Tag: THEREMIN

For laptop users that use their ubiquitous touchpads, Synaptics has a page with four different toys to play with. Dubbed the Synaptic Utilities, the four applications consist of the following: DrumPad Sketch Theremin TouchPadSays Personally, I'm partial to the theremin toy, but the others are worth playing with. Synaptic touchpads don't support multi-tap functionality, so the drumpad is ...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to play theremin? Okay, maybe let's back up - not quite sure what a theremin is? Wikipedia says: The theremin or is one of the earliest fully electronic musical instruments. The instrument was invented by Russian Léon Theremin. The theremin is unusual in that it requires no physical contact in order to produce music and was, in fact, the first ...

The Theremin bridges the gap between geek toy and nerdy musical instrument. I remember seeing Angelo Moore rock a Theremin in the 90's, and it was great fun. If you want to play with a Theremin, but just can't seem to bother with building one, there are a few software solutions. One of the most fun is for the PocketPC called Pocket Clanger. Instead of waving your arms around, you move the stylus. ...