thanks for this.
Thx for this demo man!!!
25 was my favourite
thank you so much for vid. do you know by chance if the theremini has midi capabilities too?
moogmusicsupport.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360050430834-Can-the-Theremini-be-used-to-play-an-external-synth-using-MIDI-
Hi from Paris! 18.LONG ECHOES >5.10 = FORBIDDEN PLANET movie soundtrack...
Wow! I think #19 “Strange Stuff” would sound right at home in the “Forbidden Planet” soundtrack, too…
@@makers1958
yes I think so too! 👍
How much octaves does it have?
Because it is digital, you can adjust the octave range, and start on whatever note you want for each voice. When playing, it is probably best to stick to a 3-4 octave range, but you might want a more dramatic range... and you can set it up. I haven't tested the maximum. The Theremini manual can be downloaded as a pdf file from the moog website, if you want specifics.
can't get volume on built-in speakers that loud.
When you perform the 'set-up', there is an option for boosting the volume output of the speaker. Maybe that will help.
@@mrjonthehat tks but its default is already 100% . kinda disappointed. Wanted to at around and play. Possibly defective idk thanks
3:20 sounds like a wobbly cat
Can you can control it using the Micro midi port and synth
Hoping this answers your question... From the moog website:-
"Connect the Theremini to a computer using the mini USB port, it will automatically send MIDI CC messages to your Digital Audio Workstation. By default, the voltage of the pitch antenna sends CC 20 while the volume antenna sends CC 2, both over MIDI Channel 1. However you can change the CC message or MIDI channel for each by pressing SETUP and then navigating to the MIDI CV setup menu.
These MIDI CC messages can then be mapped to any parameter of a virtual instrument or sent to an external synth by your DAW. So for instance, if you wanted to play a VST using conventional theremin technique, you would map CC 2 to the volume of the instrument and then map CC 20 to the pitch within your DAW. The Theremini’s antennae would then change the sound in the same way it would change its onboard sounds.
To control an external synth with the Theremini, you will have to change the MIDI CC each antenna outputs to the CC corresponding to whatever parameter of your hardware synth you want to control.
Note that the Theremini does not output NOTE data or GATE. So you will have to either play a note manually, send a continuous MIDI note, or use the hold or sustain function on your instrument if it has one. "
@mrjonthehat Wow seems complicated. Thanks for the detailed answer bro.
I'm more of a hardware guy (but i am rather fond of GarageBand and Zenbeats) I'll just stick to my older easy to understand synthesizers lol.
Greetings from Texas 💯
Truly awful camera angle, but great demo of sounds.
Is it possible to use it as a normal Midi controller and use the sounds of a Daw or sampled sounds?
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moogmusicsupport.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360050430834-Can-the-Theremini-be-used-to-play-an-external-synth-using-MIDI-
do you recommend to buy it?
It's quite a difficult instrument to use, to try and play along with a band, but it is fun, and the digital pitch stepping, and display help you stay in tune. It is also cheaper and more versatile than other theremin, is easy to transport and set up, and it has a built in speaker as well as lines in and out, so it doesn't need to be played through an amp. I would recommend it. Everyone wants to try to play it, and hear it.,so resale value would probably be higher than most musical instruments. 🤪