How would one go about...

Wilty · #1 (**permalink**) 6th August 2009 , 06:50 AM

...reproducing the sound of a theremin?

I was trying yesterday, was thinking sine waves with long attacks and wavering lfo's (the vibrato plugin was rubbish) a bit of reverb and either a bucketload of pitchbending or a smooth, long glide.
This was, as was evident by the noises I was getting, wrong. I only need it as a background sound, like a creepy-arse pad, but just couldn't nail it and now curiousity is taking over.

waxxy · #2 (**permalink**) 9th August 2009 , 11:44 PM

if youve got a roland synth with a d-beam its a piece of cake.
just use a sine wave add some delay and a llittle distortion to make it sound hard and you got yourself a silent hill nightmare.if youve not got a synth with a d-beam search for one cheap on ebay lots of roland stuff has them.

saxman · #3 (**permalink**) 10th August 2009 , 12:27 PM

http://blt.razendit.hu/blog/?p=21

http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~squires/vt/

http://www.sagebrush.com/mousing.htm

saxman · #4 (**permalink**) 10th August 2009 , 12:35 PM

The BBC website also used to have a virtual Theremin to download. They no longer have the page on their site but I have found an archived version that still has the downloads for PC and Mac;
http://web.archive.org/web/200312020...heremin1.shtml

Wilty · #5 (**permalink**) 10th August 2009 , 07:30 PM

Gracias mate-will check it out.

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Wilty Super Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Stevenage Posts: 781	How would one go about... ...reproducing the sound of a theremin? I was trying yesterday, was thinking sine waves with long attacks and wavering lfo's (the vibrato plugin was rubbish) a bit of reverb and either a bucketload of pitchbending or a smooth, long glide. This was, as was evident by the noises I was getting, wrong. I only need it as a background sound, like a creepy-arse pad, but just couldn't nail it and now curiousity is taking over. ______________________________ At the bottom of a rather steep Learning Curve (I like Brackets).
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#2 (permalink) 9th August 2009 , 11:44 PM
waxxy Rave Digga Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,104	if youve got a roland synth with a d-beam its a piece of cake. just use a sine wave add some delay and a llittle distortion to make it sound hard and you got yourself a silent hill nightmare.if youve not got a synth with a d-beam search for one cheap on ebay lots of roland stuff has them.
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saxman Round The Horn Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Morden, Surrey Posts: 824	http://blt.razendit.hu/blog/?p=21 http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~squires/vt/ http://www.sagebrush.com/mousing.htm
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#4 (permalink) 10th August 2009 , 12:35 PM
saxman Round The Horn Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Morden, Surrey Posts: 824	The BBC website also used to have a virtual Theremin to download. They no longer have the page on their site but I have found an archived version that still has the downloads for PC and Mac; http://web.archive.org/web/200312020...heremin1.shtml
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