I Got A Moog Theremin
 

at my hosue righ tnow. my buddy chris brought it over, and it's pretty damn kool. i've never played w/ one of the old ones, just thouse new ones w/ the one antannea sticking outta the top and that's it. it's fun and all, but fucking hard to actually use in a "song". i looked up some videos of it on youtube and some of those people jesus christ! they make it sound like a violin! so uh, anybody got any pointers on how to put this damn kool instrument to use?

Maybe as a noise intro to one of your songs, similar to what Sonic Youth sometimes do.

you can make your own soundtracks to old sci fi horror films.

I have a handy little Theremin VST plug-in that does the job well. You can choose the oscillator type too.

theremins are fun. experiment with holding different things and what it does to the sounds produced.

I think to make it sound like a violin you have to first know how to play that sort of instrument, unfortunately. There's more theory to it than people think. It's the whole reason Moog invented the synthesizer - theremins were too damn hard to actaully play.

That said, of course it sounds cool as a noise instrument as everybody is saying here!

I bought one of those many years ago. I really regret it, I wish I'd saved the 400 bucks. I cannot even begin to learn how to play the thing, with video instruction and all

yeah i'd never buy one myself unless i really knew how to play ti first

years and years of practice is the way to put it to use. if you want to here some virtuoso theremin playing check out clara rockmore

yeah i saw a video of her playing it. it's not hard to play, it's hard to use

so i burned one, and totally figured out how i'm gonna use it. new song featuring theremin and harmonica coming soon. f'sho. :)

bullshit, they are very very difficult to play....

damn, i wish i had one and become really good at playing it. i hope someday i'll do it though.

I wish I had the money to buy one.